10 Facts About Yoji Shinkawa

Yoji Shinkawa is best known as the lead character and mecha designer for the Metal Gear franchise.

Yoji Shinkawa has collaborated with Hideo Kojima on each of his games.

Yoji Shinkawa began working at Konami after graduating from Kyoto Seika University.

Yoji Shinkawa moved on to serve as art director for the later console ports of the game, then as the lead character and mecha designer for the Metal Gear series.

Yoji Shinkawa served as the art director for all Metal Gear Solid games, while providing character designs for Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

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Yoji Shinkawa is the lead artist and character designer for Kojima Productions.

Yoji Shinkawa was inspired by anime and manga artists like Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Yoshitaka Amano, and western artists such as Frank Miller, Aubrey Beardsley and Willy Pogany.

Yoji Shinkawa drew inspiration from French artists such as Mœbius.

Yoji Shinkawa used felt-tip pens, especially the Pentel Brush Pen, as well as Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter.

Yoji Shinkawa is a fan of heavy metal, and artists such as Megadeth, Rage, Killswitch Engage and Yngwie Malmsteen.