title: Shouzou Kaga
text: # Shouzou Kaga
  
  Shouzou Kaga (加賀昭三, Kaga Shōzō) is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the Fire Emblem series. During his career at Intelligent Systems, he would lead the development of Fire Emblem from its inception until the release of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In addition to being development lead, he was a major creative contributor to each game's setting, story, and presentation.
  
  Following his departure from Intelligent Systems in 1999, he continued work in game design by founding the independent studio Tirnanog and going on to develop the Tear Ring Saga series, initially under the name Emblem Saga. In 2001, the company would be sued by Nintendo on the grounds of copyright infringement against the Fire Emblem series. Following the release of Berwick Saga in 2005, Kaga took an apparent hiatus from video game production, lasting a decade until the production and release of Vestaria Saga in 2016.
  
  ## Works
  
  | Year | Title | Role |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1990 | Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light | Game design, scenario |
  | 1992 | Fire Emblem Gaiden | Director, game design, scenario |
  | 1994 | Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem | Director, game design, scenario |
  | 1996 | Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War | Director, game design, scenario |
  | 1997 | BS Fire Emblem: Akaneia Senki | Director, game design, scenario |
  | 1998 | Super Famicom Wars | Game design |
  | 1999 | Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 | Game design, scenario |
  | 2000 | Trade & Battle: Card Hero | Advisor |
  | 2001 | Tear Ring Saga | Game design, scenario |
  | 2005 | Berwick Saga | Game design, scenario |
  | 2016 | Vestaria Saga | Game design, scenario |
  | 2022 | Vestaria Saga II | Game design, scenario |
  