title: Yūsuke Kozaki
text: # Yūsuke Kozaki
  
  Yūsuke Kozaki (Japanese: コザキユースケ, Hepburn: Kozaki Yūsuke, born May 12, 1978) is a Japanese manga artist and character designer.
  
  ## Works
  
  ### Manga artist
  
  * Kaeru wa Tori Tsudzuke (蛙は撮り続け) (1997, Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, one-shot)
  * Mi Kakunin Higō Shōjo Kaoru (未確認非業少女カオル) (1998, Bessatsu Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, one-shot)
  * Naizo-kun (ナイゾウクン) (2001, Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, web manga)
  * Spiral (スパイラル, Supairaru) (2001, Bessatsu Pachislot Panic 7, Byakuya-Shobo)
  * Karasuma Kyoko no Jikenbo (2002–12, written by Ōji Kiroi, BStreet→Monthly Comic Birz, Gentosha, 10 volumes)
  * Chick Dismantler (2003, Blade Gunz, Mag Garden, one-shot)
  * Tokyo Karasu (東京カラス) (2005–08, Robot, Wanimagazine)
  * No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Erotic Comic (2010, Marvelous Entertainment)
  * Donyatsu (どーにゃつ) (2011–present, Young Gangan, Square Enix, 5 volumes)
  * Tokyo Karasu (written by Hiroki Miyashita, Monthly Sunday Gene-X, Shogakukan) – character design from 2012 to 2013
  
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  ### Character designer
  
  **Anime**
  
  * Speed Grapher (2005, Gonzo)
  * Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto (2006–07, Sunrise)
  * Bubuki Buranki (2016, Sanzigen)
  * Under the Dog (2016, Kinema Citrus)
  
  **Video games**
  
  * Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (2005, INiS/Nintendo)
  * No More Heroes (2007, Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Entertainment)
  * Chūmon Shiyou ze! Ore-tachi no Sekai (2008, GAE)
  * Half-Minute Hero (2009, Marvelous Entertainment)
  * No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (2010, Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Entertainment)
  * No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (2010, feelplus/AQ Interactive/Marvelous Entertainment)
  * Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (2011, Bandai Namco Games)
  * Fire Emblem Awakening (2012, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
  * Liberation Maiden (2012, Level-5/Grasshopper Manufacture)
  * Puzzle & Dragons (2012, GungHo Online Entertainment)
  * Unchain Blaze EXXIV (2012, Furyu) – Hilda only
  * Liberation Maiden SIN (2013, 5pb./Mages)
  * Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day (2014, Grasshopper Manufacture/Bandai Namco Games)
  * Tekken 7 (2015, Bandai Namco Entertainment) – Lucky Chloe and Jin Kazama only
  * Fire Emblem Fates (2015, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
  * Pokémon Go (2016, Niantic) - Team Leaders and Professor Willow design, official player character artwork
  * Fire Emblem Heroes (2017, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
  * Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017, Monolith Soft/Nintendo) – Aegaeon and Agate design
  * Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes (2019, Grasshopper Manufacture)
  * Daemon X Machina (2019, Marvelous)
  * AI: The Somnium Files (2019, Spike Chunsoft)
  * Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) – The Pokémon Toxel, Toxtricity, Gigantamax Toxtricity and Falinks designs
  * No More Heroes III (2021, Grasshopper Manufacture)
  * AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative (2022, Spike Chunsoft)
  * Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) - The Pokémon Varoom, Revavroom, Cetoddle and Cetitan designs
  
  **Other**
  
  * Vocaloid (2009, AH-Software) — SF-A2 Miki V2, V4
  
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