Hiroaki Hashimoto

Hiroaki Hashimoto, also simply nicknamed , is a Japanese illustrator and character designer for SNK and other companies.

Works Hiroaki studied in Osaka University of Arts. Buriki One was the only title he was involved in from the early stages of development to release while at SNK, and participated in a wide range of aspects, from design to motion capture actors. As a first-year employee, he had much fun every day. At that time, a senior colleague told him to draw with speed to fit at SNK. He took it seriously and completed one poster illustration per day. Although Hiraoki was later told it was a joke, he still expressed satisfaction with his work. In The King of Fighters he is particularly attached to K'. He wanted Gai from Buriki One in The King of Fighters.

Outside SNK, Hiroaki also worked as illustrator for Capcom's beat-em up game God Hand, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin and Spikeout: Battle Street. His latest work involves characters from Namco's Soulcalibur VI and Tekken 8 such as Heihachi Mishima.

Outside video games, Hiroaki provided illustrations for Akihiko Ureshino's light novel The King of Fighters 2001: The Gods Themselves.