Satoshi Urushihara

(pen name) or , the "Master of Breasts", is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator known for his distinctive style of beautiful characters. His work is the basis for anime such as Plastic Little and Legend of Lemnear, and appears in the Langrisser and Growlanser series of tactical role-playing video games.

Early life Satoshi Urushihara was born on February 9, 1966, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He met fellow illustrator Kinji Yoshimoto in 1983 while attending a technical high school in Miyajima.

The next year, Urushihara became a freelancer, working mainly in original video animations. It was his work with the OVA Megazone 23 Part II (1986) that made him recognized by producers of AIC. This lead him to be the character designer and animation supervisor of the adult-restricted OVA (New Cream Lemon series, episode 2) released in 1987. This work was his debut as character designer, although at the time of the original OVA release, his name was kept secret and afterwards announced on the official website of Earthwork.

Works

Manga Legend of Lemnear (1991–1993) Plastic Little: Captain's Log (1994) Chirality (1995–1997) Eidron Shadow (1999–2002) Mirowoire: The Mirror Within a Mirror Ragnarock City (2000–2001) Ryoujoku (also known as Love Intermission) Vampire Master Dark Crimson (2000) RC Twins (enclosed within the "Sigma" artbook) (2006)

Artbooks

Satoshi Urushihara Cell Works. . (1994/05/01) (Note: title is in English.) . . (1996/10) . . (1997/11/06) . . (1998/08/14) . . (2002/08) . . (2003/04) . . (2003/12) (Note: title is in English, with katakana transliteration.) . . (2003/12/17) . . (2004/06) (Note: title is in English, with katakana transliteration.) . . (2005/03) . . (2005/04/02) . . (2005/10/03) . . (2006/06/30) . . (2009/11/30)

Anime Another Lady Innocent (2004; Japanese title Front Innocent) Riding Bean (1989; vehicle animation designer) Crying Freeman (Production Supervision (vol. 3 & 4)) Growlanser IV (2003; Character Design) Legend of Lemnear (1989) Plastic Little (1994) Bubblegum Crisis (Chief Production Supervisor and Guest Character Designer (Episode 7: "Double Vision" (1990))) Record of Lodoss War (OVA; Assistant Animator, Production Supervision (Ep. 5)) Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny (Ending Animation Character Design)

Video games Langrisser series Growlanser series Cybernator (Assault Suits Valken in Japan) Next King: Millennial Kingdom of Love

Other works Provided artwork for the Street Fighter II drama CDs, Mad Revenger, and Portrait of the Magician Satoshi Urushihara Posterbox Transformers series Tenma Magazine covers In his artbook Nostalgic Heroines, Urushihara creates a series of images that involves characters, mainly female, from well-known popular anime series including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Martian Successor Nadesico, and Dirty Pair.