Yuichiro Hiraki

is a game designer involved with SNK and Capcom works.

Biography As a child Hiraki liked playing with clay which would influence his work as modeling and motion. He also considers himself a fan of fighting games most notably Virtua Fighter which impressed him due to its handling of 3D models. For the next game, The King of Fighters '95, Hiraki created Kyo's rival Iori Yagami. Since Kyo hot-blooded in some ways, the development team just assumed Iori would be the opposite, cool and blue-blooded.

When joining Capcom, Hiraki worked on Dino Crisis 2 and designed its Velociraptor.

Hiraki also worked in the creation of the Sengoku Basara series and personally behind its lead Date Masamune. After Sengoku Basara, Hiraki was asked by producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi into helping into the development of Devil May Cry 4, doing motion capture for its new protagonist, Nero. Hiraki was one of the ones who came up with ideas for Nero's character based on notes from Kobayashi as the staff wanted the new game to feel more innovative. Hiraki wanted Nero to be a violent character as reflected on the way he handles swordsmanship. Hiraki consulted with director Hideaki Itsuno on other traits suitable for the new protagonist. Like in the first Devil May Cry, Hiraki worked with the two motion actors. Hiraki also suggested giving heroine Kyrie a dark side but his idea was rejected. Hiraki also worked in Ninja Theory's reboot of Devil May Cry: DmC: Devil May Cry as planner. His next major work at Capcom was Street Fighter V where did the motion capture for Ryu's movements, something he found challenging such as his Shinshoryuken move.