Kyoto Seika University
Shinkawa was born in Hiroshima on 25 December 1971. He began working for game developer Konami in 1994 after graduating from Kyoto Seika University. He first worked as a debugger for the PC-98 version of "Policenauts". He moved on to serve as art director for the later console ports of the game, then as the lead character and mecha designer for the "Metal Gear" series. He served as the art director for all the Kojima-directed "Metal Gear Solid" games, while also providing character designs for ' and '. He is the lead artist and character designer for Kojima Productions.