Keiji Nakatsuji, Takamitsu Hirakawa and Kaori Obara

These three individuals were part of Rivers Studio Inc., an obscure Japanese animation studio part of Project M, a massive collaboration between companies to develop Metroid: Other M.
Keiji Nakatsuji is a Japanese animation director and designer for video games and anime. Nakatsuji worked with Rivers Studio Inc. on Metroid: Other M as animation director. He previously worked at DYNA-METHOD Inc. as a designer for White Knight Chronicles, and the director of all three games in the Spectrobes series. He also directed Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
Takamitsu Hirakawa is a Japanese CG director and digital artist. Much of Hirakawa's work consists of video game character animation, modeling and design. He worked as a character modeler for all three games in the Spectrobes series, and as a digital artist for Other M. Hirakawa later directed the anime series Etotama and the forthcoming Revisions.
Kaori Obara was another digital artist for Other M, who has also worked with Shirogumi Inc. on various projects. These include visual effects for Dead or Alive 5, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, Bayonetta 2 and Resident Evil: Revelations 2, as well as the Spectrobes series.
==External links==
*Nakatsuji on MobyGames
*Nakatsuji on Twitter
*Nakatsuji on Anime News Network
*Nakatsuji on IMDb
*Hirakawa on MobyGames
*Hirakawa on MyAnimeList
*Hirakawa on Anime News Network
*Obara on MobyGames
*Obara on IMDb
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