Kimiya Masago

Kimiya Masago (Japanese: 正子公也), born 1960, Okayama, is a freelance illustrator and emaki artist whose works primarily depict characters from Chinese and Japanese history, particularly those from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin (Suikoden), and various military leaders from the Sengoku period. Masago earned a bachelor's degree majoring in physics at Chuo University in 1983, and became a freelance artist in 1989. His first work, a manga series entitled Clown with Blue Nose, was first published in 1990. He has since gone on to produce many illustrations for numerous publications, even branching into the film industry in 2005, where he became a costume designer for the Chinese film The Promise. Masago provided illustrations for the Pokémon Trading Card Game between 2000 and 2005, depicting a number of Pokémon in a similar fashion to his traditional work, focusing on tone, areas of extreme color, and atmospheric environments. For a list of all cards he has illustrated, go here. 
==Works==
===Books and serialized works=== 
Title 	Date 	Publisher
Clown with Blue Nose (In A-ha issues 4, 7, 9, and 10) 	1990 	Esso
XVIII Brief History: Assassin's Wind Emaki (In Animage October 1990 issue)	October 1990 	Tokuma Shoten
XVIII Brief History Volume 2: Killer's Song (In Animage April 1991 issue) 	April 1991 	Tokuma Shoten
RYU TOU YA 	April 1994 	Treville
Suikoden: One O Eight Outlaws 	May 1999 	Graphic-sha
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 	January 2006 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko: One O Eight Outlaws 	January 2006 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.1: Fukumakourin 	April 10, 2006 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.2: Hokuto no Tou 	June 25, 2006 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.3: Kessen En'ourou 	August 25, 2006 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.4: Seifuu Mamoru Muhon 	October 25, 2006 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.5: Tenkai-boshi Junan 	December 25, 2006	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.6: Shukkasou Fuuun 	February 25, 2007	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.7: Gunshin Doku Kakou 	April 25, 2007 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.8: Taitengyoudou 	June 25, 2007 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.9: Taisen Ryouzanpaku 	August 25, 2007 	Kaisei-sha
Suiko Vol.10: Kesshuu Hyaku Hachi Hoshi 	October 25, 2007 	Kaisei-sha
Suikoden True Theory: Who was the Strongest Hero!? 	March 7, 2008 	Akaneshin-sha
IAPONIA 	February 21, 2011	Gakken
===Emaki and other illustrations===
 
Title 	Date 	Publisher
Illustrations for Three Kingdoms III Military General FILE 	July 1992 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations for Nobunaga's Ambition: Haōden Military General FILE 	February 1993 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations for Rise of the Phoenix Handbook 	September 1993 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations for Three Kingdoms IV Military General FILE 	July 1994 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Ha Chūgoku Taitei-den 	October 1994 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Strange Story of the Three Kingdoms 	November 1994 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Toshinden Legend 	February 1995 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Sengoku Fighter's Guide 	June 1995 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Flying Legend 	September 1995 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations for Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshōki Military General FILE 	September 1995 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Haisha no Nipponshi 	September 1995 	Gakken
Illustrations for Three Kingdoms Graffiti 	April 1996 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations for Three Kingdoms V Military General FILE 	August 1996 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations for Nobunaga's Ambition: Shōseiroku Premium Book 	March 1997 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations for Water Margin: Tenshirube 108 Hoshi Fine Fellow FILE 	March 1997 	Koei Publishing
Emaki Sangokushi 	May 1997 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Angelique Love Love Communication Vol.4 	August 1997 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Digital Comic Anthology Vol.1 (Web Comics) 	September 1998 	Softbank
Cover illustration for Soryūkō Kōmori Denki (Top) 	December 1998 	Shogakukan
Cover illustration for Soryūkō Kōmori Denki (Middle) 	December 1998 	Shogakukan
Cover illustration for Soryūkō Kōmori Denki (Bottom) 	December 1998 	Shogakukan
Cover illustration for Henjō Rōshi (1) 	June 1999 	Shogakukan
Cover illustration for Henjō Rōshi (2) 	June 1999 	Shogakukan
Cover illustration for Henjō Rōshi (3) 	August 1999 	Shogakukan
Cover illustration for Henjō Rōshi (4) 	August 1999 	Shogakukan
Cover illustration for Art Club Vol. 35 	October 1999 	Geijutsu-shuppansha
Cover illustration for Taigun Shiden (1) 	December 1999 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Rise and Fall of the Three Kingdoms (1) 	January 2000 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Rise and Fall of the Three Kingdoms (2) 	January 2000 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Rise and Fall of the Three Kingdoms (3) 	February 2000 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for China Stories: Rainbow of Loess 	February 2000 	Shodensha
Cover illustration for Rise and Fall of the Three Kingdoms (4) 	March 2000 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Rise and Fall of the Three Kingdoms (5) 	April 2000 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Taigun Shiden (2) 	April 2000 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Kokū Densetsu: Gaki Sōshi no Shō 	July 2000 	Shodensha
Cover illustration for Taigun Shiden (3) 	August 2000 	Gakken
Illustrations for Dynasty Warriors: Road to the Strongest Warrior 	September 2000 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Kokū Densetsu: Dōki no Shō 	September 2000 	Shodensha
Cover illustration for Taigun Shiden (4) 	November 2000 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Taigun Shiden (5) 	April 2001 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Shoken Onkyūroku (1) 	April 2001 	Tokuma Shoten
Cover illustration for Shoken Onkyūroku (2) 	April 2001 	Tokuma Shoten
Cover illustration for Chūgoku Taitei-den 	May 2001 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Shoken Onkyūroku (3) 	May 2001 	Tokuma Shoten
Cover illustration for Shoken Onkyūroku (4) 	May 2001 	Tokuma Shoten
Cover illustration for Hekketsu-ken (1) 	July 2001 	Tokuma Shoten
Cover illustration for Hekketsu-ken (2) 	August 2001 	Tokuma Shoten
Cover illustration for Kokū Densetsu: Ao Han'nya no Shō 	October 2001 	Shodensha
Cover illustration for Kan'ei Yōsei Jōruri 	October 2001 	Gakken
Illustrations for Three Kingdoms Last Farewell Profile 	December 2001 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Hekketsu-ken (3) 	September 2001 	Tokuma Shoten
Cover illustration for Ma Nago 	January 2002 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Moto Sō Kōbō-shi 	March 2002 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Sengoku Bushin Den – Bumon no Iji to Tōkon no Gunzō 	March 2002 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Shibaren Suikoden: Ware-ra Ryōzanpaku no Kōkan (1) 	July 2002 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Shibaren Suikoden: Ware-ra Ryōzanpaku no Kōkan (2) 	July 2002 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Shibaren Suikoden: Ware-ra Ryōzanpaku no Kōkan (3) 	August 2002 	Shueisha
Illustrations for Nobunaga's Ambition: Sōtenroku Military General FILE 	October 2002 	Koei Publishing
Cover illustration for Musashi Miyamoto Strategy – See! Know! Enjoy!! Masterpiece of Timeless Eiji Yoshikawa	December 2002 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (1) 	February 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (2) 	February 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (3) 	March 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (4) 	April 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Shōin Yoshida (Top) 	April 2003 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Shōin Yoshida (Bottom) 	April 2003 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (5) 	July 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (6) 	August 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (7) 	September 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (8) 	October 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (9) 	November 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms・Wu: Yangtze River Burning (10) 	December 2003 	Shueisha
Cover illustration for Sengoku Elegance: Samurai Keiji Maeda 	March 2004 	Gakuyo Shobo
Illustrations and emaki art for Suikoden (1) 	January 5, 2005 	Media Factory
Illustrations and emaki art for Suikoden (2) 	February 5, 2005 	Media Factory
Illustrations and emaki art for Suikoden (3) 	March 5, 2005 	Media Factory
Cover illustration for Comic Three Kingdoms Magazine: Sōten Onore-shi-gō 	March 2005 	Media Factory
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Ryū Yo, Sōten ni Mae (Musō FanField Novels 1) 	March 19, 2005 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations and emaki art for Suikoden (4) 	April 5, 2005 	Media Factory
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Ōdo no Shishi-tachi (Musō FanField Novels 2) 	April 22, 2005 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations and emaki art for Suikoden (5) 	May 2, 2005 	Media Factory
Cover illustration for Comic Three Kingdoms Magazine: Tenkasanbu-kei-gō 	May 2005 	Media Factory
Illustrations and emaki art for Suikoden (6) 	June 3, 2005 	Media Factory
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Kirin Yo, Fūun o Kakeyo (Musō FanField Novels 3) 	July 1, 2005 	Koei Publishing
Illustrations and emaki art for Suikoden (7) 	July 5, 2005 	Media Factory
Cover illustration for Comic Three Kingdoms Magazine: Hakubi Sairyō-gō 	July 2005 	Media Factory
Illustrations and emaki art for Suikoden (8) 	August 5, 2005 	Media Factory
Cover illustration for Kanjuhime 	October 21, 2005 	Tokuma Shoten
Illustrations for The Promise movie brochure 	February 2006 	—
Illustrations for The Promise Visual Book 	February 26, 2006 	Softbank Creative
Cover illustration for Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Chiryaku Sae Mōshō Bēnru Gun'yū Emaki 	February 2006 	Gakken
Cover illustration for FRIDAY Dynamite Special Issue 	May 20, 2006 	Kodansha
Illustrations for The Promise DVD booklet 	August 4, 2006 	Warner Home Video
Illustrations for Dororo movie brochure and postcard 	January 2007 	Universal Pictures Japan
Illustrations for Dororo Perfect Guide 	January 2007 	Media Factory
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms Hero Transcript: Banpufutō no Gōyū, Kiryakujūō no Chibō 	January 2007 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Lin'an Suikoden 	March 2007 	Chuokoron-Shinsha
Cover illustration for Kōshu Kikan 	September 22, 2007	Chuokoron-Shinsha
Cover illustration for Sengoku Seikyō Kashin-dan: Yūshō・Mōshō・Retsu Masaru Den 	February 2008 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Extraordinary War: Nobunaga Chronicle (1) 	March 2008 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Gamō Ujisato (Top) 	April 2008 	Dōmonfuyuji
Cover illustration for Gamō Ujisato (Bottom) 	April 2008 	Dōmonfuyuji
Cover illustration for Hanbe Takenaka 	May 2008 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Extraordinary War: Nobunaga Chronicle (2) 	June 2008 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Powerful Medicine of Sengoku History 	June 2008 	Kasakura Publishing
Cover illustration for Bakumatsu Kengō Hiden 	July 19, 2008 	Bestsellers
Cover illustration for Sakon Shima 	August 2008 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Powerful Medicine of Sengoku History – History Mystery 	September 2008 	Kasakura Publishing
Cover illustration for Naoie Ukita 	September 2008 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Here is the Hero (1) 	September 26, 2008	Takeda Random House Japan
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Here is the Hero (2) 	September 26, 2008	Takeda Random House Japan
Cover illustration for Women of the Three Kingdoms 	October 2008 	Jībī
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Warlord Suguru Hyaku 	October 2008 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Sengoku Bushō Gun'yū Fu: Kokujin・Daimyō・Inō Shū 	October 2008 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Here is the Hero (3) 	October 23, 2008 	Takeda Random House Japan
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Here is the Hero (4) 	October 23, 2008 	Takeda Random House Japan
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Here is the Hero (5) 	November 20, 2008 	Takeda Random House Japan
Cover illustration for Three Kingdoms: Here is the Hero (6) 	November 20, 2008 	Takeda Random House Japan
Cover illustration for Takahashi Shōun: Sengoku Banka 	December 2008 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Kanetsugu Naoe: Tenkabito ni Idomi Tsudzuketa Mei Sanbō 	December 2008 	Gakken
Cover illustration for Swordsman Battle Royale~Who is the Strongest Samurai!? 	January 9, 2009 	Takarajimasha
Cover illustration for Powerful Medicine of Sengoku History – The Sealed Truth of 101 	January 2009 	Kasakura Publishing
Cover illustration for Motochika Chosokabe 	February 2009 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Nobutsuna Kamiizumi 	June 10, 2009 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Shikasuke Yamanaka 	August 20, 2009 	Gakuyo Shobo
Illustrations for Sengoku Bushō Pia: Yukari no Ji to Shiro o Meguru Tabi 	September 10, 2009	Pia
Cover illustration for Yoshitsugu Ōtani 	September 20, 2009	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Hontōhakowai: Sengoku Bushō-tachi 	October 2009 	Issuisya
Cover illustration for Yoshiaki Mogami 	November 10, 2009 	Gakuyo Shobo
Greeting card illustration for Nengajō: Ni Miru Chīsana Bijutsukan 	December 1, 2009 	Hokushindo
Cover illustration for Koroku Hachisuka (Top) 	January 20, 2010 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Koroku Hachisuka (Bottom) 	January 20, 2010 	Gakuyo Shobo
June 1582 ~Honnō-ji Incident Emaki~ (In Samurai Biographies February 2010 issue) 	February 2010 	LEED Publishing
Cover illustration for Tsunashige Hōjō 	February 10, 2010 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Nobutada Oda: My Father Nobunaga 	March 2010 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Narimasa Sassa 	April 5, 2010 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Nagayoshi Miyoshi 	May 10, 2010 	Gakuyo Shobo
June 1582 ~Battle of Yamazaki Emaki~ (In Samurai Biographies June 2010 issue) 	June 2010 	LEED Publishing
Cover illustration for Itsusatsu de Wakaru Irasuto de Wakaru: Three Kingdoms Illustrations 	June 29, 2010 	Seibido Shuppan
Cover illustration for Yoshihiro Shimazu 	September 10, 2010	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for One-eyed Dragon Masamune 	November 2010 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Rekishijin Magazine January 2011 issue 	December 11, 2010 	Bestsellers
Illustrations for Three Kingdoms: Heroes app 	2011 	Headway
Illustrations for Three Kingdoms: Legends app 	2011 	Headway
Illustrations for Rekishijin Magazine March 2011 issue 	February 12, 2011 	Bestsellers
Cover illustration for Rekishijin Magazine Complete Edition 	March 5, 2011 	Bestsellers
Illustrations for Rekishijin Magazine April 2011 issue 	March 12, 2011 	Bestsellers
Cover illustration for Kiyomori Taira 	April 5, 2011 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Rekishijin Magazine July 2011 issue 	June 10, 2011 	Bestsellers
Cover illustration for Rekishijin Magazine August 2011 issue 	July 12, 2011 	Bestsellers
Illustration for Rekishijin Magazine December 2011 issue 	November 11, 2011 	Bestsellers
Illustration for Rekishijin Magazine February 2012 issue 	January 12, 2012 	Bestsellers
Illustrations for Rekishijin Magazine March 2012 issue 	February 10, 2012 	Bestsellers
Cover illustration for Rekishijin Magazine May 2012 issue 	April 12, 2012 	Bestsellers
Cover illustration for Nagamasa Kuroda 	August 11, 2012 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Ano Sengoku Bushō no Igaina Sugao 	September 7, 2012 	Shinjinbutsuōraisha
Cover illustration for Iehisa Shimazu and Toyohisa Shimazu 	September 11, 2012	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Ima ni Ikiru: Shokatsukōmei Chiyū no Kotoba 	March 19, 2013 	Nagaoka Shoten
Cover illustration for Rekishijin Magazine June 2013 issue 	May 11, 2013 	Bestsellers
Cover illustration for Tsūkai Muhi no Omoshiro-sa! Kūzenzetsugo no do Hakuryoku! Suikoden Maru Wakari 	July 11, 2013 	Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
Cover illustration for True Theory: Kanbei Kuroda 	September 3, 2013 	Gakuyo Shobo
Cover illustration for Shirebashiruhodo Omoshiroi: Shiki no Eiyū-tachi 	September 12, 2013	Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
===Games=== 
Title 	Platform 	Release date 	Position
Sangokushi Eiketsuden 	PC 	February 1995 	Packaging illustration
Nobunaga's Ambition・Shosei Book 	PC 	March 1997 	Character illustrations
Suikoden Ten Shirube Ichi Rei Hachi Hoshi	PC 	1997 	Character illustrations
Ami-ji Mikuni 	PC 	2001 	Packaging illustration
Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogisu Ran 	 	November 13, 2008 	Card illustrations
Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogisu Tairan 	PlayStation Portable	September 9, 2010 	Card illustrations
Butterfly Sword Online 	PC 	May 18, 2011 (Open Beta)	Promotional poster illustrations
Onimusha: Soul 	Browser game 	June 28, 2012 	Character illustrations
===Film===
Title 	Date 	Position
The Promise	February 11, 2006 (Japan)	Costume Design
Dororo 	January 27, 2007 	Visual Concept Design
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