Fumihiko NANTOKA is the pen name of the artist who designed the characters of the Sonic Wings series (with a little help from his colleague Hiroko YOKOYAMA). He worked at Video System in the 90s (credited as Armored Cruiser / 装甲巡洋艦) and currently works as a freelance illustrator.
He is a member of the dōjin circle Chocolate Unit with Hiroko YOKOYAMA and has published many dōjinshi over the last 3 decades.
Albatross Log, AKA Albatross kōkairoku / 信天翁航海録 (Windows - 2010)
Main mecha design (Source: mentioned on the artist's website)
Final Romance / ファイナルロマンス (Arcade - 1991)
Graphic design (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter)
Mahjong Natsu Monogatari / 麻雀夏物語 and Natsuhiro Mahjong / 夏色麻雀 (Arcade - 1990)
Doodle used as the basis for an illustration featured on a promotional pop up and a promotional flyer (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter: 1, 2)
Metal Rabbit / メタルラビット (Arcade - unreleased alternate version made for the Japanese market)
Voices (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter)
Pink Panzer (Windows - 2002)
Tank design: more than a dozen (Source: mentioned on the artist's website)
Quiz & Variety SukuSuku Inufuku / クイズ＆バラエテイすくすく犬福 (arcade - 1998, PS2 - 2004)
Director, graphic designer (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter)
Quiz & Variety SukuSuku Inufuku 2 / すくすく犬福２～もっとすくすく～ (PS2 - 2007)
Design (with Hiroko YOKOYAMA): male character design and original drawings, scenario supervision, etc. (Source: mentioned on the artist's website)
Rabio Lepus Special / ラビオレプススペシャル (PC Engine - 1990)
Short comic featured in the manual (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter: 1, 2, 3)
Note: According to NANTOKA, the project was commissioned to a manga artist who missed the deadline, so NANTOKA decided to draw the comic himself
SHOGUN8 (Windows - 2003)
Airplane design (Source: mentioned on the artist's website)
Sonic Wings / ソニックウイングス, AKA Aero Fighters (Arcade - 1992)
Character design (Sources: mentioned by the artist on Twitter: 1, 2, 3)
Graphic design: NATO stage (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter)
Sonic Wings 2 / ソニックウィングス2, AKA Aero Fighters 2 (Neo-Geo - 1994)
Character design (Sources: mentioned by the artist on Twitter: 1, 2, 3)
Graphic design:
__stage 1: Kyoto (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter: 1, 2)
__opening illustrations (tanks: T-72, Shilka) (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter)
Sonic Wings 3 / ソニックウィングス3, AKA Aero Fighters 3 (Neo-Geo - 1995)
Character design (Sources: mentioned by the artist on Twitter: 1, 2, 3)
Sonic Wings Limited / ソニックウイングスリミテッド (Arcade - 1997)
Character design (Sources: mentioned by the artist on Twitter: 1, 2, 3)
Graphic design: Kyoto stage (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter)
Sonic Wings Reunion / ソニックウイングス リユニオン (PlayStation 5, Switch, Steam, Arcade - 2025)
Character illustrations (Source: mentioned by Nantoka and by his wife and colleague Hiroko Yokoyama on Twitter)
Super Volley '91 / スーパーバレー'91, AKA Power Spikes (Arcade - 1991)
Graphic design: Opening illustrations (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter)
Gamerations (Gamest 2019 anniversary book)
Illustration (Source: mentioned by the artist on Twitter)
Final MixSand / Final みっくすさんど (dōjinshi)
Features fanarts from various games
Inufuku Breeders / 犬福ブレーダーズ (dōjinshi - 1999)
Sketch book featuring drawings created for Quiz & Variety SukuSuku Inufuku
Pseudo Sky Rascals / PSEUDO 天空野郎 (dōjinshi - 1996)
Sketch book featuring drawings created for Sonic Wings Special and Sonic Wings Limited
Sonic Wings Assault / ソニックウィングス アサルト (N64 - 1997)
Character design (Source: )
Sonic Wings Special / ソニックウィングス・スペシャル (Saturn - 1996)
Graphic design (Source: )
Rabio Lepus Special
Sonic Wings 2
Sonic Wings Reunion
Gamerations