Eri NAKAMURA / 中村絵里 / 中村会里 / Erichan / ERIPYON / Eri KIMOTO / 木本会里

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Capcom

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Eri Nakamura joined Capcom around 1989-90 as a graphic designer in the arcade section specialising in characters. After working on Magic Sword (released in June 1990), she joined the team in charge of Street Fighter II (1991), for which some characters existed only at the stage of vague concepts at this point. After a draw with two other graphic designers who joined the project at the same time as her, she chose to work on E.Honda, a sumotori to whom she added make-up borrowed from kabuki. Although the character has the same birthday as his designer, it was to Chun-Li that she lent her voice in the same game (accompanied by at least one other Capcom employee). She was also responsible for certain special effects such as Dhalsim’s flame effects and the hadoken.

In the mid-90s, she became team leader for the graphic artists in charge of animating the characters (at least since Street Fighter Alpha 2, which may explain why she didn’t work on that episode as a graphic designer).
She has animated a number of beat’em up and 2D one-on-one fighting game characters, from Ginzu the Ninja to Psylocke, not forgetting Nakoruru, Chun-Li, Tao, R.Mika, B.B Hood and even Jubilee, a character she has wanted to work on since X-Men COTA and whom she asked Atsushi Tomita, Marvel Vs Capcom‘s planner, to take on.
She sometimes does illustrations for the Street Fighter series, from SFII to SFV Arcade Edition or Street Fighter Alpha, but also for the Vampire / Darkstalkers series.

In the 2000s, with the slowdown in Capcom’s arcade business and the merger of its arcade and consumer divisions, she began working on console games. This was particularly the case with The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, an episode released on the GBA and developed by graphic designers who had previously been accustomed to arcade games, such as Takenori Kimoto, whose surname she now bears. She alternated between 2D and 3D games during this decade, and tried her hand at character modelling. In 2011, her last known game as a graphic designer was Ace Attorney Investigations 2, for which she also lent her voice to one of the characters.
According to an interview given in 2018, she now works as a manager and is responsible for training character designers.

Note: Eri Nakamura doesn’t have a Twitter account, but she sometimes uses Takenori Kimoto’s.

Sources:
tweet by Takenori Kimoto about Honda’s birthday
tweet by Atsushi Iwasaki about Street Fighter Zero 2
2015 interview
2018 interview

Games (in alphabetical order)

Adventure Quiz – Capcom World 2 / アドベンチャークイズカプコンワールド2 (Arcade – 1992)
Graphic design: Chun-Li (Source: mentioned by Takenori Kimoto on Twitter)

Battle Circuit / バトルサーキット (Arcade – 1997)
Character Graphics (Source: in-game credits)

Biohazard: Deadly Silence / バイオハザードデッドリーサイレンス, AKA Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (DS – 2006)
Character Model Design (Source: in-game credits)

Capcom Vs SNK / カプコンバーサスエス・エヌ・ケイミレニアムファイト 2000 (Arcade – 2000)
Graphic design: Nakoruru (Source: mentioned by Takenori Kimoto on Twitter)

Captain Commando / キャプテンコマンドー (Arcade – 1991)
Graphic design: Ginzu the Ninja / Sho (Source: via GameStaff@wiki)

Gyakuten Kenji 2 / 逆転検事２, AKA Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Gambit (DS – 2011)
Graphics Lead (Source: in-game credits)
Graphic design (characters’ sprites), voice (Hakari Mikagami) (Source: Gemaga – July 2011)

Jojo no Kimyō na Bōken: Ōgon no Kaze / ジョジョの奇妙な冒険黄金の旋風 (PS2 – 2002)
“Work of Motions” (Source: in-game credits)

Magic Sword / マジックソード (Arcade – 1990)
Graphic design (Source: How to make Capcom fighting characters)

Marvel Super Heroes / マーヴルスーパーヒーローズ (Arcade – 1995)
Opening illustration: Psylocke (Source: mentioned by Takenori Kimoto on Twitter)

Marvel Vs Capcom / マーヴル VS. カプコン (Arcade – 1998)
Graphic design: Jubilee (Source: mentioned by Takenori Kimoto on Twitter)

Muscle Bomber / マッスルボマー, AKA Saturday Night Slam Masters (Arcade – 1993)
Assist (Source: in-game credits)

Ryūsei no RockMan: Pegasus / 流星のロックマンペガサス, AKA Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus (DS – 2006)
Modeling (Source: in-game credits)

Ryūsei no RockMan: Dragon / 流星のロックマンドラゴン, AKA Mega Man Star Force: Dragon (DS – 2006)
Modeling (Source: in-game credits)

Ryūsei no RockMan: Leo / 流星のロックマンレオ, AKA Mega Man Star Force: Leo (DS – 2006)
Modeling (Source: in-game credits)

Ryūsei no RockMan 2: Berserk x Shinobi / ベルセルク×シノビ, AKA Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Ninja (DS – 2007)
3D Modeling (Source: in-game credits)

Ryūsei no RockMan 2: Berserk x Dinosaur / ベルセルク×ダイナソー, AKA Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Saurian (DS – 2007)
3D Modeling (Source: in-game credits)

Startling Adventures Kūsō 3× Daibōken / スタートリングアドベンチャーズ空想３×大冒険 (PS1 – 2001)
Character design, original drawings (scenario A: Kyoko to Hyakukiou. with Takenori Kimoto) (Source: in-game credits)

Street Fighter II / ストリートファイターII (Arcade – 1991)
Graphic design:
_Honda (Source: mentioned by Akiman on Twitter + How to make Capcom fighting characters)
_Dhalsim’s flame effects, hadoken (Source: How to make Capcom fighting characters)
Voice: Chun-Li, with at least another Capcom employee (Source: How to make Capcom fighting characters + mentioned by Takenori Kimoto on Twitter)
Character design (added the Kabuki make up to Honda) (Source: How to make Capcom fighting characters)

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition / ストリートファイターV アーケードエディション (PS4, PC – 2018 – August 2019 for the animation)
In-game illustration (Source: in-game credits)

Street Fighter Zero / ストリートファイターZERO, AKA Street Fighter Alpha (Arcade – 1995)
Graphic design: Chun-Li (Source: mentioned by Akiman on Twitter)

Street Fighter Zero 3 / ストリートファイターZERO3, AKA Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Arcade – 1998)
Graphic design (Honda and R.Mika, with others), character design (Juni & Juli), supervised the characters (Source: mentioned in an interview published by Capcom + Capcom CFC Style Fan Book Vol.8 – Autumn 1998)

The Punisher / パニッシャー (Arcade – 1993)
Graphic design: Punisher, Mizuki (Source: mentioned by Takenori Kimoto on Twitter)

Vampire: The Night Warriors / ヴァンパイア, AKA Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Arcade – 1994)
Graphic design: Anakaris (assist. Mainly animated by Takenori Kimoto) (Source: Vampire Artworks)

Vampire Hunter / バンパイアハンター, AKA Darkstalkers’ Revenge (Arcade – 1995)
Graphic design: Lei Lei basic shape (Source: mentioned by Takenori Kimoto on Twitter + Vampire Artworks)

Vampire Savior / ヴァンパイアセイヴァー The Lord of Vampire, AKA Darkstalkers 3 (Arcade – 1997)
Graphic design: Bulletta / B.B. Hood main graphic designer (Source: mentioned by Takenori Kimoto on Twitter)

Warzard / ウォーザード, AKA Red Earth (Arcade – 1996)
Graphic design: Tao (Source: mentioned by Akiman on Twitter: 1, 2 + How to make Capcom fighting characters)
Chara-design: Tao (Source: signature found on a concept art published in Warzard Secret File)

X-Men: Children of the Atom / エックス・メンチルドレンオブジアトム (Arcade – 1994)
Graphic design: Psylocke (assisted by Takenori Kimoto) (Source: mentioned by Akiman on Twitter)

Zelda no Densetsu – Fushigi no Boushi / ゼルダの伝説　ふしぎのぼうし, AKA The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA – 2004)
Graphic design: Zelda (Source: How to make Capcom fighting characters)

Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce & 4tsu no Tsurugi / ゼルダの伝説神々のトライフォース＆４つの剣, AKA The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords (GBA – 2002)
Graphic design (Four Swords) (Source: in-game credits)