Fumihiko NANTOKA / 六鹿文彦

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Fumihiko NANTOKA is the pen name of the artist who designed the characters of the Sonic Wings series (with a little help from his wife and 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.

Games (in alphabetical order)

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)
Cover art (Source: mentioned in an article published by 4Gamer)

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)

Other video game related works

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

To be confirmed

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: )

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