Hideki Ishikawa

Hideki Ishikawa

Hideki Ishikawa (石川ヒデキ, Ishikawa Hideki) is a character designer and illustrator that worked for Capcom. Currently he is working as a freelancer.

Works

Mega Man series

• Mega Man 7
• Mega Man 8 (Publicity designer)
• Mega Man & Bass (Publishing designer)
• Mega Man: The Power Battle
• Mega Man: Battle & Chase (Publicity designer)
• Mega Man Legends (Illustrations)
• Mega Man Legends 2 (Character design)
• Mega Man Legends 3 (One of the nine designers of Aero in the first event)
• ZX Tunes (One of the alternate covers)

Others

• Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (Guest illustrator)
• Disgaea Infinite (Guest illustrator)
• Illustrator of several trading cards, such as cards from Sengoku Basara 2, Rangers Strike X Gather, and Digimon Xros Wars.

Alternate Mega Man universe artwork

This image was illustrated by Hideki as a re-imagined Mega Man universe, which was first published in CFC Style Fan-Book CAP! #7 and later in other sources. Although not related to the game series, it became popular and its original characters appeared in different media: W. Waltz: The only original character named by Hideki, the robot girl saying "According to Dr. Wily's order, you will be disintegrated.". She appeared briefly in the last issue of the Mega Man comic from Dreamwave Productions as Dr. Wily's assistant. Chief and secretary: The two appear briefly in the first chapter of Mega Man Megamix. Wily's assistant: A female character that appears in the Mega Man comic by Archie Comics as Madam Y, a liaison of Mr. X's X Corporation, first appearing in Mega Man #48.

Gallery

Mega Man 7 concept art

Illustration of Aero, Tron and Roll Caskett by Hideki Ishikawa.

Sketch of Mega Man Volnutt from Hideki Ishikawa.

Roll artwork in R20 Rockman & Rockman X Official Complete Works, art by Hideki Ishikawa.

Illustration of Roll by Hideki Ishikawa.

Illustration of Roll from Hideki Ishikawa.

Roll with her Mega Man 11 outfit.

Christmas Illustration of Sera and Yuna.

35th anniversary artwork

Trivia

• In the image depicting Hideki's re-imagining of the Mega Man universe, Bomb Man has a hole in his mohawk and a heart-shaped marking on his head. These features are references to Birdie, a character from Street Fighter, another Capcom property, who bears the same features (a hole in his mohawk and a heart-shaped tattoo on his scalp).
• The police chief in Hideki's re-imagining of the Mega Man universe strongly resembles a hatless Mario from the Super Mario Bros. series.

External links

• Hideki Ishikawa’s Website
• Twitter account