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Yoji Shinkawa (新川洋司 Shinkawa Yōji?, born December 25, 1971) is a Japanese artist who was the primary character and mechanical designer of the Metal Gear series. He held this position from 1998-2015. Shinkawa also worked as a mecha designer for the Zone of the Enders games, and produced artwork for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3's Zombie Chronicles.

Born in Hiroshima, Shinkawa began working for Konami in 1994. He first worked as a debugger for the PC-98 version of Policenauts. He then worked as a graphic designer for the console versions of Policenauts. An early artwork of Solid Snake and Meryl Silverburgh from Metal Gear Solid is featured in the Policenauts: Pilot Disk for the 3DO. He was the lead artist on many of Kojima Productions' titles.

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Shinkawa's illustration is generally praised as original and stylistic, yet technically accurate. According to Shinkawa, he is inspired by anime-related artists like Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Yoshitaka Amano, but also more Western-related and less contemporary artists such as Frank Miller, Aubrey Beardsley, and Willy Pogany. He is also a big fan of French artists such as Mœbius.

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  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid
  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid 2
  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid 1.5
  • The Master Artworks of Metal Gear Solid 4
  • Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Official Art Works
  • The Art of Yoji Shinkawa Volumes 1-3
  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid V
  • The Art of Death Stranding

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