Tsunako

Tsunako (つなこ, born 28 January 1986) is a Japanese videogame creator and illustrator from Okayama Prefecture, who works for Idea Factory. She has designed and illustrated characters for various games and print media.

Tsunako joined Idea Factory in 2007, beginning as a general game sprite creator for games such as Spectral Gene and Cross Edge. She later became the lead character designer for the Hyperdimension Neptunia game series, and signed a deal with light novel author Kōshi Tachibana as the illustrator for Date A Live. She has also made guest illustrations for games such as Sei Madou Monogatari. She ranked 6th on the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2014 Top Illustrator Rankings.

Video games

• Spectral Gene (2007, PS2): in-game sprite designer
• Spectral Force Genesis (2008, NDS): character designs
• Cross Edge (2008, PS3/X360): character designs, in-game sprite illustrator
• Trinity Universe (2009, PS3): character designs and official art
• Hyperdimension Neptunia (2010, PS3): character designs and official art
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 (2011, PS3)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory (2012, PS3)
• Hyperdimension Idol Neptunia PP (2013, PSVita)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 (2013, PSVita)
• Date A Live: Rinne Utopia (2013, PS3): in-game sprite illustrator
• Fairy Fencer F (2013, PS3): character designs and official art
• Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (2014, PSVita)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation (2014, PSVita)
• Date A Live: Ars Install (2014, PS3)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed (2014, PSVita)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Century (2014, PSVita)
• Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force (2015, PS4)
• Megadimension Neptunia VII (2015, PS4)
• Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation (2015, PSVita)
• MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune vs. Zombies (2015, PSVita)
• Superdimension Neptune vs. Sega Hard Girls (2015, PSVita)

Light novels

• Date A Live (2011): character designs and novel illustrations
• Hyperdimension Neptunia: Highschool (超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ はいすくーる, 2012): character designs and novel illustrations