Keiji Inafune

Quick Facts

Full Name	Keiji Inafune
Occupation	Illustrator
Date Of Birth	May 8, 1965(1965-05-08)
Age	59
Birthplace	Japan
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Taurus

Keiji Inafune Biography

Keiji Inafune is one of the most popular and richest Illustrator who was born on May 8, 1965 in Japan, Japan. Illustrator and producer who co-designed the character Mega Man as the Global Head of Production at Capcom. He also produced the video game series Dead Rising.

He created the Mega Man series, which was later adapted into a film starring Olan Rogers.

Keiji Inafune (稲船 敬二 , Inafune Keiji, born 8 May 1965) is a Japanese video game producer, illustrator and businessman. Starting his career at Capcom in the late 1980s, his job was as an artist and illustrator. The first two games he worked on were the original Street Fighter and Mega Man in 1987. He was then an illustrator and artist of the Mega Man series during the NES and Super NES era. For Mega Man X, he created and designed the character Zero.

The first Mega Man game was released in December 1987, after which sales in both countries were decent, but as Inafune later notes, “While it did sell more than we had expected, [Rockman 1] wasn’t a huge success as far as the numbers go.”

He was born in Kishiwada, Osaka, Japan.

Keiji Inafune Net Worth

Keiji Inafune is one of the richest Illustrator from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Keiji Inafune 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked as a graphic designer for the 1987 video game Street Fighter.

He launched the company Concept after leaving Capcom, where he worked for 23 years.

Inafune was born in Kishiwada, Osaka in 1965. He received a degree in graphic design in 1987 from the Osaka Designers’ College.

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Long time producer Tokuro Fujiwara, departed Capcom. Inafune was then made producer for the next Mega Man title, Mega Man 8 in 1996. Inafune produced the three-dimensional Mega Man Legends series after receiving requests from Sony to develop a new 3D Mega Man series exclusively for the PlayStation. Although he envisioned high sales and was an ambitious supporter to the development of the game, it was not a massive success and Inafune likens it to a “clumsy son”. Inafune says it was quite difficult to promote the game, as there was little media interest in yet another Mega man title. Inafune was a promotion producer for Resident Evil 2, which in contrast to Mega Man Legends, had huge interest and was an easy game to sell.

Facts & Trivia

Keiji Ranked on the list of most popular Illustrator. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Keiji Inafune celebrates birthday on May 8 of every year.

The last mainline Street Fighter game was Street Fighter EX3 in 2000, and there was reluctance at Capcom at releasing another numeric entry in the series. Producer Yoshinori Ono pitched Street Fighter IV to Inafune, who was head of R&D at the time. Inafune approved the project, due to the positive reception to Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting on Xbox Live Arcade and fans interest. Street Fighter IV was released first in arcades in Japan in 2008, and then on home consoles in 2009. The original console version of SFIV went on to sell 3.4 million copies.

Where is Keiji Inafune now?

Mega Man artist and producer Keiji Inafune is working on a new NFT project called Beastroid , it’s been revealed. According to a promotional site discovered on Japanese NFT marketplace PolkaFantasy, the Mighty No. 9 creator has designed his “first futuristic NFT collection integrated with incredible utilities”.

Did Keiji Inafune create Mega Man?

Keiji Inafune (稲船 敬二, Inafune Keiji, born May 8, 1965) was the head of Research & Development and Online Business at Capcom, best known as the illustrator and co-designer of the character Mega Man and producer of Onimusha and Dead Rising video game series.

When did Keiji Inafune leave Capcom?

On October 29, 2010 , Inafune announced on his blog that he would be leaving Capcom with the intention of “starting his life over”. He had been with the company for 23 years.

Does Keiji Inafune still work at Capcom?

In October 2010, Inafune resigned after a 23 year tenure, claiming he was dissatisfied with the future of Japanese game development. He currently works at Inti Creates.

Why did inafune leave Capcom?

Inafune added: “I’m leaving Capcom with the intention of starting my life over.” He’s not taking a break but pursuing new challenges from the off.