Akihiro Yamada

Akihiro Yamada (山田 章博 Yamada Akihiro) is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. Mostly known by Castlevania fans due to his work as the character designer and illustrator for Castlevania Dracula X for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Portfolio
Among his known works, some of the most known outside Japan are his illustrations of Fuyumi Ono's long-running The Twelve Kingdoms light novel series, and the manga Record of Lodoss War: The Lady of Pharis who he made in conjunction with writer Ryo Mizuno.

He has also worked as a designer for several videogame, being very prolifical during the 90's. A sort list of them includes:
 * Black Rainbow (PC-98) [1990] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Black Rainbow II (PC-98) [1992] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (PC Engine) [1993] - Cover Art (Japanese Ver.)
 * Ancient Magic バズー!魔法世界 (Super Famicom) [1993] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Gaiapolis 黄金鷹の剣 (Arcade) [1993] - Promotional Art
 * Wizardry I・II (PC Engine) [1993] - Cover Art
 * Wizardry III・IV (PC Engine) [1994] - Cover Art
 * 疾風魔法大作戦 Kingdom Grandprix (Arcade, Sega Saturn) [1994/1995] - Cover Art (Sega Saturn release), Character Designer
 * Mystic Ark (Super Famicom) [1995] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * 悪魔城ドラキュラXX (Super Famicom) [1995] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Terra Phantastica (Sega Saturn) [1996] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Milandra (Super Famicom) [1997] - Cover Art
 * Front Mission 3 (PlayStation) [1999] - Character Designer
 * Mystic Ark まぼろし劇場 (PlayStation) [1999] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Meremanoid (PlayStation) [1999] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * 西遊記 (PlayStation) [1999] - Cover Art, Character Designer
 * Fire Emblem Heroes (Android, iOS) [2017] - Character Designer (Jagen, Ogma, Zephiel, Gunter)