Kōsuke Fujishima

Fujishima is known for his love of automobiles and motorcycles, which is reflected in many of his series. He is also known for being a character designer for several video games, including those from the Tales series and the first five games from Sakura Wars.

Born in Chiba, Japan, he first came to public attention as an editor of Puff magazine, his first job after completing high school. Fujishima originally intended to be a draftsman, but took the editorial role after failing to get a drafting apprenticeship. He later became assistant to manga artist Tatsuya Egawa in the production of the Making Be Free! manga, and in 1986 began his first original manga series You're Under Arrest. His second manga series Oh My Goddess!, also translated as Ah! My Goddess, is Fujishima's most famous work, which made him a household name in Japan. He is also well known as the character designer for several games in the Tales series and Sakura Wars.

On June 29, 2016, the famous 20-year-old cosplayer Nekomu Otogi announced her marriage to Fujishima as well as her pregnancy on her Twitter page. Both of them had known each other on Twitter approximately since 2014. On July 7, 2016, Fujishima confirmed the marriage on his Twitter account. Fujishima owns a rare Krauser Domani, a motorcycle-like vehicle with an integrated sidecar, which he purchased in 1994 and regularly shows on his Twitter account.

• Series — Year — Contribution • You're Under Arrest — 1986–1992 — Author / Illustrator • Oh My Goddess! — 1988–2014 — Author / Illustrator • Kōryū Densetsu Villgust — 1992 — Character designer • Tales of Phantasia — 1994, 1999, 2003, 2006 — Character designer • Sakura Wars — 1996–2005 — Character designer • éX-Driver — 2000 — Author / Character and setting designer • Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon — 2000, 2010 — Character designer • Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart — 2002 — Original creator / Character designer • Gungrave — 2002, 2003, 2004 — Mechanical designer • Tales of the World: Summoner's Lineage — 2003 — Character designer • Tales of Symphonia — 2003, 2004 — Character designer • Tales of the Abyss — 2005 — Character designer • Tales of Vesperia — 2008 — Character designer • Paradise Residence — 2008–2016 — Author / Illustrator • Tales of Xillia — 2011 — Character designer • Tales of Xillia 2 — 2012 — Character designer • Tales of Zestiria — 2015 — Character designer • Tales of Berseria — 2016 — Character designer • Black Rose Valkyrie — 2016 — Character designer • Toppu GP — 2016–present — Author / Illustrator • Tales of Crestoria — 2020–2022 — Character designer

Kōsuke Fujishima is recorded with the occupation character designer. Recorded as illustrator, mangaka, character designer and screenwriter.