| Tony Taka | |
| Birth Date: | 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Miyagi Prefecture |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Occupation: | Illustrator, Video game artist, Character designer |
, also referred to as just, is a Japanese manga artist, video game artist and character designer.[1] [2]
Upon graduating from art design college, he first began working on advertisement designs, but in 1998 subsequently changed careers to become a manga/anime style artist.[1] Soon after, he began illustrating for numerous eroge and designing their characters, thus quickly gaining himself renown and popularity.[1] [2] [3] Apart from his illustration work, which has since encompassed designing general games such as the recent iterations of Sega's popular Shining roleplaying game series, he is also executive director of his own company, RPM Y.K.[1] [2] [3] [4]