Kotaro Uchikoshi

Kotaro Uchikoshi
Native name 打越鋼太郎
(Uchikoshi Kōtarō)
Born November 17, 1973
Higashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Other names Hagane Tsukishio (pseudonym)
Occupation Game director, game producer, scenario writer, game designer
Years active 1999–present
Employer KID (1999–2004)
Spike Chunsoft (2004–)
Notable work Infinity series
Zero Escape series

Kotaro Uchikoshi (打越鋼太郎 Uchikoshi Kōtarō), born November 17, 1973, is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer. He is best known for co-writing the visual novel series Infinity with its director Takumi Nakazawa while working at KID, and directing and writing the visual novel/adventure game series Zero Escape at Chunsoft.

Early life

Uchikoshi was born in Higashimurayama, a city in the western part of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

Career

Uchikoshi was a scenario writer for KID from 1999 to 2004, where he worked on Memories Off, Memories Off 2nd, and the Infinity series of visual novels which includes Never 7: The End of Infinity, Ever 17: The Out of Infinity, and Remember 11: The Age of Infinity.

He departed KID in 2004 and joined Chunsoft. He wrote and directed the adventure game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors for Nintendo DS, and its sequel Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward for Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita.[1]

Accolades

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward received widespread acclaim, winning Gamespot's "Handheld Game of the Year" award for 2012,[2] and IGN's "Best of 2012 Best 3DS/DS story" award.[3]

Works

Uchikoshi is credited in the following games:

Anime:

References

  1. ↑ "Giant Bomb: Kotaro Uchikoshi (Person)"
  2. ↑ "Gamespot: Handheld Game of the Year: The Winner"
  3. ↑ "IGN: Best 3DS/DS Story - Best of 2012"
  4. ↑ http://www.siliconera.com/2014/04/10/zero-escape-director-reveals-hes-working-new-title/

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