Sawaki Takeyasu

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|name = Sawaki Takeyasu

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|native_name = 竹安佐和記

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|08|30}}

|birth_place = Osaka, Japan

|nationality = Japanese

|occupation = Video game director, producer, artist

|years_active = 2001–present

|known_for = El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

}}

{{nihongo|Sawaki Takeyasu|竹安佐和記 |Takeyasu Sawaki}} (born August 30, 1973) is a Japanese video game artist, producer and director. Currently the head of his own development studio Crim, Takeyasu previously worked at Capcom and their subsidiary Clover Studio before becoming a freelance artist following Clover's dissolution in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134552/secrets_of_the_apocrypha_el_.php|title=Secrets Of The Apocrypha: El Shaddai's Director Speaks|last=Nutt|first=Christian|publisher=Gamasutra|date=25 October 2010|accessdate=16 March 2019}}

Works

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Year ! Title ! Role
2001 \| Devil May Cry \| Character CG artwork, character designer
2002 \| Steel Battalion \| rowspan="2" \| Mech designer
2004 \| Steel Battalion: Line of Contact
2006 \| Ōkami \| Character and monster designer
2008 \| Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse \| rowspan="2" \| Character designer
2009 \| Infinite Space
2011 \| El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron \| Director, character designer
2012 \| El Shaddai Social Battle \| Character designer
rowspan="3" \| 2017 \| Gravity Rush 2 \| The Ark of Time: Raven's Choice monster designer
God Wars: Future Past \| Monster designer
The Lost Child \| Producer, character and monster designer
2024 \| Starnaut \| Director

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Year

! Title

! Role

2001

| Devil May Cry

| Character CG artwork, character designer

2002

| Steel Battalion

| rowspan="2" | Mech designer

2004

| Steel Battalion: Line of Contact