Ayami Kojima is a Japanese artist known for her artwork, illustration and design for the
Castlevania series, developed and published by
Konami. She has a distinct dark, gothic style. The first Castlevania game Kojima worked on was
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. She has since made character designs and artwork for many games in the series. During the period she was working on
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence,
Castlevania: Cuse of Darkness, and
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, Konami used anime-style art in the Nintendo DS games
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, in what was presumably an attempt to appeal to younger demographics. This resulted in huge complaints from the fanbase, which made Konami return to darker, more gothic artwork in the third DS game,
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia(the artwork in Ecclesia was, however, not made by Kojima, but by an artist called Hirooka Masaki). It is currently unknown whether or not Kojima is in charge of artwork for the
latest Castlevania game.
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