Talk:Koji Igarashi

Fluent Japanese??
Of course he speaks fluent Japanese. He's native speaker! --Fabiopl 03:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

There's a spelling typo in the reference section. The last time I checked, "Famous" was not spelt like "Famouos" ~FireSeraphim~

Igarashi would be honored to work on a Metroid game
In an interview with Glixel, posted on Nov 24, 2016, Koji Igarashi stated he would be "incredibly honored" to work on a Metroid game if Nintendo were to approach him to make one.195.67.78.50 (talk) 10:14, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Expanding
I'll be expanding the article. Right now it has nothing on his work between Castlevania Chronicles and him quitting in 2014. Feel free to contribute or copy edit my additions. Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:25, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I can find next to nothing online in English about this game. A few reviews from 2000, but nothing about Iga's role. It's the only game he has served as full director on, which is why it's significant. From what I've heard, the game was a commercial failure, which is why he went back to Castlevania, and has not directed a game since. Harizotoh9 (talk) 05:23, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

I've expanded a bit, but it's rather patchy. There's entire games I have skipped over for now, such as the PS2 games, Aria of Sorrow, the NDS games, and Judgement. When the article is fully expanded, it will cover all the games he's worked on. Harizotoh9 (talk) 18:25, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Role in Artplay
All the sources say he's a co-founder. His exact role is disputed. A few sources say he's CEO. Another says Producer, and another says Executive Producer. The only source that calls him CEO is a Korean expo bio. The page includes awkward Engrish, so it's more than likely just a mistake. Whether he's an Exec Producer or Producer probably isn't a big difference. He can probably play both roles as needed in the company, or the terms are interchangeable. So I'm just going to call him a producer. Harizotoh9 (talk) 22:09, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Place of birth
One article seems to imply that he was born in Shirakawa city. It mentions that he could see the Komine Castle from his bedroom window. However, his official facebook page says he is from Aizuwakamatsu. Aizuwakamatsu is a 1.5 hour drive from Shirakawa, which makes seeing the Komine Castle from his window unlikely. I'm not sure what this means. He may have been born in one city, and then moved to another. In any case, both are in the Fukashima prefecture, so I just put that until I can find a source for his exact city of birth. Harizotoh9 (talk) 09:24, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


 * This could be coincidental, but I may have found a news article from the 80's about a relative. A centennial named "Teiichi Igarashi" climbed Mt. Fuji in 1988. He is a lumberjack like Igarashi's father (could be a family trade) and is also from Fukashima prefecture. This may be a grand father or other relative. I will look more into this. Harizotoh9 (talk) 22:27, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Representitive works:
Iga himself lists Tokimeki Memorial, Symphony of the Night, among his representitive works in presentations. See:

Also, Tokimeki Memorial was a huge hit in Japan, and a big career milestone for Iga. To not mention it in the lede, would introduce a geographic bias since it was not released over here. Harizotoh9 (talk) 07:27, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I found the previous way of mentioning it was better, as the way you had it made it seem as important as his Castlevania series contributions, which is not the case in English markets. Rewording it because you think it might introduce a geographical bias when the sources do not really seem to agree isn't an improvement. ~ Dissident93  ( talk ) 06:30, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Chinese partner:
I have no idea how to render the name of the Chinese businessman who's the CEO and co-founder of Artplay in English. All of the news sources that discuss him are in Chinese, not English. His named is "冯刚", but I'm not sure what the official English spelling of that would be. As such, I avoided naming him, calling him a "Chinese businessman" or "partner". He has a linkedin profile where he goes by "Jacob Feng", but I'm not sure if that's a reliable source. Harizotoh9 (talk) 16:03, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
 * LinkedIn was used to gage Gabe Newell's exact title at Valve Corporation, so if this states Jacob Feng is ArtPlay's CEO, I don't see why we wouldn't use it. ~ Dissident93  ( talk ) 17:00, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
 * There's multiple sources naming his partner, but only his linkedin and social media list the English version of his name. My question is how to render his name in English, and whether that can be used as a reliable source for the spelling. Harizotoh9 (talk) 17:23, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Which I just said LinkedIn could be used for, unless there is a separate CEO at ArtPlay with the same Chinese characters. ~ Dissident93  ( talk ) 20:33, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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Elder Gate:
This was Igarashi's follow up to SotN, and the only game he fully directed. He never talks about it, and neither does the media. The only proof that I can find that he made the game was by looking at the in-game credits. The implication, and what I've heard, is that the game was a total bomb, and it ended his directoral aspirations, so he moved to producing.

If anyone can find ANY sources on Elder gate, I'd love to see it. Harizotoh9 (talk) 20:25, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Code S Plan
The mobile game was announced... and then never heard from again. There's news articles on the announcement, and but none on it being cancelled. We should probably make it clear that the game was never released. But it was never officially cancelled, just never released and never talked about again. Harizotoh9 (talk) 19:53, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Crazy name
His name in Japanese says 'lying fuck'. 174.251.64.98 (talk) 03:16, 1 July 2022 (UTC)