Shouzou Kaga (加賀昭三, Kaga Shōzō, born 1955) is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the Fire Emblem series. During his career at Intelligent Systems, he would lead the development of Fire Emblem from its inception until the release of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In addition to being development lead, he was a major creative contributor to each game's setting, story, and presentation.

Following his departure from Intelligent Systems in 1999, he continued work in game design by founding the independent studio Tirnanog and going on to develop the Tear Ring Saga series, initially under the name Emblem Saga.[1] In 2001, the company would be sued by Nintendo on the grounds of copyright infringement against the Fire Emblem series.[2] This incident increased the negative impression of Mr. Kaga among Japanese FE fans at the time, and had the effect of causing friction between those who supported Mr. Kaga and those who did not. Following the release of Berwick Saga in 2005, Kaga took an apparent hiatus from video game production, lasting a decade until the production and release of Vestaria Saga in 2016. Regarding this hiatus, Mr. Kaga said that he retired as a game creator in 2005.[3] and that what he is currently releasing is indie game.

Works

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Year Title Role
1990 Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light Game design, scenario
1992 Fire Emblem Gaiden Director, game design, scenario
1994 Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
1996 Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
1997 BS Fire Emblem: Akaneia Senki
1998 Super Famicom Wars Game design
1999 Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Game design, scenario
2000 Trade & Battle: Card Hero Advisor
2001 Tear Ring Saga Game design, scenario
2005 Berwick Saga
2016 Vestaria Saga[4]
2019 Vestaria Saga 外伝「シルヴァビルヒの聖なる剣」
2019 Vestaria Saga 外伝「ルッカの英雄」
2019 Vestaria Saga I (Remake)
2022 Vestaria Saga II

References

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  1. ^ Fenlon, Wes (21 February 2020). "The PS2 successor to Fire Emblem gets a long-awaited fan translation". PC Gamer.
  2. ^ "Nintendo Sues Over Emblem Copyright - IGN". 25 July 2001.
  3. ^ "D'sノート". 16 July 2015.
  4. ^ "First Look at Shouzou Kaga's Indie Game". 16 July 2015.