Rieko Kodama

Rieko Kodama
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Date of birth: 1963-05-23 (age 60)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer

Rieko Kodama (小玉 理恵子) (perhaps better known by her alias, Phoenix Rie) is a major designer for the original Phantasy Star series. By the time her work on the Phantasy Star games had concluded, Kodama had taken on directorial roles within her department (for Phantasy Star IV and later Magic Knight Rayearth) and would later act as a producer for titles including Skies of Arcadia and the 2005 incarnation of Altered Beast. On Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable handhelds she produced several edutainment titles and also produced the 7th Dragon series.

She was also involved with the first two entries in the (Mega Drive) Sonic the Hedgehog series, serving as a graphic designer in the first game and a zone artist in the second.

Production history

• Champion Boxing (SG-1000 Version) (1984)
• Champion Boxing (Arcade version) (1984)
• Ninja Princess (1985)
• Quartet (System 16 version) (1986)
• Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986) — By (as Rie Wakashimazu) [NOTE: Unspecified role]
• Double Target: Cynthia no Nemuri (1987)
• The Black Onyx (SG-1000 Version) (1987) [NOTE: Additional Graphics]
• Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (Master System version) (1987)
• Phantasy Star (1987) — Total Design (as Phoehix Rie)
• Hoshi wo Sagashite... (1988) — Design (as Phoenix Rie)
• SpellCaster (1988) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
• Altered Beast (Mega Drive Version) (1988) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (1989) (Role unknown)
• Phantasy Star II (1989) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
• Poseidon Wars 3D (1989) — Graphic Designer (as La-Rie)
• Mystic Defender (Mega Drive Version) (1989) — Graphics Designed by (as Phenix Rie)
• Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Graphic Designed (as Phenix Rie)
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (1990) — Special Thanks (as Phenix Rie)
• Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) — Graphic Design (as Phenix Rie)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive Version) (1991) — Design (as Phenix Rie)
• Advanced Daisenryaku (1991) — Model Maker (as Phenix Rie)
• Riddle Wired (1991) — Special Thanks (as Phenix-Rie)
• Tougi Ou King Colossus (1992) — Special Thanks to (as Phenix Rie)
• Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Designer (as Phenix Rie)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Zone Artist (as Phenix Rie)
• Sonic CD (1993) — Special Thanks (as Phenix Rie)
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (1993) — Battle B-G Design (as R.Kodama), Field Graphic Design (as R.Kodama), Object Design (as R.Kodama), Visual Event Graphic (as R.Kodama), Direction (as R.Kodama)
• Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn Version) (1995) — Director (Japan Staff)
• Deep Fear (1998) — Producer
• Skies of Arcadia (2000) — Producer (Skies of Arcadia Staff), Producer (Original Development Staff)
• Phantasy Star Collection (GBA Version) (2002) — Supervisor (Overworks)
• Skies of Arcadia: Legends (2002) — Producer (Skies of Arcadia Legends Staff), Producer (Original Development Staff)
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 1: Phantasy Star generation:1 (2003) — Special Thanks (Overworks)
• Altered Beast (2005) — Producer
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 17: Phantasy Star generation:2 (2005) — Special Thanks (Sega Wow Div)
• Naruhodo (2006-2008) — General credit for series
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection (2008) — Special Thanks
• 7th Dragon (2009) — Producer
• 7th Dragon 2020 (2009) — Producer
• 7th Dragon 2020-II (2009) — Producer
• 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (2009) — Co-Producer

External links

• Rieko Kodama on Twitter