Staff Roll
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Breath of Fire: Ryuu no Senshi (SFC)1
True Ending Staff Roll (Text)
BREATH OF FIRE
PRODUCED STAFF
PLANNER
ばんぶう
インフルかわの・ぼつのり
ぷくち
ヤスミクレまこ
SCROLL STAFF
どん
ばんでい♬
スクロールだましい
ゆうきん
たっけまん
OBJECT STAFF
いなふきん
フィッシュマン
シミズーン
ズラズラ
まつばら
MUSIC COMPOSER
ぶんぶん
まり
おじゃりん
ぴぃ♬
SOUND EFFECTS
あにい
エルフ
SOUND PROGRAMMER
おやぶん
いけぼん
GAME PROGRAMMER
かねこん
マダムのりこ
さんちゃん
すりいぱあ・ヒガシ
しゅう
SPECIAL THANKS
はっしーこっせつ
QUETZAL
かずき
はなぢー19ゴウ
たつや
CAPCOM ALL STAFF
FIGHTER
そして・・・
あなた♪
あそんでくださって、
どうもありがとう
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BREATH OF FIRE
PRODUCED STAFF
PLANNER
ばんぶう
インフルかわの・ぼつのり
ぷくち
ヤスミクレまこ
SCROLL STAFF
どん
ばんでい♬
スクロールだましい
ゆうきん
たっけまん
OBJECT STAFF
いなふきん
フィッシュマン
シミズーン
ズラズラ
まつばら
MUSIC COMPOSER
ぶんぶん
まり
おじゃりん
ぴぃ♬
SOUND EFFECTS
あにい
エルフ
SOUND PROGRAMMER
おやぶん
いけぼん
GAME PROGRAMMER
かねこん
マダムのりこ
さんちゃん
すりいぱあ・ヒガシ
しゅう
SPECIAL THANKS
はっしーこっせつ
QUETZAL
かずき
はなぢー19ゴウ
たつや
カプコンしゃいんのみなさん
おつかれさまでした
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Breath of Fire (SNES)2
True Ending Staff Roll (Text)
BREATH OF FIRE
ENGLISH VERSION
DIRECTOR
Ted Woolsey
COORDINATOR
James Gillis
TRANSLATION
K. Brandjord
R. Yamaji
Y. Orimo
Ted Woolsey
EDITOR
WRITERS
George Sinfield
Nathan Williams
Charlie Wilson
GRAPHICS
EVALUATOR
Nathan Williams
SPECIAL THANKS
TO
Rich Silveira
T. Horii
J. Yanagihara
Beau Folsom
Y. Kawano
M. Takemura
E. Takahashi
…and all
the folks
at Capcom, Japan
and…
you.
Thanks for playing!
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BREATH OF FIRE
English Version
DIRECTOR
Ted Woolsey
COORDINATOR
James Gillis
Localization
TRANSLATION
K. Brandjord
R. Yamaji
Y. Orimo
Ted Woolsey
EDITOR WRITERS
George Sinfield
Nathan Williams
Charlie Wilson
GRAPHICS EVALUATOR
Nathan Williams
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Rich Silveira
T. Horii
J. Yanagihara
Beau Folsom
Y. Kawano
M. Takemura
E. Takahashi
…and all the folks
at Capcom, Japan
Thanks for playing!
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Breath of Fire: Ryuu no Senshi (GBA)3
True Ending Staff Roll (Text)
BREATH OF FIRE
PRODUCED STAFF
PLANNER
ばんぶー
インフルかわの. ぼつのり
ぷくち
ヤスミクレまこ
SCROLL STAFF
どん
ばんでい♬
スクロールだましい
ゆーきん
たっけまん
OBJECT STAFF
いなふきん
フィッシュマン
シミズーン
ズラズラ
まつばら
MUSIC COMPOSER
ぶんぶん
まり
おじゃりん
ぴぃ♪
SOUND EFFECTS
あにい
エルフ
SOUND PROGRAMMER
おやぶん
いけぼん
GAME PROGRAMMER
かねこん
マダムのりこ
さんちゃん
すりいぱあ. ヒガシ
しゅう
SPECIAL THANKS
はっしーこっせつ
QUETZAL
かずき
はなぢー19ごう
たつや
CAPCOM ALL STAFF
FIGHTERS
そして・・・
あなた♪
あそんでくださって、
どうもありがとう
~ END ~
伝説は受け継がれる・・・
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BREATH OF FIRE
PRODUCED STAFF
PLANNER
ばんぶー
インフルかわの. ぼつのり
ぷくち
ヤスミクレまこ
SCROLL STAFF
どん
ばんでい♬
スクロールだましい
ゆーきん
たっけまん
OBJECT STAFF
いなふきん
フィッシュマン
シミズーン
ズラズラ
まつばら
MUSIC COMPOSER
ぶんぶん
まり
おじゃりん
ぴぃ♪
SOUND EFFECTS
あにい
エルフ
SOUND PROGRAMMER
おやぶん
いけぼん
GAME PROGRAMMER
かねこん
マダムのりこ
さんちゃん
すりいぱあ. ヒガシ
しゅう
SPECIAL THANKS
はっしーこっせつ
QUETZAL
かずき
はなぢー19ごう
たつや
カプコンしゃいんのみなさん
おつかれさまでした
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Breath of Fire (GBA)4
True Ending Staff Roll (Text)
BREATH OF FIRE
PLANNER
Bamboo
Botunori
Pukchi
Makoto
SCROLL STAFF
Don
Banndy
Scr. Spirit
U-King
Tuck-K
OBJECT STAFF
Inuffkin
Fishman
Simiz
Zura-Zura
Mats
MUSIC COMPOSER
Bun-Bun
Mari
O-Jaring
Pii♪
SOUND EFFECTS
Any
Elf
SOUND PROGRAMMER
Oyabun
Ikebon
GAME PROGRAMMER
Kanecon
Noriko
Sun Chan
Sleeper
Shu
SPECIAL THANKS
Bone
QUETZAL
Kazuki
No. 19
Tatuya
ALL CAPCOM STAFF
and…
You
Thanks for playing!
~ END ~
To be continued …
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BREATH OF FIRE
PLANNER
Bamboo
Botunori
Pukchi
Makoto
SCROLL STAFF
Don
Banndy
Scr. Spirit
U-King
Tuck-K
OBJECT STAFF
Inuffkin
Fishman
Simiz
Zura-Zura
Mats
MUSIC COMPOSER
Bun-Bun
Mari
O-Jaring
Pii♪
SOUND EFFECTS
Any
Elf
SOUND PROGRAMMER
Oyabun
Ikebon
GAME PROGRAMMER
Kanecon
Noriko
Sun Chan
Sleeper
Shu
SPECIAL THANKS
Bone
QUETZAL
Kazuki
No. 19
Tatuya
…and
ALL CAPCOM STAFF
Thanks for playing!
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GBA Instruction Booklet (North America) (Text)5
Manual: Hanshaw Ink & Image
Marketing: Todd Thorson, Sean Mylett, Robert Johnson, Nate Williams
Creative Services: Jennifer Deauville, Marion Clifford
Package Design: Michi Morita, Jamie Gibson
Translation: Masayuki Fukumoto
Public Relations: Melinda Mongelluzzo, Matt Atwood, Carrie Root
Special Thanks: Bill Gardner, Robert Lindsey, Customer Service
GBA Instruction Booklet (UK) (Text)6
Manual: Hanshaw Ink & Image
Marketing: Todd Thorson, Sean Mylett, Robert Johnson, Nate Williams
Creative Services: Jennifer Deauville, Marion Clifford
Package Design: Michi Morita, Jamie Gibson
Translation: Masayuki Fukumoto
Public Relations: Melinda Mongelluzzo, Matt Atwood, Carrie Root
Special Thanks: Bill Gardner, Robert Lindsey, Customer Service
Ubi Soft Entertainment
Marketing all over Europe
EMEA MARKETING: Sebastien Puel, Marie Grange
BRAND MANAGERS
UK – Emma Fifield
Special Thanks: Gary Blake at Creative Advertising & Printing Ltd.
Complete Credits
This section includes tables assembling all known credits for Breath of Fire, including individuals who were uncredited. From the 80s to mid-90s, Capcom staff primarily used aliases in the credits. This section features actual names behind the aliases and unabbreviated names, where available.
We could use your help! For sections highlighted in red, we require more information.
Note: The in-game GBA credits are mostly replicated from the SFC version. For that reason, it remains largely unknown who ported the game to GBA and how many original staff were involved.
Platform | Title | Name (English) | Name (Japanese) | Alias (GBA English) | Alias (Japanese) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SFC | Producer (uncredited)7 | Tokuro Fujiwara | 藤原得郎 | Alias: Professor F | ||
SFC / GBA89 | Planner | Yoshinori Takenaka | 竹中義典 | Bamboo | ばんぶう | ばんぶー (GBA) |
SFC / GBA | Planner | Yoshinori Kawano | 河野禎則 | Botunori | インフルかわの・ぼつのり | GBA Version: インフルかわの. ぼつのり lit. “Infuru Kawano・Botsunori” |
SFC / GBA | Planner | Fukuda | ??? | Pukchi | ぷくち | Lit. “Pukuchi” |
SFC / GBA | Planner | Makoto Ikehara | 池原まこと | Makoto | ヤスミクレまこ | Lit. “Yasumikure Mako” |
SFC / GBA | Scroll Staff | Miki Kijima | 木嶋美紀 | Don | どん | |
SFC / GBA | Scroll Staff | Eriko Bando | ばんどうえりこ | Banndy | ばんでい♬ | |
SFC / GBA | Scroll Staff | Ayatomo Tanimoto | 谷本綾朋 | Scr. Spirit | スクロールだましい | Lit. “Scroll Spirit” |
SFC / GBA | Scroll Staff | ??? | ??? | U-King | ゆうきん | GBA Version: ゆーきん |
SFC / GBA | Scroll Staff | Naomi Takemoto | たけもとなおみ | Tuck-K | たっけまん | Lit. “Takkeman” |
SFC / GBA | Object Staff | Keiji Inafune | 稲船敬二 | Inuffkin | いなふきん | Also known as “Inafuking”. Inafukin = “Dish cloth” |
SFC / GBA | Object Staff | Hironori Matsumura | 松村ひろのり | Fishman | フィッシュマン | |
SFC / GBA | Object Staff | Kazunori Shimizu | 清水一範 | Simiz | シミズーン | In charge of character sprite creation |
SFC / GBA | Object Staff | ??? | ??? | Zura-Zura | ズラズラ | |
SFC / GBA | Object Staff | Matsubara | 松原 | Mats | まつばら | |
SFC / GBA | Music Composer | Yasuaki Fujita | 藤田靖明 | Bun-Bun | ぶんぶん | |
SFC / GBA | Music Composer | Mari Yamaguchi | 山口真理 | Mari | まり | |
SFC / GBA | Music Composer | Minae Fujii | 藤井美苗 | O-Jaring | おじゃりん | Also known as “Ojalin” |
SFC / GBA | Music Composer | Yoko Shimomura | 下村陽子 | Pii♪ | ぴぃ♬ | GBA Version: ぴぃ♪ |
SFC / GBA | Sound Effects / Music Composer (uncredited)10 | Tatsuya Nishimura | 西村達也 | Any | あにい | Uncredited for Music Composer |
SFC / GBA | Sound Effects | Tadashi Joukagi | 上鍵忠志 | Elf | エルフ | |
SFC / GBA | Sound Programmer | Yoshihiro Sakaguchi | 坂口由洋 | Oyabun | おやぶん | |
SFC / GBA | Sound Programmer | Yasushi Ikeda | いけだやすし | Ikebon | いけぼん | |
SFC / GBA | Game Programmer | Kiyomi Kaneko | 金子清巳 | Kanecon | かねこん | |
SFC / GBA | Game Programmer | Noriko Kojima | のりこ小島 | Noriko | マダムのりこ | Lit. “Madamu Noriko” |
SFC / GBA | Game Programmer | Tadashi Sanzen | 三膳正 | Sun Chan | さんちゃん | |
SFC / GBA | Game Programmer | Higashiyama | 東山 | Sleeper | すりいぱあ・ヒガシ | GBA Version: すりいぱあ. ヒガシ; Lit. “Sleeper Higashi” |
SFC / GBA | Game Programmer | ??? | ??? | Shu | しゅう | |
SFC / GBA | Special Thanks | Hashimoto | 橋本 | Bone | はっしーこっせつ | |
SFC / GBA | Special Thanks | ??? | ??? | QUETZAL | QUETZAL | |
SFC / GBA | Special Thanks | ??? | ??? | Kazuki | かずき | |
SFC / GBA | Special Thanks | ??? | ??? | No. 19 | はなぢー19ゴウ | GBA Version: はなぢー19ごう; Lit. “Hanaji 19” |
SFC / GBA | Special Thanks / Artist (uncredited) | Tatsuya Yoshikawa | 吉川達哉 | Tatuya | たつや | Lit. “Tatsuya”. Uncredited as Artist. |
GBA | Character / Cutscene Artist11 | Kazuya Nuri | 塗和也 | |||
SNES | Director | Ted Woolsey | ||||
SNES | Coordinator | James Gillis | ||||
SNES | Translation | K. Brandjord | Unknown Abbreviation | |||
SNES | Translation | R. Yamaji | Unknown Abbreviation | |||
SNES | Translation | Y. Orimo | Unknown Abbreviation | |||
SNES | Translation | Ted Woolsey | ||||
SNES | Editor Writers | George Sinfield | ||||
SNES | Editor Writers | Nathan Williams | ||||
SNES | Editor Writers | Charlie Wilson | ||||
SNES | Special Thanks To | Rich Silveira | ||||
SNES | Special Thanks To | T. Horii | Abbreviation of “Toshiyuki Horii” | |||
SNES | Special Thanks To | J. Yanagihara | Abbreviation of “Junichi Yanagihara” | |||
SNES | Special Thanks To | Beau Folsom | ||||
SNES | Special Thanks To | Y. Kawano | Likely “Yoshinori Kawano” | |||
SNES | Special Thanks To | M. Takemura | Unknown Abbreviation | |||
SNES | Special Thanks To | E. Takahashi | Unknown Abbreviation | |||
SNES | Promotional Artist12 | Dev Madan | ||||
GBA (NA) | Manual | Hanshaw Ink & Image | ||||
GBA (NA) | Marketing | Todd Thorson | ||||
GBA (NA) | Marketing | Sean Mylett | ||||
GBA (NA) | Marketing | Robert Johnson | ||||
GBA (NA) | Marketing | Nate Williams | ||||
GBA (NA) | Creative Services | Jennifer Deauville | ||||
GBA (NA) | Creative Services | Marion Clifford | ||||
GBA (NA) | Package Design | Michi Morita | ||||
GBA (NA) | Package Design | Jamie Gibson | ||||
GBA (NA) | Translation | Masayuki Fukumoto | ||||
GBA (NA) | Public Relations | Melinda Mongelluzzo | ||||
GBA (NA) | Public Relations | Matt Atwood | ||||
GBA (NA) | Public Relations | Carrie Root | ||||
GBA (NA) | Special Thanks | Bill Gardner | ||||
GBA (NA) | Special Thanks | Robert Lindsey | ||||
GBA (NA) | Special Thanks | Customer Service | ||||
GBA (UK) | EMEA Marketing | Sebastien Puel | ||||
GBA (UK) | EMEA Marketing | Marie Grange | ||||
GBA (UK) | Brand Managers UK | Emma Fifield |
Sources
- Breath of Fire: Ryuu no Senshi. 1993. Super Famicom. Capcom Co., Ltd. Japan. ↩︎
- Breath of Fire. 1994. Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Square Soft, Inc. USA. ↩︎
- Breath of Fire: Ryuu no Senshi. 2001. Game Boy Advance. Capcom Co., Ltd. Japan. ↩︎
- Breath of Fire. 2001. Game Boy Advance. Capcom USA, Inc. USA. ↩︎
- Breath of Fire Instruction Booklet. Capcom. 2001. p. 6. AGB-ABFE-USA. ↩︎
- Breath of Fire Instruction Booklet. Capcom. Ubi Soft Entertainment SA. 2001. p. 25. AGB-ABFP-UKV. ↩︎
- Aniel, Alex (2021). Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil. Unbound Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 9781783529490. Retrieved 1 May 2024. ↩︎
- Video Game Database – MobyGames. “Breath of Fire credits (SNES, 1993) – MobyGames“. Retrieved 1 May 2024. ↩︎
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- First Circle Chapter 3 (Yasuaki Fujita’s Blog). “First Circle Chapter 3: Untold stories of Breath of Fire”. Retrieved 1 May 2024. ↩︎
- Nuri, Kazuya @nurikazu_. “昔描いた絵しりーず。GBA版Bof1&2のリメイク絵。顔絵とシャーマンズの全身絵やイベント絵等を描きました。スーファミ版の絵をその後(Bof3以降)の吉川さんの絵柄で再び描く・・・という今考えても大変なお題目のお仕事でした。当時拙くて申し訳ない気持ちでしたが、後の礎ともなる学びが多くありました.” Twitter/X, July 18, 2020, https://twitter.com/nurikazu_/status/1284472256991596544. ↩︎
- Breath of Fire Fans @breathoffire_. “The NA SNES box art was done by Dev Madan, who would later go on to be the Art Director for Sly Cooper!” Twitter/X, July 6, 2021, https://twitter.com/BreathofFire_/status/1412496594939768834. ↩︎