Yoichi Erikawa
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is the co-founder of Koei, along with his wife Keiko Erikawa
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Yōichi Erikawa is a game producer for Koei, using the pen name Kou Shibusawa. At first game developing was only a hobby for him. Then he came up with the game Nobunaga's Ambition
, which went on to sell millions of copies in Japan. It was then that Koei switched over from a chemical wholesaler to a game development studio and publisher. Since then he has produced many games for Koei, most notably Koei's historical simulation series of game.
Keiko Erikawa
was the co-founder of Koei with her husband Yoichi Erikawa. Today she is the chairman, president and CEO of Koei.- References :...
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Yōichi Erikawa is a game producer for Koei, using the pen name Kou Shibusawa. At first game developing was only a hobby for him. Then he came up with the game Nobunaga's Ambition
Nobunaga's Ambition
is a series of turn-based grand strategy role-playing simulation video games, first released in 1983 by the Japanese video game developer Koei.Games in the franchise have been released on a variety of gaming platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Game Boy, Sega Mega Drive,...
, which went on to sell millions of copies in Japan. It was then that Koei switched over from a chemical wholesaler to a game development studio and publisher. Since then he has produced many games for Koei, most notably Koei's historical simulation series of game.