{"id":26895,"date":"2024-02-08T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T02:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=26895"},"modified":"2024-02-19T13:01:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T04:01:11","slug":"20240208-26895","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240208-26895\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayonetta artist shares stunning Tekken 8 concept art\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bayonetta character designer Mari Shimazaki is known for her sexy female characters and intricate costume designs. Recently, she worked as a character concept artist on <strong>Tekken 8<\/strong> and shared some detailed design drawings for Jun, Reina and Asuka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E9%89%84%E6%8B%B38?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u9244\u62f38<\/a>\u300d\u767a\u58f2\u304a\u3081\u3067\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01<br>\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u30b3\u30f3\u30bb\u30d7\u30c8\u30a2\u30fc\u30c6\u30a3\u30b9\u30c8\u3067\u53c2\u52a0\u3055\u305b\u3066\u9802\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br>\u9e97\u5948\u3001\u98a8\u9593\u6e96\u3001\u98a8\u9593\u98db\u9ce5\u3092\u62c5\u5f53\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u7686\u69d8\u306e\u71b1\u3044\u62f3\u306b\u706b\u304c\u4ed8\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3088\u3046\u306b\uff01<br>Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TEKKEN8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TEKKEN8<\/a> !<br>I participated as a Character Concept Artist of Reina, Jun, and Asuka.<br>Please enjoy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hBYzQwZ2Np\">pic.twitter.com\/hBYzQwZ2Np<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5cf6\u5d0e\u9ebb\u91cc (@MariShimazaki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariShimazaki\/status\/1753338092441026784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s look at how her designs for these three female characters reflect their personalities. Since her debut in Tekken 2, Jun Kazama has always had one black and white outfit, but Shimazaki\u2019s latest costume design for the veteran Tekken character is the most elaborate. Jun\u2019s long white floaty shirt and sleeves remind us that she has been commonly associated with the Angel character throughout the series.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Tekken 8 Reina\" class=\"wp-image-26903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-001.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-001-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-001-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-001-600x337.jpeg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The two costumes for Reina represent different aspects of the new character\u2019s personality and background. The black and purple cyberpunk style sportswear outfit gives her a cool and mysterious look, with the silver stripes on her jacket reflecting her Purple Lighting nickname. Her second costume has traditional Japanese influences that fit her Mishima heritage, and the hakama are very reminiscent of Heihachi\u2019s. Asuka Kazama\u2019s outfit, on the other hand, looks like a uniform that has been modified to make it sexier, which fits with her rebellious schoolgirl character.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-002.jpeg\" alt=\"Tekken 8 Asuka Kazama\" class=\"wp-image-26905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-002.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-002-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-002-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240208-26895-002-600x337.jpeg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mari Shimazaki is best known for being the lead character designer and art director for the Bayonetta series. However, you have probably seen her work in other places too, as she has done character and costume design work on various projects. This includes the costume design for the Racing Miku version of the vocaloid Hatsune Miku and for characters from The IdolM@ster game series. She also previously worked on Okami, Soul Calibur V and Tekken 7 (namely Josie Rizal and Kazumi Mishima).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada responded to Shimazaki\u2019s Tekken 8 post, thanking her for creating wonderful designs for the series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">Thx Shimazaki-san. You always responded to my requests with wonderful designs. I respect you!<br><br>\u5cf6\u5d0e\u9ebb\u91cc\u3055\u3093\u3001\u9244\u62f37\u306b\u5f15\u304d\u7d9a\u304d\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3044\u308d\u3044\u308d\u3068\u6211\u3005\uff08\u4e3b\u306b\u79c1\u304b&#8230;\uff09\u306e\u30ef\u30ac\u30de\u30de\u3092\u8074\u3044\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u305f\u4e0a\u3067\u306e\u7d20\u6674\u3089\u3057\u3044\u30c7\u30b6\u30a4\u30f3\u3078\u306e\u6607\u83ef\u3092\u76ee\u306e\u5f53\u305f\u308a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TEKKEN8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TEKKEN8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0BAnI8jMdk\">https:\/\/t.co\/0BAnI8jMdk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1753684562746773643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Post translation: <\/em><\/strong><em>Mari Shimazaki, thank you for continuing to work with us since Tekken 7. I was able to witness how you listened to our many selfish requests (which mainly came from me) and transformed them into wonderful character designs.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mari Shimazaki frequently posts her illustrations on her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariShimazaki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X account<\/a> and more of her work can be found on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shimazakimari.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We take a look at how Mari Shimazaki&#8217;s designs for Reina, Jun and Asuka in Tekken 8 fit their personalities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":26901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-26895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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