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Throughout its history, numerous artists have made significant contributions to individual games in the {{FES}} by providing illustrations of its characters, settings and scenarios. These artists, and the games in which each is credited, are summarized here.
[[File:Hidari and Sachiko Wada, July 2017.jpg|thumb|right|[[Artists of the Fire Emblem series#Hidari|Hidari]] and [[Artists of the Fire Emblem series#Sachiko Wada|Sachiko Wada]], the character designers for {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}} and {{title|The Sacred Stones}} respectively, drawing ''Fire Emblem'' characters live on stage at a {{TCGCipher}} event in July 2017.]]
 
Numerous artists have made significant contributions to individual games in the {{FES}} by providing illustrations of its characters, settings and scenarios. These artists, and the games in which each is credited, are summarized here.


==Katsuyoshi Koya==
==Katsuyoshi Koya==
'''Katsuyoshi Koya''' (Japanese: {{hover|小屋勝義|Koya katsuyoshi}} ''Koya Katsuyoshi'') provided the vast majority of the card illustrations for the {{TCG}}, with their work covering the entire casts of {{FE3}}, {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}} and {{title|Thracia 776}}, and is also credited as a graphic designer for ''Mystery'' and ''Genealogy''. Although they were not the original designated character illustrator for any of these games, their work has effectively replaced the original artwork accompanying ''Mystery'' and ''Genealogy'' and is now the most widely used to represent characters from these two games, including being used in {{FE13}} for the [[bonus unit]] portraits for the cast of ''Genealogy''. Their artwork was also used as the basis for the [[Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Exceed|''Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War'' Exceed]] figurine series and for the designs of the ''Mystery'' and ''Genealogy'' cast in {{TCGCipher}}.  In 2008, they also contributed two "bonus artworks" of [[Lena]] and [[Barst]] for {{FE11}}.
'''Katsuyoshi Koya''' (Japanese: {{hover|小屋勝義|Koya katsuyoshi}} ''Koya Katsuyoshi'') provided the vast majority of the card illustrations for the {{TCG}}, with their work covering the entire casts of {{FE3}}, {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}} and {{title|Thracia 776}}, and is also credited as a graphic designer for ''Mystery'' and ''Genealogy''. Although they were not responsible for the original character artwork used in the box art and manual of any of these games, their work has effectively replaced those for ''Mystery'' and ''Genealogy'' and is now the most widely used to represent characters from these two games, including being used in {{FE13}} for the [[bonus unit]] portraits for the cast of ''Genealogy''. Their artwork was also used as the basis for the [[Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Exceed|''Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War'' Exceed]] figurine series, and for the designs of the ''Mystery'' and ''Genealogy'' cast in {{TCGCipher}}.  In 2008, they also contributed two "bonus artworks" of [[Lena]] and [[Barst]] for {{FE11}}.


===Credits===
===Credits===
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==Senri Kita==
==Senri Kita==
[[File:Senri Kita, July 2017.jpg|thumb|right|Senri Kita autographing prints of her [[Skrimir]] art at a {{TCGCipher}} event in July 2017.]]
'''Senri Kita''' (Japanese: {{hover|北千里|Kita senri}} ''Kita Senri'') provided the character artwork for {{FE9}} and {{FE10}}, and was also responsible for the in-game character portraits in ''Radiant Dawn''. She later provided the artwork of [[Marth]] for the {{FE13}} DLC package ''[[Champions of Yore 1]]''.
'''Senri Kita''' (Japanese: {{hover|北千里|Kita senri}} ''Kita Senri'') provided the character artwork for {{FE9}} and {{FE10}}, and was also responsible for the in-game character portraits in ''Radiant Dawn''. She later provided the artwork of [[Marth]] for the {{FE13}} DLC package ''[[Champions of Yore 1]]''.


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==Yusuke Kozaki==
==Yusuke Kozaki==
[[File:Yusuke Kozaki, July 2017.jpg|thumb|right|Yuzuke Kozaki drawing ''Fire Emblem'' characters live on stage at a {{TCGCipher}} event in July 2017.]]
'''Yusuke Kozaki''' (Japanese: {{hover|コザキユースケ|Kozaki yūsuke}} ''Kozaki Yūsuke'') provided the character artwork for {{FE13}} and {{FE14}}.<ref name="nindirect-20150114">{{Cite web|published=2015-01-14|retrieved=2015-01-14|url=http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-Direct/Latest-Nintendo-Direct/Nintendo-Direct-698557.html|title=Nintendo Direct - 14.01.2015|site=Nintendo UK & Ireland}}</ref> His first contact with the series was in the {{TCG}}, to which he contributed three card illustrations for the Jugdral Chronology set. In an interview with the late Nintendo president [[wikipedia:Satoru Iwata|Satoru Iwata]], Kozaki described how he was first contacted to work on ''Awakening'' when he received an email request from Intelligent Systems to design sixty characters for an unidentified game, to which his first response was "Is this Fire Emblem?" and also admitted that prior to being hired for ''Awakening'', he had never completed a ''Fire Emblem'' game before.<ref>{{Cite web|published=2012-03|retrieved=2014-07-26|url=http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/fire-emblem/0/0|title=Iwata Asks: Fire Emblem Awakening|site=Nintendo|author=[[wikipedia:Satoru Iwata|Iwata, S.]] ''et al.''}}</ref>
'''Yusuke Kozaki''' (Japanese: {{hover|コザキユースケ|Kozaki yūsuke}} ''Kozaki Yūsuke'') provided the character artwork for {{FE13}} and {{FE14}}.<ref name="nindirect-20150114">{{Cite web|published=2015-01-14|retrieved=2015-01-14|url=http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-Direct/Latest-Nintendo-Direct/Nintendo-Direct-698557.html|title=Nintendo Direct - 14.01.2015|site=Nintendo UK & Ireland}}</ref> His first contact with the series was in the {{TCG}}, to which he contributed three card illustrations for the Jugdral Chronology set. In an interview with the late Nintendo president [[wikipedia:Satoru Iwata|Satoru Iwata]], Kozaki described how he was first contacted to work on ''Awakening'' when he received an email request from Intelligent Systems to design sixty characters for an unidentified game, to which his first response was "Is this Fire Emblem?" and also admitted that prior to being hired for ''Awakening'', he had never completed a ''Fire Emblem'' game before.<ref>{{Cite web|published=2012-03|retrieved=2014-07-26|url=http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/fire-emblem/0/0|title=Iwata Asks: Fire Emblem Awakening|site=Nintendo|author=[[wikipedia:Satoru Iwata|Iwata, S.]] ''et al.''}}</ref>


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* [[Artists of the Fire Emblem series/TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)#Homare|Homare]] (Japanese: {{hover|誉|Homare}} ''Homare''): [[Palla]], ''[[Roster Rescue]]''
* [[Artists of the Fire Emblem series/TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)#Homare|Homare]] (Japanese: {{hover|誉|Homare}} ''Homare''): [[Palla]], ''[[Roster Rescue]]''


===''TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)'' contributors===
===''Fire Emblem Cipher'' contributors===
{{main|Artists of the Fire Emblem series/TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)}}
{{main|Artists of the Fire Emblem series/Fire Emblem Cipher}}
Unlike the original TCG, {{TCGCipher}} features artwork contributions from a massive number of artists with no prior tie to the series. Kozaki, Wada, Kita, Izuka, and Suzuki are among them, but the work of these former series artists is very much the minority.
Unlike the original trading card game, {{TCGCipher}} features artwork contributions from numerous artists, including both prior series artists and new contributors.


===''Fire Emblem Heroes'' contributors===
===''Fire Emblem Heroes'' contributors===