====== Katsuya Terada ======
**Katsuya Terada** is a Japanese illustrator, sometimes going by the name Rakuga King. His most striking work was done for //[[game:the_legend_of_zelda_series]]// series, and //[[game:Secret of Mana]]//. He has also worked as a character designer on games such as //[[game:Sol Divide]]//, //[[game:Tantei Jinguji Saburo]]//, and //[[game:Sangokushi]]//; though in a more laboured style.

Outside of videogames, Terada is known for his character designs for //[[wp>Blood: The Last Vampire]]//, monster design in //[[wp>Godzilla: Final Wars]]//, and the manga //[[wp>The_Monkey_King_(manga)|Saiyukiden]]//. He has published several collections of his illustrations.

===== Videogame Design Work =====

^ Title                              ^ Platform                        ^ Role                ^
| //Alteil//                         | Flash                           | card illustration   |
| //Battle K-Road//                  | Arcade                          | character design    |
| //Culdcept//                       | [[hardware:Saturn]]             | card illustration   |
| //Detective Saburo Jinguji//       | [[hardware:PSP]]                | character design    |
| //The Fallen Angels//              | Arcade                          |                     |
| //Final Fantasy IV//               | [[hardware:snes|SNES]]          | Nintendo Power illus. |
| [[game:the_legend_of_zelda_series|The Legend of Zelda series]] | various  | manual illustration |
| //Lord of Vermilion//              | Arcade                          | card illustration   |
| //Marvel Trading Card Game//       | [[hardware:DS]], [[hardware:PC]], PSP | card illustration   |
| //Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos// | [[hardware:nes|NES]]  |                     |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms series | various                       | character design    |
| //Secret of Mana//                 | SNES                            | Nintendo Power illus. |
| //Sol Divide - Sword of Darkness// | PS2, Saturn                     | character design    |
| //Street Golfer//                  | PS2                             | character design    |
| //Tekken 5//                       | Arcade                          | costume design      |
| //Virtua Fighter 2//               | Arcade                          | character design    |
| //Virtua Fighter Remix//           | Saturn                          |                     |
| Wizardry series                    | various                         | character design    |
| //Zoku: The Legend of Bishin//     | SNES                            |                     |

===== Gallery =====
//Click an image to see a bigger version.//
| {{:fig:secret_of_mana:katsuya_terada01.jpg?160}} | {{:fig:the_legend_of_zelda:marin01.jpg?160}} |  {{:fig:the_legend_of_zelda:boss01.jpg?300}} |

===== See Also =====
  * [[http://selectbutton.net/katsuya_terada.html|Katsuya Terada character art]] on selectbutton.net
  * [[wp>Katsuya Terada]]
  * [[http://katsuyaterada.tumblr.com/|Terra's Sketchbook]] - Terada's Tumblr.
  * [[http://art-eater.com/2011/05/terras-black-marker-2/|Terra's Black Marker]] - Blog post regarding a Katsuya Terada exhibition at Compound Gallery, Portland.