Aki Shimizu began her career as an illustrator for magazines and a character designer for video games and it didn't take long for her to enter the manga world and succeed. Aki is known for sharp art and fast action, and was quite honored to be asked to work on a manga based on the bestselling Suikoden videogame. Aki found the story and characters to be very interesting, and knew they would make a really good manga.

Resume:

1995: Illustrator for PC Magazine Log In

1998: Package art and character designs for Windows game After Devil Force

1999: Character illustrations for Windows game First Queen: The New World

1999: Art for Yato no Kamitsukai for Birz comics

2000: Art for various game guides

2001: Art for Devil Children card game

2001: Art for Aquarian Age card game