Emiko Iwasaki (岩崎恵美子, Iwasaki Emiko, born October 16, 1976) is a Japanese video game artist from Yokohama active since 1999, most known for her work with Arc System Works's Guilty Gear series.
Initially joining the company as a part-time artist,[1] she went on to work as general director on four titles, one of the few women in the Japanese game industry to hold such a position.
[2] The last of those, Battle Fantasia, came from an original concept by Iwasaki herself[3] and was the developer's first fighting game with 3D models.
[4] With no previous experience, she and her team developed 2.5D techniques that influenced Street Fighter IV,[5] as well as other Arc System Works games.
In 2011, she left Arc System Works and relocated to Singapore, holding leading positions in mobile game developers Gumi.