Shigenori Soejima

Shigenori Soejima (副島成記 , Soejima Shigenori) is a Japanese video game artist, best known for his work in the Persona series of role-playing video games by Atlus. He is also the art director of some of Atlus' other series, including Catherine and Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Biography

Early Life

Soejima attended high school in Tokyo. His uniform consisted of checkered pants and an emerald green necktie.^[1]

Career

Personal Life

Media Credits

This is a list of each Megami Tensei media Shigenori Soejima was involved.

Year	Game	Role(s)
1995	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner	Graphic designer
1996	Megami Ibunroku Persona	OP/ED-Event-P.R.CG
1998	Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers	Designer
1999	Persona 2: Innocent Sin	Character graphic base-drawing
2000	Persona 2: Eternal Punishment	Bustup character base drawing
2001	Shin Megami Tensei (PS)	Special thanks
2002	Shin Megami Tensei II (PS)	Design supervisor
2002	Shin Megami Tensei if...
2003	Shin Megami Tensei (GBA)
	Shin Megami Tensei II (GBA)
	Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne	Designer
2006	Persona 3	Art director
2007	Persona 3 FES
2008	Persona 4
2009	Persona (PSP)	Event CG, special thanks
2009	Persona 3 Portable	Art director
2011	Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSP)	New character design
2012	Persona 4 Golden	Art director
2012	Persona 4 Arena	Character designer
2014	Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
2014	Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
2015	Persona 4: Dancing All Night
2016	Persona 5
2018	Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
2018	Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
2019	Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth	Series character designer
2019	Persona 5 Royal	Character designer
2021	Persona 5 Strikers	Character designer (ATLUS)

Gallery

For a listing of files on Megami Tensei Wiki produced by Shigenori Soejima, see Category:Works by Shigenori Soejima.

Artwork

Timelapse of a Persona 5 illustration featuring Joker, Skull, Mona, and Panther

Timelapse of a Persona 5 illustration featuring Makoto Niijima for pixiv's Deskwatch series

Timelapse of the key illustration for The Eve of P3D & P5D Persona Show Case

Timelapse of a Persona 5 Royal illustration featuring Joker and Violet

Timelapse of a PROJECT Re FANTASY illustration featuring an unnamed character and a dog

Timelapse of a Catherine: Full Body illustration featuring Catherine, Katherine, and Rin

Interviews

Persona 5 interview with Katsura Hashino and Shoji Meguro - July 19, 2016

Yutaka Izubuchi x Shigenori Soejima: Conversation - May 14, 2018

The Art of Persona and Catherine - July 18, 2018

Persona 5 Royal interview on the 続きぃぃeeeee！電脳HUMAN program - June 30, 2019

Notes

References

↑ "自分は東京のとある高校出身なのですがそこの制服がかなり派手だったんですよね。チェックのズボンにエメラルドグリーンのネクタイという女の子（女の子はチェックのスカート）には人気があったのですが男子には不評でした。" Translation: "I went to a high school in Tokyo, and the uniform there was quite gaudy. The checked pants and emerald green tie were popular with the girls (the girls wore checked skirts), but unpopular with the boys." Shigenori Soejima, Behind the Scenes with Artist Soejima Vol. 16. Published August 24, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2025. Atlus Net.

[1] "自分は東京のとある高校出身なのですがそこの制服がかなり派手だったんですよね。チェックのズボンにエメラルドグリーンのネクタイという女の子（女の子はチェックのスカート）には人気があったのですが男子には不評でした。" Translation: "I went to a high school in Tokyo, and the uniform there was quite gaudy. The checked pants and emerald green tie were popular with the girls (the girls wore checked skirts), but unpopular with the boys." Shigenori Soejima, Behind the Scenes with Artist Soejima Vol. 16. Published August 24, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2025. Atlus Net.

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