Shigenori Soejima

Shigenori Soejima
Date of Birth	February 24, 1974
Birthplace	Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Artist Art director
Known For	Persona series

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.

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
	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
	Persona 3 Portable	Art director
2011	Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSP)	New character design
2012	Persona 4 Golden	Art director
	Persona 4 Arena	Character designer
2014	Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
	Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
2015	Persona 4: Dancing All Night
2016	Persona 5
2018	Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
	Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
2019	Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth	Series character designer
	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

• Atlus Is Currently Hiring! Interview With "Persona" Character Designer Shigenori Soejima #DESKWATCH - April 28, 2017
• (“Record of Lodoss War” Yutaka Izubuchi x “Persona” Shigenori Soejima: Conversation) “Why do elves have long ears?” Exploring the secrets hidden in visual creation that will be passed down to the next generation (In search of a new and classic fantasy ② ) - May 14, 2018
• (“Berserk” Kentaro Miura x “Persona” Katsura Hashino & Shigenori Soejima) Beyond “sex and violence” and the birth of dark fantasy - July 9, 2019