Eikichi Kawasaki

Eikichi Kawasaki (川崎 英吉, Kawasaki Eikichi, born sometime in 1944) is a Japanese game director, producer, planner, video game designer, founder of the original SNK. He stayed with the company until its bankruptcy, creating the Playmore group to compensate. After he won several lawsuits from SNK's former partner, Aruze, Kawasaki resurrected the company to the SNK Playmore. He is currently retired. He is sometimes credited as "E. Kawasaki".

He has an in-game reference in the Ikari Warriors ending as "General Kawasaki". He is abnormally larger than the other characters in the game, dons a military outfit, and a black eye patch. He is visually similar to Heidern.

SNK Works

 * Vanguard
 * Bermuda Triangle - director
 * World Wars - director
 * Chopper I - supervisor
 * Guerrilla War - supervisor
 * P.O.W. - Prisoners of War - "boss"; director + producer
 * Prehistoric Isle in 1930 - producer
 * Fighting Soccer - producer
 * Beast Busters - president
 * SAR - Search and Rescue - "boss"; director
 * Mechanized Attack - producer
 * Street Smart - "boss"; director + producer
 * The Next Space - "boss"; director
 * The Super Spy - "boss"; director
 * Riding Hero - producer
 * Ikari III: The Rescue - producer
 * Puzzled - producer
 * NAM-1975 - producer
 * Cyber-Lip - producer
 * Robo Army - executive producer
 * Eight Man - producer
 * Ghost Pilots - producer
 * Burning Fight - producer
 * Alpha Mission II - producer
 * Baseball Stars 2 - producer
 * Soccer Brawl - producer
 * Football Frenzy - producer
 * Mutation Nation - producer
 * King of the Monsters 2 - executive producer
 * Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - producer
 * Neo Geo Cup '98 - The Road to the Victory - president
 * Super Sidekicks series - (I: producer; II~III: president)
 * Fatal Fury series - (I~Fatal Fury Special: producer; III~Real Bout: "big boss")
 * Art of Fighting - producer
 * Art of Fighting 2 - producer
 * The King of Fighters series ('94~'95, 2003~XI, Neowave, Maximum Impact: executive producer, XIV: special thanks)
 * Samurai Shodown series - (I~IV: executive producer; RPG: supervisor)
 * Metal Slug X - hyper organizer
 * Metal Slug 7 - executive producer
 * Savage Reign - executive producer
 * SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos - executive producer
 * Neo Geo Battle Coliseum - executive producer
 * Psycho Soldier Music Cassette - composer
 * Athena the Music - composer
 * 100 Mega Shock! - composer

Eikichi Kawasaki