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[[File:Inafune-BN4.png|thumb|150px|Keiji Inafune with both versions of Mega Man Battle Network 4 (2004).]]
'''Keiji Inafune''' (稲船 敬二) is a former series producer of the Mega Man franchise. He worked on Mega Man 1 as an illustrator, and eventually moved up to becoming a Capcom producer. In late 2010, Inafune left Capcom to start his own game studio, Comcept. In 2017, Comcept was acquired by Level-5, becoming Level-5 Comcept.

===Contributions to Battle Network===
*Did the original sketches these Battle Network 1 enemies: Hardhead, ColdBear, Cloudy, Ratty, Puffy.<ref>Mega Man Battle Network Official Complete Works pg. 151, 152</ref>
*Did the original sketch for Punk.EXE. Apparently Classic Punk was a personal favorite of Inafune's, so he drew a reference for the Battle Network version himself.<ref>Mega Man Battle Network Official Complete Works pg. 074, 134</ref>
*Commented that the box art for BN1 was a little cute and wanted the art to be a little "cooler", resulting in illustrations such as the Battle Network 2 concept art. <ref>Mega Man Battle Network Official Complete Works pg. 004</ref>
*Aimed to 1 million copies with Mega Man Battle Network 4 and cram the game with a lot of content. The staff had to tell him to stop throwing in more stuff if they can't increase the game pak's capacity.<ref>Nintendo Dream (November 2003)</ref>
*His son praised the design for Battle Network 4's SparkMan.EXE. Concept artist [[Yuji Ishihara]] suspects this influenced the team being told to have Navi designs to be more bulky armored rather than wearing full-body leotard.<ref>Rockman EXE 6 Ultimate Navigation COMP interview</ref>
*Proposed the Boktai crossover idea to Hideo Kojima, after Kojima asked him on how to make his new series attract children.<ref>Weekly Famitsu (December 3rd, 2004)</ref>

===Contributions to Star Force===
*Recommended edits for Mega Man's Omega-Xis arm, making the design closer to the finalized state. <ref>Mega Man Star Force Official Complete Works pg. 131</ref>
*Was consulted with the Noise feature's initial proposal and was unimpressed. "Is the way to get the Battle Cards the same as before?", eventually leading to the [[Illegal Data]] system.<ref>Shooting Star Rockman 3 Ultimate Guide Battle Black Box interview</ref>

==Gameography==
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! Year !! Game !! Platform !! Developer !! Role
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| 2001 || [[Mega Man Battle Network]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2001 || [[Mega Man Battle Network 2]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2002 || [[Mega Man Battle Network 3]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2003 || [[Mega Man Network Transmission]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2003 || [[Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2003 || [[Rockman EXE N1 Battle]] || WonderSwan Color || Capcom || Producer
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| 2003 || [[Mega Man Battle Network 4]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2004 || Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django || Game Boy Advance || Konami || Development Cooperation
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| 2004 || [[Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2004 || [[Mega Man Battle Network 5]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2005 || Shin Bokura no Taiyoh Gyakushuu no Sabata || Game Boy Advance || Konami || Capcom Cooperation
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| 2005 || [[Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS]]  || Nintendo DS || Konami || Producer
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| 2005 || [[Mega Man Battle Network 6]] || Game Boy Advance || Capcom || Producer
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| 2005 || Lunar Knights || Nintendo DS || Konami || Cooperation: Capcom Co., Ltd. (Japanese version only)
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| 2006 || [[Mega Man Star Force]] || Nintendo DS || Capcom || Executive Producer
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| 2007 || [[Mega Man Star Force 2]] || Nintendo DS || Capcom || Executive Producer
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| 2008 || [[Mega Man Star Force 3]] || Nintendo DS || Capcom || Executive Producer
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| 2009 || [[Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star]] || Nintendo DS || Capcom || Executive Producer
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Mega Man Battle Network Staff]] [[Category:Mega Man Star Force Staff]]