Keiji Inafune

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.

Contribution to Battle Network

• Did the original sketches these Battle Network 1 enemies: Hardhead, ColdBear, Cloudy, Ratty, Puffy.
• 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.
• Commented that the box art for BN1 was a little too cute and wanted the art to be a little "cooler", resulting in illustrations such as the Battle Network 2 concept art.
• Aimed for 1 million copies with Mega Man Battle Network 4 and to 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.
• Inafune's 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.
• Proposed the Boktai crossover idea to Hideo Kojima, after Kojima asked him on how to make his new series attract younger audiences.

Contribution to Star Force

• Recommended edits for Mega Man's Omega-Xis arm, making the design closer to the finalized state.
• Was consulted with the Star Force 3 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.

Gameography

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