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Mine Yoshizaki (Japanese: 吉崎 観音) is the creator of the Kemono Friends Franchise. He is a Japanese manga artist born and raised in Isahaya, Nagasaki. He is best known for his Sgt. Frog manga series.
He later created the concept designs of Kemono Friends which has been developed into Kemono Friends (2015 Mobile Game) published by Nexon, the first entry of multimedia franchise. It then was adapted into 2 seasons of anime, Kemono Friends and Kemono Friends 2. He is credited for their concept design.
Although he has kept his social media presence to minimum since 2017, he is still active behind the scene. Besides the ongoing Sgt. Frog manga series, he has been, though often not publicly credited, playing a major role in different Kemono Friends projects, including the mobile game, Kemono Friends 3 released in 2019 and the virtual YouTuber project, KemoV, started in 2021. His artworks to celebrate special occasions of individual KemoV members show his active involvement behind the scene.
Trivia
- Among KemoV members and fans, he is always addressed by the nickname 'the park staff-san who is good at drawing' instead of his name.
- He is credited for concept design, Live2D character design and modelling for KemoV Project as mentioned in his commentary about KemoV in the Vtuber magazine, Vtuber Mode vol3, 2023.
- His birthday is December 2nd, a birthday shared with Natsumi Hinata, the main female human protagonist from Sgt Frog. She has also appeared in Kemono Friends 3 as part of a collaboration.