Masato Ichishiki

Masato Ichishiki
Born	12 November 1971
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Known for	SD Gundam
Website	Masato Ichishiki's home page

Masato Ichishiki (一式まさと Ichishiki Masato, born 12 November 1971) is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his work on the SD Gundam series.

Works

• Shageki Boy SHOOT (1998)
• War War Tanks! (2000)
• Brave Saga 2 (2000)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden (2001)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden 2 (2002)
• SD Gundam Mushamaruden 3 (2003)
• SD Gundam Force Emaki Musharetsuden (2004)
• SD Gundam Force: Destructive Daishogun Appears!!Zako? (2004)
• SD Gundam Musha Banchō Fūunroku (2006)
• Fusion Chronicle Gundam Battle Rave (2008)
• Jyuuken Sentai Gekiranger VS Boukenger

Design

• Gundam Evolve 10: refine design of ZZ Gundam
• Gundam Evolve 14: Musha Gundam

Recurring themes

With Ichishiki's SD Gundam works, there are many recurring elements. These include:

• The lead Gundam being a pre-teen with a fiery temper
• The first human to encounter the lead Gundam is a human boy of similar age
• Artificial Gundams, with cog designs in their eyes to signify their robotic nature