Akihito Kadowaki

Akihito Kadowaki is the producer of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. He has been with Capcom since 2007 and came to the Onimusha project from a career covering major Capcom titles across the last two decades.

Capcom Portfolio

Kadowaki's publicly known credits at Capcom include Marvel vs Capcom 3 and work on the Monster Hunter Rise series. That background, spanning both fighting games and action-RPGs, lines up with Way of the Sword's focus on reactive sword combat and its status as Capcom's first new Onimusha in more than twenty years.

Creative Direction

Kadowaki has publicly framed Way of the Sword around three core pillars: compelling characters, the Kyoto setting, and what he calls ultimate sword-fighting action. He has also been the public face of Capcom's two-year effort to license Toshiro Mifune's likeness for Musashi Miyamoto.