is a Japanese mecha designer. A member of the studio Sunrise, he worked on the ''Gundam'' series as well as his work on video games, such as the '' Virtual On'' series and ''

Policenauts is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Konami. It was written and directed by Hideo Kojima, and originally released for the PC-9821 in 1994. A hard science fiction story, ''Policenauts'' is set in the mid 21st century and follo ...

''.

Biography

Born in 1963, Katoki created designs for the graphic novel ''

Gundam Sentinel is a novel set in the Universal Century timeline of the ''Gundam'' universe, originally serialized in ''Model Graphix'' magazine between September 1987 and August 1988. ''Gundam Sentinel'' became a cult hit, due to its super-detailed mechanic ...

''. He then worked in the OVA series ''

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'', where he designed the majority of the mobile suits in the series, including the RX-78GP03 Gundam Dendrobium Stamen and Orchis mobile weapons. His next prominent work was '' V Gundam'', where he was the main mechanical designer, creating the main mobile suits Victory Gundam, V2 Gundam and the V2 Assault Buster Gundam. After that, he worked on ''

G Gundam ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'', also known in Japan as (and commonly referred to as simply ''G Gundam''), is a 1994 Japanese animated television series produced by Sunrise and the fifth installment in the long-running ''Gundam'' franchise ...

'', now in design of the antagonist mobile suits. His next work was on ''

Gundam Wing ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', also known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa. It is the sixth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, taking place in the "After ...

'', where most of the enemy mobile suits, including the popular Tallgeese, were designed by him. He also created the mobile suits designs for '' Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'', and re-designed the Gundams with a more fantastic style, creating the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero EW. To correspond with these new designs, he also redesigned the 5 original Gundams from ''

''. Katoki also has worked in Super Robot Wars and Virtual On video games, and in the ''Patlabor 2'' movie. He also collaborates quite frequently with Bandai, often doing touch-up designs for the Master Grade model kits and production of the Gundam fix figuration (G.F.F.) series action figures. He is also working with the company to develop a subcategory of the Robot ''Damashii'' mecha action figure line, called the ''Ka Signature'' line. In his art book, ''Gundam Fix'', Katoki said: "Do people, like myself, spend time imagining what it would be like if Gundam robots were actually present on the streets of our cities? Are you sure you're not limiting yourself to the images that were offered in the animated series? One of the reasons that I fell in love with Gundam was that it excites me to imagine what it would be like if these machines actually existed, and I worry that other fans may be losing out..." He said he hopes his work will catch peoples' attention"...then people who had never before been drawn in by the magic of these giant robots may discover their attraction for the first time."

Credited series/works

Super Robot Wars series

4th Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG for the Super Famicom developed by both Banpresto and Winky Soft and published by Banpresto. It's the 5th entry in the Super Robot Wars series and the last entry in the Classic Timeline. It was first released on March 17, 1995, a ...

* Super Robot Wars Gaiden: Masō Kishin – The Lord Of Elemental *

Shin Super Robot Wars Shin may refer to: Biology * The front part of the human leg below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names * Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese g ...

Super Robot Wars F Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard butt ...

Super Robot Wars F Final Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard butt ...

* Super Robot Wars Complete Box *

Super Robot Wars Alpha known as ''Super Robot Wars Alpha'' outside Japan, is a 2000 tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Banpresto for the PlayStation. A version for the Dreamcast, ''Super Robot Wars for Dreamcast'', was released a year later. ...

* Super Robot Wars Alpha For Dreamcast *

Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden , or simply, ''Alpha Gaiden'', is a video game for the PlayStation, first released in Japan in 2001. It is the first side-story in the ''Super Robot Wars Alpha'' series, continuing from '' Super Robot Wars Alpha''. The characters of ''After War ...

* Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation *

2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha This list provides an index of video game titles in Banpresto's ''Super Robot Wars'' franchise, known as ''Super Robot Taisen'' in Japan. Most of the games in the series are tactical role-playing games, but several games representing other genres ...

* Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 * 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy * Super Robot Wars: Original Generations * Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation * Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars *

Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden is a 2007 tactical role-playing game, and direct sequel to Super Robot Taisen: Original Generations, for the PlayStation 2. The bonus segments of Original Generations, entitled ''Original Generation 2.5: Unified Wisdom'', was regarded as a prev ...

Gundam series

**Gundam Sentinel 0079 (unofficial series) * Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory * Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon *

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam , is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN (Japanese TV), ANN stations). It is the ...

* Mobile Fighter G Gundam *

Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam is a six-volume manga series written and illustrated by Yuuichi Hasegawa based on notes and information by Yoshiyuki Tomino, serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' magazine from December 1994 to March 1997 issues. A sequel ...

* Gundam Fix * Mobile Suit Gundam Wing * Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team * New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor * Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz * Gundam Evolve (Episode 4 and 7) * Superior Defender Gundam Force * Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO *

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui (''Shūsen no Lorelei'', ''Bōkoku no Aegis'', '' Samurai Commando: Mission 1549''). The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are ...

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway also known as ''Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway'', is a novel series created and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Officially part of the ''Gundam'' metaseries, it was first published by Kadokawa Shoten under the ''Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko'' label from ...

* Master Grade ** RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.Ka ** XXXG-01W Wing Gundam Ver.Ka ** RB-79 Ball Ver.Ka ** XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-1 Ver.Ka *** XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-2 Ver.Ka *** XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-3 Ver.Ka ** RX-0 Unicorn Gundam Ver.Ka ** RX-0 Full Armor Unicorn Gundam Ver.Ka ** MSN-06S Sinanju Ver.Ka *** MSN-06S Sinanju Stein Ver.Ka ** LM312V04 Victory Gundam Ver.Ka *** LM312V04(B-part) + SD-VB03A Core Booster Ver.Ka *** LM312V04 V-Dash Gundam Ver.Ka ** RX-93 Nu Gundam Ver.Ka ** MSN-04 Sazabi Ver.Ka ** RX-93-v2 Hi-Nu Gundam Ver.Ka ** FA-78 Full Armor Gundam Ver.Ka ** MS-08R High Mobility Type Zaku II 'Psycho Zaku' Ver.Ka ** MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam Ver.Ka *Ka Signature collection in Robot ''Damashii'' (Spirits) action figure line :*RX-160S Byarlant Custom :*MS-05 Zaku I Sniper Yonem Kirks Custom :*MSA-005K Guncannon DT (Detector) :*AMX-014 Doven Wolf and Doven Wolf Silver Bullet

Virtual On series

* Virtual On: Cyber Troopers *Cyber Troopers Virtual-On One Man Rescue * Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram **Cyber Troopers Virtual-On One Man Rescue *

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force is a 3D mecha fighting game developed by Sega AM3 (formerly Hitmaker) and published by Sega. It was released in Japanese arcades only on the Sega Hikaru arcade system board in 2001. Following its initial release, there was initially no home c ...

**Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Fragmentary Passage *

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz is a 3D Mecha action-adventure game developed by '' Hitmaker'' and published by ''Sega''. The game was first released on the PlayStation 2 in North America and Japan, and is the fourth game in the ''Virtual On'' franchise. ''MARZ'' expands upo ...

Other works

*The

Hatsune Miku , also called Miku Hatsune, and officially code-named CV01, is a Vocaloid software voicebank developed by Crypton Future Media and its official moe anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mascot character, a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise bu ...

Robot Suit * Patlabor: The Movie 2 * WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 *

Sgt. Frog ''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to c ...

(manga, anime episode 38 and 73) * Chogekijyouban Kerorogunso 2: Shinkai no Princess dearimasu! (also known as Sgt. Frog The Super Movie 2) *

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Xardion is a platform game where the player controls robots with different skills in order to defeat the enemy and reach goals. Story The inhabitants of the three worlds in the Alpha 1 Solar System have been at war for seven months before hostilities up ...

Welcome to the N.H.K. is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan in January 2002, and in English by Tokyopop in October 2007. The story revolves around a 22-year-old ''hikikomori'', an asocial recluse, who gets ...

(Episode 24) * Gradius II (manual art for the X68000 version) *

(designs for the EMPS mecha) *

Super Robot Spirit Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard but ...

* Real Robots Final Attack *

Super Hero Operations (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly-own ...

Short Peace is a multimedia project composed of four short anime films produced by Sunrise and Shochiku, and a video game developed by Crispy's! and Grasshopper Manufacture. The four films were released in Japanese theaters on July 20, 2013 and were sc ...

(A Farewell to Weapons) *

Composite Ver. Ka Composite or compositing may refer to: Materials * Composite material, a material that is made from several different substances ** Metal matrix composite, composed of metal and other parts ** Cermet, a composite of ceramic and metallic material ...

** Z-01Z Lancelot Albion Ver.Ka ** Type 0/0A Shinkiro Ver. Ka ** Gurren Lagann Ver.Ka ** Temjin Ver.Ka ** PTX-EX Exbein * Girls und Panzer: This Is the Real Anzio Battle! ( storyboards) * Aikatsu! (ep.122 storyboards) *

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(ep.5 storyboards) * Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit (ep.3 scenario & storyboards) He was also involved in the color scheme design of Toyota Team Kraft's SC430 (#35, GT500) which participated in

Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...

seasons in 2006 and 2007. His colour scheme was later replaced by Gundam Exia-like colour scheme on July, 2007 (race 5 in 2007 season) as a promotion project of Mobile Suit Gundam 00, one of the most recent Gundam Series.

References

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