'Tales of' RPG Series Artist Mutsumi Inomata Dies

The official Twitter account for artist Mutsumi Inomata announced on Monday that Inomata died on March 10.

Inomata was the solo character designer for Tales of Destiny, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of the Tempest, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Hearts, and Tales of Graces, and collaborated with other character designers for individual character designs in other installments of the series.

Inomata is perhaps best known for being one of the main character designers for Namco’s (later Bandai Namco Entertainment) Tales of series of role-playing games, alongside Kousuke Fujishima.