Daisuke Ishiwatari

Daisuke Ishiwatari (石渡 太輔, Ishiwatari Daisuke; born August 14, 1973) is a South African-born Japanese video game developer, illustrator, and composer. He is best known for creating the 2D fighting game series Guilty Gear. He designed the characters, storyline, and wrote the music. He also voiced the protagonist, Sol Badguy, until 2007.

Alongside Guilty Gear, Ishiwatari has worked on several other Arc System Works titles such as BlazBlue as a composer and illustrator, and Battle Fantasia as a voice actor for the character Freed Velez. He would become the Chief Creative Officer of the company in 2018.

Ishiwatari is also a metal and rock composer, and has collaborated with musicians such as Jason Charles Miller, Shin Hae-chul, Lapis Lazuli, Naoki Hashimoto, and AISHA.