Akiyoshi Hongo

Akiyoshi Hongo (本郷あきよし) is credited on all relevant media as the creator of the original concept and character designs for the anime and video game franchise, Digimon. However, nothing is known about Hongo as an individual.

There is some possibilities that Akiyoshi Hongo could be a pseudonym for two persons: Aki Maita, the creator of the original Tamagotchi, and Takeichi Hongo, the principal officer of Tamagotchi for Bandai.

His name is sometimes spelled as Akiyoshi Kongo, but this may be a typo.

He was Staff in: Digimon (manga) : Original Concept, Character Design Digimon Adventure (movie) : Original Work Digimon Adventure (TV) : Script, Original Concept, Character Design Digimon Adventure 02 (TV) : Original Concept, Character Design Digimon Frontier (TV) : Original Concept, Character Design Digimon Savers the Movie—Ultimate Power! Burst Mode Invoke!! : Original Concept Digimon Tamers (TV) : Script, Original Concept, Character Design Digimon V-Tamer (manga) : Original Concept Digimon: Data Squad (TV) : Original Concept Digimon: Diaboromon Strikes Back (movie) : Original creator Digimon: The Movie : Original Concept, Character Design