Alexander O. Smith

Kajiya Productions

1608 Craftsbury Road

Greensboro, Vermont

USA 05841

Email:alex@aokajiya.com

Interviews

SquareHaven Interview: Localization Tactics

Final Fantasy XII Bonus Disk Developer Interviews

Reviews

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Review at N-Sider

Final Fantasy 12 Preview at Gamespot.com

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Review at PALGN

Final Fantasy X-2 at Gamespot.com

The Guin Saga at Rambles

The Guin Saga at SFsite.com

The Guin Saga at SFreader.com

The Guin Saga at SFRevu

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance at Gamers.com

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance at GamingWorld

Breath of Fire V at Game-Revolution

Final Fantasy X Award at RPGamer

Final Fantasy X Review at Gamer.uk

Vagrant Story at Wikipedia

Vagrant Story Review at RPGamer.com

Vagrant Story Review at the GIA (local cache)

Vagrant Story Review at Gamers.com

Vagrant Story Review at Jay_Vee

Writing

 WIZARDS OF THE COAST

  "The Dragon's Errand," a short story set in the world of Kamigawa.

  "The Sound of Crickets," a short story set in the world of Kamigawa.

  "The Meeting," a short story set in the world of Kamigawa.

  Online coverage for Grand Prix Kitakyushu. See it online!

  Card names and flavor text for the "Ravnica" card block.

@ Card names and flavor text for the g10th Editionh card block.

  World design, card names, and flavor text for the " Kamigawa" card block.

 

 SHUEISHA

  "Adventures in Translation" monthly article, Subaru Apr.2002 -- Apr.2003

  "The Final Word" Subaru Dec. 2001

Game Localization

 CAPCOM

  Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Translator

 

 SQUARE ENIX

  Final Fantasy XII - E3 Demo, DQ8 Demo (RPG, PS2) Lead

  Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (RPG, GBA) Lead

  Final Fantasy X-2 (RPG, PS2) Voice Producer, ADR Writer, Script Editor

  Final Fantasy XI (RPG, PS2) Sub

  Final Fantasy X (RPG, PS2) Lead

  Vagrant Story (Action/RPG, PS) Lead

  Parasite Eve II (Cinematic/RPG, PS) Lead

  Front Mission 3 (Strategy, PS) Sub

  Final Fantasy VIII (RPG, PS) Sub

 

 BOWNE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS (now LIONBRIDGE)

  Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Comedy, NDS, Capcom) Lead

  Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (RPG, PS2, Capcom) Editor

  Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (RPG, PS2, Capcom) Lead

  Everblue 2 (RPG, PS2, Capcom) Editor

  Megaman Battle Network 2 (RPG, GBA, Capcom) Sub

  Megaman Battle Network (RPG, GBA, Capcom) Lead

  Bloody Roar 3 (Action, PS2, Activision) Lead

  Tokyo Highway Battle (Action, PS2, Sega) Lead

  Koudelka (RPG, PS, Sacnoth) Editor

  The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (Action/RPG, PS, Capcom) Editor

 

 SEGA

  Last Bronx (Fighting, Saturn, Sega) Sub

  Promotional material for past releases (230 titles)

Manga Translation

 VIZ COMMUNICATIONS

  Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama  

     Vol.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...

  Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation by Tomoyuki Nishi 

   @ Vol. 1 2 3 4 ...

 

 TOKYOPOP

  Shaolin Sisters #1-#5 by Narumi Kakinouchi  

  Samurai Deeper Kyo #6-#17... by Akimine Kamijo  

Anime Translation

 STUDIO4Ž

@ Various P.R. Materials for Genius Party (anime)

@ Storyboard translations for internal anime project

@ Subtitles for Hitachi Hi-OSS Future Adventure (anime)

Novel Translation

 TOKYOPOP

  Twelve Kingdoms, Vol. 1: The Sea of Shadow by Fuyumi Ono  (also available in paperback)

  Twelve Kingdoms, Vol. 2: The Sea of Wind by Fuyumi Ono

 

 VIZ COMMUNICATIONS

  Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe

  Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1: The Land of Sand by Makoto Inoue  

  Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2: The Abducted Alchemist by Makoto Inoue

  Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 3: The Valley of the White Petals by Makoto Inoue

  Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 4: Under the Faraway Sky by Makoto Inoue

  Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 5: To Each Their Own Bonds by Makoto Inoue

 

 VERTICAL INC.

  The Guin Saga – Book One: The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto  (also available in paperback)

  The Guin Saga – Book Two: Warrior In The Wilderness by Kaoru Kurimoto  (also available in paperback)

  The Guin Saga – Book Three: The Battle Of Nospherus by Kaoru Kurimoto  (also available in paperback)

  The Guin Saga – Book Four: The Prisoner of the Lagon by Kaoru Kurimoto  (also available in paperback)

  The Guin Saga – Book Five: The Marches King by Kaoru Kurimoto

Academic Translation

OFFICE MIYAZAKI

  Little Boy by Takashi Murakami

  gCollected Paintings,h essays and titles by Atsushi Suwa

  "Birth of a New Japan" and related articles by Naoya Fujiwara

  Summon Monster? Open The Door? Heal? Or Die? by Takashi Murakami

  20th Century Collection by Yoshitaka Amano and related articles

  Superflat by Takashi Murakami

   40-page history of the Mt. Koya Buddhist community

  Official Guide to the Rakan-ji temple in Tokyo

Song Lyrics

MISTWALKER CORPORATION

  English adaptation of@ gEternityh the theme song for Blue Dragon (game)

 

COLOR FILTER

  Original Lyrics for "For We Love You"

 

 SQUARE ENIX

  Original Lyrics for World Fatasista: Opening and Ending

  Original Lyrics for Final Fantasy X Opening Theme: "Otherworld"

  "Show Me Your Love" performed by Taiwanese pop star Elva

  English adaptation of Final Fantasy 9 Theme: "Melodies of Life" performed by Shiratori Emiko

  English adaptation of Ending Theme: "Legend of Mana"

 

OFFICE MIYAZAKI

  English adaptation of KISERU's "The World In My Window" and "Enola Gay"

  English adaptation of J-rock band MISSILE's "Go My Way."

Subtitling

 JN PRODUCTIONS

  Variety news show "Soko ga Shiritai"@(‚»‚±‚ͺ’m‚θ‚½‚’)

  Home drama "Say You Love Me" (ˆ€‚΅‚Δ‚’‚ι‚ΖŒΎ‚Α‚Δ‚­‚κ) - 14 episodes

  Home drama "The Battling Bride to Be" (ν‚€‚¨‰Ε—l) -11 episodes

 

ANIME CRASH

  Animated series "El-Hazard" (ƒGƒ‹EƒnƒU[ƒh) - 8 episodes)

  Animated series "Space Battleship Nadeshiko" (‰F’ˆνŠΝƒiƒfƒVƒR) - 4 episodes)

  Animated series "Gundam-X" (ƒKƒ“ƒ_ƒ€X) - 18 episodes)

Voice Acting and Direction

SQUARE ENIX

  Final Fantasy XII: Assistant Voice Director

@ Final Fantasy X-2: Assistant Voice Director, and performed incidental characters.

  Final Fantasy X: Assistant Voice Director

 

SQUARE ENIX

  Hanjuku Hero vs. 3D: Wrote and performed several characters. Sing in ending themesong.

  Final Fantasy X: Announcer in opening song.

  Parasite Eve II: Announcer and various sub-characters.

 

SEGA

  Russian Skier in "Winter Heat" for the Sega Saturn.

  Police Officer and Announcer in "Jurassic Park" for the Sega Saturn

  Supervising translator for Wave Racer GT arcade game version.

Education

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

  M.A., East Asian Languages and Civilizations, June 1998.

  Satoh Artcraft Research Foundation Grant, 1997.

  Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, 1995-96.

  M.A. Thesis:  "Travellers' Tales: Sugae Masumi (1754-1839)"

  Compared differing accounts of Emishi and Japanese relations

  in Ezo (Hokkaido) during the Edo period.

 

KEIO UNIVERSITY

  Japanese Program: Level 4

  (equivalent to Japanese Proficiency Test Level 1), 1994.

 

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

  BA, Asian Studies, High Honors, October 1995

  Minor field in Computer Science.

  Pray Modern Language prize for Japanese, 1995.

  Honors Thesis:

  "Fox Tales: The Fox As A Window On Japanese Culture"

  Investigated Japanese belief structures through analysis of

  recurring themes in Japanese fox legends.

Travel and Language

  Japan - 5 years residency, highly proficient in Japanese

  China/Hong Kong - 4 months travel, basic Chinese and Cantonese

  Korea - 1 month travel, 1 year study, basic Korean

  Europe - 2 months travel, basic Dutch, French

  Reading knowledge of Anglo Saxon, Old Icelandic,

  Classical Chinese, Classical Japanese

Computer Skills

  Familiar with Macintosh, Windows, Unix.

  Familiar with C, C++, Pascal, Java, HTML