Heidi Kemps is an independent writer and researcher based out of Portland, Oregon. She has specialized in writing about games and gaming for twenty-five years—and has had a fascination with doujinshi for even longer. Her gaming research interests outside of this area include the history of Taito and Sega-AM2 and the evolution of the international fighting-game community. She has collaborated on doujinshi such as Virtua Fighter no Neppa, a deep dive into the history and legacy of the Virtua Fighter series, and Wizardry no Shinen, a series of books about the Wizardry series. She runs the website gaming.moe and publishes her own doujinshi under the circle name Runner A.D. 2088.

Brian Clark is a Japanese-to-English translator and independent researcher specializing in Japanese video game and music history. He’s the author of Gameplay Harmonies: Japanese Recording Artists and the Video Games About Them (Press Run, 2024) and contributes translations to the projects of many other game historians. His research interests include retro gaming, Japanese rock music, and the culture surrounding them. He is the founder of One Million Power.

Hiromasa Iwasaki is a designer, programmer, and writer who lives in Tokyo, Japan. He has been involved in the game industry for over forty years. He has been published in magazines such as Beep, Marukatsu PC Engine, and Dengeki PlayStation, and has been involved in a variety of console and mobile games. Exemplary historical game works of Iwasaki’s include the PC-Engine/Turbografx-16 CD version of Ys Book I & II, Tengai Makyo II: Manjimaru, Linda Cube, and NAtURAL DOCtRINE. He is married to illustrator Hiroshi Aizawa and publishes doujinshi about game history as part of their joint doujinshi circle, High Risk Revolution. His blog, Colorful Pieces of Game, can be found at http://www.highriskrevolution.com/wp/gamelife.