Noizi Ito

Noizi Ito (いとうのいぢ, Itō Noiji, born August 9, 1977) is the original character designer for Shakugan no Shana, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Nanatsu-iro★Drops, Another and Concrete Revolutio. She is also a character designer for adult games.

Background
After graduating from a voluntary school, she joined the adult game studio UNiSONSHIFT. She designs characters for their games, alongside other video games from different game developers.

From November 2002 to October 2011, she illustrated Yashichiro Takahashi’s Shakugan no Shana light novel series, which was published under ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. A manga adaptation was published in Dengeki Daioh from February 2005 to August 2011. Viz Media licensed both the light novels and the manga adaptation, but only 2 light novels and 6 manga volumes were published before both licenses were cancelled. An anime franchise based on the novels was produced by J.C.Staff.

In June 2003, she began illustrating Nagaru Tanigawa‘s light novel series Haruhi Suzumiya. It is published by Kadokawa Shoten under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. Little Brown & Company, and currently Yen Press, hold the rights to the light novels’ English publication. Two manga adaptations were published in Monthly Shōnen Ace, the first from March to October 2004 and the second from September 2005 to September 2013. Yen Press also publishes the second manga adaptation in English. Kyoto Animation produced an anime adaptation titled The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and an anime movie titled The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

She also drafted character designs for Yukito Ayatsuji’s Another novel, which got a manga adaptation in 2010 and an anime television series in 2012. She also designed the characters for Bones’ 2015 anime series Concrete Revolutio.

Works
Only her light novel/novel works will be listed here.


 * 1) Shakugan no Shana (2002-2011, Dengeki Bunko) [22 Volumes; Formerly published in English by Viz Media; Written by Yashichiro Takahashi]
 * 2) Haruhi Suzumiya (2003-, Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko) [11+ Volumes; Published in English by Yen Press; Written by Nargatu Tanigawa]
 * 3) Another (2009) [Published in English by Yen Press; Written by Yukito Ayatsuji]

All of these have been adapted into manga series and anime series.