Eiji Usatsuka

Who is Eiji Usatsuka?

Eiji Usatsuka is a Japanese light novel illustrator. He is notable for the illustration for the series Zero no Tsukaima. He illustrates insert images for many novels.

After university graduation he was employed as illustrator by the visual novel publisher Visual Art's using the pseudonym Sawagani. As side job he made illustrations for light novels which is against the company policy. The similarity of "both peoples" designs, were however noticed and later revealed by Tōya Okano in a Dengeki G's Magazine interview article presenting Visual Art's brand Mana’s game Angel Magister.