The official Twitter account for the editorial department of the manga division of publisher Core Magazine revealed on Friday that adult character designer and manga creator Taichi Kiriyama passed away at the end of July.

Kiriyama is known for designing characters for adult games such as CODEPINK 's Sexfriend (seen right) and PIL's MAID iN HEAVEN SuperS . Both games inspired original video anime. He is also credited with illustration collections and manga such as Invi tations . His works appeared in Core Magazine 's magazines including Comic Hotmilk and Comic Megastore α .