Megaman is known in Japan as Rockman or Rokkuman. The Rockman name would be influenced by Rock'n Roll music as well as his little sister who is named Roll. Mega Mans creator Megaman was designed as pixel art by Akira Kitamura and later illustrated by Keiji Inafune at Capcom for the first Megaman game released December 17th, 1987. "A.K" Akira Kitamura was a graphic designer who was in the planning team for the game development. He was involved in game design as well as character design for the game.