Leading up to Nioh 2's release next year, Tecmo Koei plans to hold a character creation contest throughout the game's beta, which will be available November 1st. The top six winners will be presets in Nioh 2's character creation tool. The following information is from the official Nioh 2 website:

"In conjunction with the release of the "Nioh 2" Beta Demo on Friday, November 1st, 2019, we will be holding a "Nioh 2 Character Creation Contest".
The winners' submissions will appear as presets in the retail version, and their names will be listed in the ending credits, so we look forward to your submissions.

Judging

Our development team, Team NINJA, will judge the entries and select the winners from among the submitted creations.

Number of Winners

Male Characters: 3
Female Characters: 3

Prizes

The Winners’ characters will be incorporated in the final product as presets, and their names will be included in the game’s credits.
Note: Names listed in the game’s credits will be restricted to alphanumeric characters.
Note: The winning submissions will be announced from the "Nioh 2" official Twitter (@nioh_game), as well as the "Nioh 2" official website."

For more information about submissions, click here.

Nioh 2 will be released on PlayStation 4 in early 2020.