Ryota Kawade

Ryota Kawade is a game designer employee by Intelligent Systems. He directed all installments of the Paper Mario series up to Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

History
Kawade studied machinery for factory jobs, but he decided he wanted to do a creative job, and decided to enter the game industry. He initially wanted to be a game planner, but as Intelligent Systems was only hiring designers and programmers at the time, he decided to sign as a designer instead. Kawade currently works as the producer of Fire Emblem Cipher, a trading card game in the Fire Emblem series.

List of games

 * Wario's Woods - Designer
 * Panel de Pon / Tetris Attack (SNES) - Special Thanks (credited as "Ryouta Kawade")
 * Paper Mario - Chief Director, Game Designer
 * Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Chief Director
 * Super Paper Mario - Chief Director
 * Paper Mario: Sticker Star - Special Thanks
 * Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U - Supervisor (Original Games)