Yasuhisa Yamamura



Yasuhisa Yamamura is a level designer working for Nintendo. In the early days of his employment, he used to be credited under the nickname Yamahen/Yamahem. In addition to his work as level designer on many installments of the Mario franchise, he was also director, assistant director and dungeon designer on several games in the The Legend of Zelda series, level designer on Star Fox 64, and creator of the Idea Book packaged with Super Mario Maker.

List of works

 * Super Mario Bros. 2 - Course Designer (credited as "Yamahem" in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic)
 * Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - Course Designer
 * Super Mario 64 - Course Director
 * Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 - Map Design
 * Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 - Map Director
 * Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 - Map Director (credited as "Yasuhisu Yamamura")
 * Yoshi Touch & Go - Map & Level Design
 * New Super Mario Bros. - Map & Level Design
 * Yoshi's Island DS - Supervisor
 * New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Map & Level Design
 * New Super Mario Bros. U - Level Design
 * New Super Luigi U - Level Design
 * Super Mario Maker - Idea Book
 * Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS - Level Design Lead
 * Super Mario Maker 2 - Game Design

Trivia

 * The Super Mario Maker character Yamamura is based on and named after him.