Takashi Tezuka

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Takashi Tezuka Full Name Takashi Tezuka Born November 17, 1960 Occupation at Nintendo Executive Officer of EPD, Nintendo Co., Ltd. “I have never consciously separated casual users and hardcore gamers when I design a game. For the past 20 years, I have always been trying to make games so that anyone -- as many people as possible -- can enjoy them... I cannot help but say that I love my job of making games from the bottom of my heart.” —Takashi Tezuka Takashi Tezuka (in Japanese: 手塚 卓志), sometimes credited under the name Ten Ten, is a veteran video game designer currently working for Nintendo. A graduate of the Design Department of Osaka University of Arts, he joined Nintendo in 1984 and set to work along side Shigeru Miyamoto, creating some of the company's most iconic series and characters, such as Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. He currently holds the position of Executive Officer of EPD, and previously served as General Manager of EAD Software Development Department along side Shigeru Miyamoto. Some of his better known works including the writing of the script and story for The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, being the senior designer for Super Mario Bros. 3 and leading the production of the animated movie Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!. Games credited Super Mario Bros. - Assistant Director Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels - Director, Game Design Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic - Meddler Super Mario Bros. 2 - Motion Design Super Mario Bros. 3 - Director, Game Design Super Mario World - Main Director Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - Director Super Mario 64 - Assistant Director Tetris Attack - Advisor Game & Watch Gallery - Design Advisor Game & Watch Gallery 2 - Design Advisor Yoshi's Story - Producer Game & Watch Gallery 3 - Design Advisor Super Mario Bros. Deluxe - Supervisor, Original Game Design Luigi's Mansion - Producer Super Mario Sunshine - Producer Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - Producer Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Production Supervisor Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Character Supervisor Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - General Producer Yoshi Touch & Go - Producer Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Production Supervisor New Super Mario Bros. - General Producer Yoshi's Island DS - Senior Producer Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - Senior Producer New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Producer Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Producer Super Mario 3D Land - General Producer New Super Mario Bros. 2 - Producer New Super Mario Bros. U - Producer Super Mario 3D World - General Producer Yoshi's New Island - Producer Yoshi's Woolly World - Producer Super Mario Maker - Producer Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS - Producer Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World - Producer Trivia Tezuka's wife was the inspiration for the Boo enemy. This is because she is often very shy but then became angry at him one day for spending too much time at work. Gallery Tezuka in his early days at Nintendo. Tezuka with Miyamoto and Kondo at a Super Mario Maker show in Japan. References [Edit] People Game designers Goro Abe • Stephen Dupree • Koichi Hayashida • Takehiko Hosokawa • Hiroyuki Kimura • Hiroji Kiyotake • Yoshiaki Koizumi • Ryota Kawade • Hideki Konno • Hirofumi Matsuoka • Gregg Mayles • Kenji Miki • Naoko Mori • Ryuichi Nakada • Satoru Okada • Shigeru Miyamoto • Yoshio Sakamoto • Masahiro Sakurai • Taku Sugioka • Risa Tabata • Shugo Takahashi • Ko Takeuchi • Kensuke Tanabe • Takashi Tezuka • Kosuke Yabuki • Hitoshi Yamagami • Katsuya Yamano • Yasuhisa Yamamura • Gunpei Yokoi Voice actors and actresses Video games Toru Asakawa • Julien Bardakoff • Jocelyn Benford • Nate Bihldorff • Scott Burns • Pat Cashman • Jessica Chisum • David Cooke • Dan Falcone • Ashley Flannegan • Kate Fleming • Nami Funashima • David J. Goldfarb • Marc Graue • Dean Harrington • Kit Harris • Michelle Hippe • Kelsey Hutchinson • Eriko Ibe • Kenneth W. James • Kerri Kane • Samantha Kelly • Grant Kirkhope • Asako Kozuki • Dex Manley • Jeff Manning • Isaac Marshall • Charles Martinet • Tomoko Maruno • Atsushi Masaki • Nicole Mills • Lani Minella • Xander Mobus • Tadd Morgan • Deanna Mustard • Takashi Nagasako • Zoe Nelson • Eric Newsome • Christina Peyser • Dolores Rogers • Mercedes Rose • Ronald B. Ruben • Caety Sagoian • Masahiro Sakurai • Kahoru Sasajima • Laura Faye Smith • Thomas Spindler • Chris Sutherland • Sanae Suzaki • Katsumi Suzuki • Leslie Swan • Motoki Takagi • Jen Taylor • Kazumi Totaka • Toshihide Tsuchiya • Satsuki Tsuzumi • Mike Vaughn Cartoons Lou Albano • Walker Boone • Ben Campbell • Damon D'Oliveira • Jeannie Elias • Greg Morton • Andrew Sabiston • John Stocker • Tara Strong • Aron Tager • Joy Tanner • Louise Vallance • Milli Vanilli • Danny Wells • Richard Yearwood Actors and actresses Lou Albano • Joe Bellan • Brian Bonsall • Christopher Collins • Nicole Eggert • Elvira • Dennis Hopper • David Horowitz • Bob Hoskins • Ernie Hudson • Magic Johnson • Jim Lange • Cyndi Lauper • John Leguizamo • Pam Matteson • Mojo Nixon • Patrick Pinney • Rowdy Roddy Piper • Sgt. Slaughter • Shabba-Doo • Rob Stone Composers Asuka Hayazaki • Grant Kirkhope • Koji Kondo • Masanobu Matsunaga • Toru Minegishi • Yasunori Mitsuda • Ryo Nagamatsu • Kenta Nagata • Eveline Novakovic • Soyo Oka • Motoi Sakuraba • Ichiro Shimakura • Yoko Shimomura • Shinobu Tanaka • Kazumi Totaka • David Wise • Hironobu Yahata • Mahito Yokota • Ryoji Yoshitomi Artists Kevin Bayliss • Shigefumi Hino • Vince Joly • Yoichi Kotabe • Steve Mayles • Leif Peng • Mark Stevenson‎ • Ko Takeuchi Writers Doug Booth • Ian James Corlett • Phil Harnage • Leigh Loveday • Peter Sauder • Erika Strobel • Michael Teitelbaum‎ • Tracey West • Ted Woolsey • Véronique Chantel Other Andy Heyward • Dayvv Brooks • Reggie Fils-Aime • John Grusd • Satoru Iwata • Michael Kelbaugh • Tatsumi Kimishima • Michelle Powers • Hiroshi Yamauchi