Shigefumi Hino

Shigefumi Hino (日野 重文 Hino Shigefumi) is the designer for a few Mario games including Super Mario World. With that said, he was the original designer of Yoshi among many other characters from the aforementioned game. Other notable works include his direction of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Pikmin 2.

Games

 * Super Mario World – Designer
 * Yoshi's Cookie – Character designer
 * Tetris Attack – Design advisor
 * ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island – One of four directors
 * Super Mario 64
 * Mario Kart 64
 * Yoshi's Story
 * Game & Watch Gallery Advance
 * Mario Party
 * Super Smash Bros.
 * Game & Watch Gallery 3
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee
 * New Super Mario Bros. – Demo scene director
 * ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii