Ryota Kawade

Ryota Kawade is a game designer employee by Intelligent Systems. He directed the first three installments of the Paper Mario series.

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. However, with the discontinuation of Fire Emblem Cipher, Kawade's future remains unknown.

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)