Hiroyuki Kimura

Hiroyuki Kimura (木村 浩之 Kimura Hiroyuki, born in 1965) is a video game designer and producer works for Nintendo. He acts as the Manager and Producer of Software Development Group No. 4 of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Division since 2003. He often assists Takashi Tezuka with his development duties.

History
He entered Nintendo in 1988 and joined Nintendo EAD as a member of training. In his first work, Super Mario Bros. 3, he designed two characters, Lava Lotus and Spike. Afterward, he was assigned to Nintendo Research & Development 1, where he worked on the graphic design of a few Metroid series. After a while, he was assigned to EAD again, and directed most of the Super Mario Advance series. Since he has been appointed manager of Software Development Group No. 4 of EAD in the mid 2000s, he has produced all of the New Super Mario Bros. series and the Pikmin series.

Games

 * Super Mario Bros. 3 - Character Designer
 * Mario Clash - Director (with Toru Osawa)
 * Mario Artist: Talent Studio - Director
 * Super Mario Advance - Art Director
 * Mario Kart: Super Circuit - Supervisor, Planner
 * Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 - Director
 * Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 - Director
 * Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 - Director
 * Yoshi Touch & Go - Director
 * New Super Mario Bros. - Producer
 * New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - General Producer
 * New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Producer (with Takashi Tezuka)
 * New Super Mario Bros. 2 - Co-producer
 * New Super Mario Bros. U - Co-producer
 * New Super Luigi U - Co-producer
 * Super Mario Maker - Co-producer
 * Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS - Co-producer
 * Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Progress Management