Koichi Hayashida

Koichi Hayashida (林田 宏一, Hayashida Kōichi) is a Japanese video game developer and programmer employed at Nintendo EAD.

History and Work
Hayashida entered the company after attending a "Nintendo Dentsu Game Seminar" in 1991, where he programmed and directed Joy Mech Fight. Nintendo then published the game for the Famicom, and Hayashida and other participants were asked to join the company. Hayashida worked on prototypes for a few years before working on his first big project in the Mario series, Super Mario Sunshine as the main programmer. After the completion of the game, Hayashida and several other members of the team were transplanted to the newly assembled EAD Tokyo Software Development Department in Tokyo, Japan. Hayashida went to work an assistant director in Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, later direct the level designs in Super Mario Galaxy which he also provided the voice for Major Burrows. He served as director in its sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and again in Super Mario 3D Land.

Koichi Hayashida is currently one of the chief planners working in the EAD Tokyo Software Development Department of Entertainment Analysis & Development Division. Hayashida has recently been working very closely in Tokyo Software Development Group No. 2 as project leader on the Super Mario series.

Games credited

 * Super Mario Sunshine - Main Programming
 * Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - Assistant Director
 * Super Mario Galaxy - Level Design Director
 * Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Director
 * Super Mario 3D Land - Director