Kensuke Tanabe

Kensuke Tanabe (田邊 賢輔) is a Japanese video game developer and producer employed by Nintendo. Tanabe, after graduating from the Visual Concept Planning Department of the Osaka University of Arts, decided to join Nintendo and was first enrolled into Nintendo EAD in 1986. One of his first assignement was developing a prototype for a vertical scrolling-focused Mario-style platformer, which would serve as the basis of Doki Doki Panic.

Tanabe currently works as the head of Nintendo SPD No. 3, a division of Nintendo focused on assisting coproductions with western developers.

List of games

 * Doki Doki Panic/Super Mario Bros. 2 - Director
 * Super Mario Bros. 3 - Map design (uncredited)
 * Donkey Kong Country - Japanese localization
 * Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars – Screenplay advisor
 * Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island – Special Thanks
 * Super Smash Bros. – Special Thanks
 * Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Supervisor
 * Super Mario Strikers - Producer
 * Super Paper Mario - Producer
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Producer
 * Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! - Producer
 * Captain Rainbow - Producer
 * Donkey Kong Country Returns - Producer
 * Mario Party 9 - Special Thanks
 * Mario Kart 7 - Special Thanks
 * Paper Mario: Sticker Star - Producer
 * Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - Special Advisor
 * Game & Wario - Directing Support, Game Design (directed the Ashley and Island minigames in cooperation with Risa Tabata.
 * Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Producer