Takashi Tezuka

Takashi Tezuka (in Japanese: 手塚 卓志)is a video game designer who has been working with Shigeru Miyamoto for many years, assisting him since Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985, and still continues to do so. He is the general manager for Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development. He has been a director, co-director, designer, producer, and a supervisor of a number of Mario and The Legend of Zelda games.

Trivia

 * Takashi's wife had been the inspiration for the Boo enemy. This is because she is often very shy but then became angry at him one day for spending too much time at work.