Hiroyuki Kimura
Hiroyuki Kimura | |
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木村 浩之 | |
Born | (1965-06-01) June 1, 1965 (age 59) Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation(s) | Video game director, producer and artist |
Employer | Nintendo (1988–present) |
Notable work | Super Mario Metroid Pikmin |
Title | Manager at Nintendo EAD (2003–2015) Manager at Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10 (2015–present) |
Hiroyuki Kimura (木村 浩之, Kimura Hiroyuki, born June 1, 1965) is a Japanese video game director and producer who works for Nintendo.[1] Kimura joined the company as a trainee in 1988, and designed the characters of Super Mario Bros. 3.[2] After that, he was originally assigned to Gunpei Yokoi and the Nintendo R&D1 team. Kimura designed a variety of games for Nintendo including several of the NES Zapper software and the Metroid series. Shortly after working on Super Metroid, Kimura was transferred to Shigeru Miyamoto and the Nintendo EAD group.[1][3]
He is also the manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD) Group No. 10, which oversees the Super Mario 2D games and the Pikmin franchise.
Works
Year | Title | Role |
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1988 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | Character designer |
1989 | Golf | Designer |
1991 | Metroid II: Return of Samus | Director, graphic designer |
1992 | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | Testing player |
1994 | Super Metroid | Background designer |
1995 | Mario Clash | Director |
1996 | Wave Race 64 | CG Designer |
2000 | Mario Artist: Talent Studio | Director, designer |
2001 | Super Mario Advance | Art director |
Mario Kart: Super Circuit | Supervisor | |
Super Mario Advance 2 | Director | |
2002 | Super Mario Advance 3 | |
2003 | Super Mario Advance 4 | |
2005 | Yoshi Touch & Go | |
Big Brain Academy | Producer | |
2006 | New Super Mario Bros. | |
2007 | Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree | |
2008 | New Play Control: Pikmin | |
2009 | New Play Control: Pikmin 2 | |
New Super Mario Bros. Wii | ||
2012 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | Co-producer |
New Super Mario Bros. U | ||
2013 | Pikmin 3 | Producer |
2015 | Super Mario Maker | Co-producer |
2016 | Tank Troopers | Progress supervisor |
2017 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Progress manager |
Arms | Production manager | |
2019 | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | Co-producer |
Super Mario Maker 2 | ||
2020 | Pikmin 3 Deluxe | Project manager |
2023 | Pikmin 4 | |
Super Mario Bros. Wonder | Production manager |
References
- ^ a b Super Metroid 3 Team Interview Archived 2014-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Iwata Asks: Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary: Super Mario Developers
- ^ MobyGames Profile: Hiroyuki Kimura
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