, sometimes credited as Poo, is a Japanese

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, director and producer formerly employed by

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. In 2004, he left Capcom to help found Crafts & Meister.

Career

Funamizu was employed by

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. Prior to that, he wrote for ''Beep'' as a part-time contributor until he was invited into the company by senior staff. When he joined Capcom, he befriended fellow Capcom designer

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while playing a game of catchball. During the late 1980s and up until the mid-1990s, Funamizu designed and co-designed several of the company's arcade games, including games in the ''

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'' series (particularly ''

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'' and the ''

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'' series). Funamizu was later promoted to General Manager of Capcom's Production Studio 1 which produced several of the company's arcade and consumer titles. He, along with producer Katsuhiro Sudo left Capcom in April

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to form Crafts & Meister.

Works

References

External links

Craft & Meister
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