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, also known as "Nin-Nin" or simply "Pom G", is a Japanese game director, game designer and character designer. Nishitani started working for
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in 1986, where he became mostly known for designing ''
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'' and ''
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'' alongside
Akira Yasuda (born July 21, 1964) is a Japanese animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the pseudonym "Akiman". Yasuda is a former employee of the video game company Capcom (joining in 1985) and has worked on many Capcom ...
, aka Akiman. In 1995, he left Capcom to found his own company,
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, whose first works were on the ''
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'' series they developed for Capcom.


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1967 births Japanese animators Japanese video game producers Japanese video game designers Living people Capcom people {{Videogame-bio-stub