is a Japanese
video game design
Video game design is the process of designing the rules and content of video games in the Video game development#Pre-production, pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment, storyline and characters in the Video game development ...
er, director, and
producer. He is a senior officer in Nintendo's
Entertainment Planning & Development division and is an Executive Officer at Nintendo itself.
Tezuka was the right-hand man to
Shigeru Miyamoto
is a Japanese video game designer, video game producer, producer and Creative director#Video games, game director at Nintendo, where he has served as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002. Widely regarded as one o ...
and co-director of the early ''
Mario
Mario (; ) is a Character (arts), character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Ja ...
'' and ''
Zelda'' games.
Career
Upon graduating from the Design Department of
Osaka University of Arts, he joined
Nintendo
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles.
The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...
in April 1984 and became a co-designer of some of the most critically acclaimed Nintendo series, including ''Mario'' and ''The Legend of Zelda''.
Tezuka is fond of fantasy novels such as
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...
's ''
The Lord of the Rings
''The Lord of the Rings'' is an Epic (genre), epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book ''The Hobbit'' but eventually d ...
'', and wrote the story and script for ''
The Legend of Zelda
is a media franchise, video game series created by the Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo; some portable installments and re-releases have been outsourced to Flags ...
'' and ''
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''. Tezuka co-designed
Yoshi
Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Yoshi debuted in '' Super Mario World'' (1990) on the SNES as Mario and Luigi's sidekick. Throughout the mainline '' Super Mario'' series, Yoshi typically serves ...
, who debuted in ''
Super Mario World
''Super Mario World'', known in Japan as '' is a 1990 platform game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The player controls Mario on his quest to save Princess Peach and Dino ...
'' after Shigeru Miyamoto had originally wanted Mario to ride a dinosaur since ''
Super Mario Bros. 3''.
Works
References
External links
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1960 births
Japanese video game designers
Japanese video game directors
Japanese video game producers
Living people
Mythopoeic writers
Nintendo people
Osaka University of Arts alumni
Mass media people from Osaka