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    Yoshiaki Koizumi

    Japanese video game designer

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  1. Yoshiaki Koizumi (小泉 歓晃, Koizumi Yoshiaki, born April 29, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer, and business executive. He is a senior executive officer at Nintendo and a deputy general manager at Nintendo EPD , where he is known for his work within their Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, and as the General ...

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    Nintendo Power interviewed Yoshiaki in a special section mainly for Super Mario Galaxy. In the interview, he revealed the following facts about the development of the game: 1. Yoshiaki had wanted to always create a boss fight in which the character had to climb up on top of the boss. He tried to create Ganondorf this way in The Legend of Zelda: Oca...

    Photo of a clay model of Isle Delfino made by Yoshiaki Koizumi for Super Mario Sunshine
    Koizumi presenting his keynote Super Mario Galaxy: The Journey from Garden to Galaxy at the Montreal International Games Summit(2007)
    Koizumi and an assistant demonstrating Co-Star Modeduring his keynote at MIGS (2007)
    Drawing of Mario by Yoshiaki Koizumi to celebrate Mario Day2018
  2. Yoshiaki Koizumi is a Senior Executive Officer at Nintendo and one of the Deputy General Managers of Nintendo EPD. A long-time veteran at the company, Koizumi has worked as producer, director, animator and story writer on some of Nintendo's best selling and critically acclaimed video games...

  3. Yoshiaki Koizumi is a designer, creator, writer, and director who was involved in many major aspects of The Legend of Zelda series. Koizumi's first involvement in the series was with A Link to the Past.

  4. Aug 28, 2017 · Yoshiaki Koizumi has been the face of the Nintendo Switch ever since its launch event in January, but he’s also been intimately involved with the Super Mario series for decades, serving as...

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  5. May 31, 2021 · Although the name Shigeru Miyamoto may come to mind when thinking of the game developers behind Mario games, some of the plumber’s most beloved 3D platformer...

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  7. Feb 23, 2017 · Yoshiaki Koizumi, a senior executive and game developer at Nintendo, talks about the company's history, philosophy, and future with the Switch console. Learn how he and his colleague Shinya Takahashi created a device that can be played anywhere, with anyone, and by anyone.

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