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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 ...
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...
May 18, 2024 · Yoshiaki Koizumi is the director of Super Mario Sunshine, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and Super Mario Galaxy. He also worked on significant contributions to other major Super Mario games, such as Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island,...
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...
Aug 28, 2023 · Explore the captivating journey of Yoshiaki Koizumi, from a childhood passion for drawing and storytelling to his transformative role at Nintendo, where he has shaped iconic franchises like 'Super Mario' and 'The Legend of Zelda' through relentless dedication and creative innovation.
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.
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...
Feb 23, 2017 · Yoshiaki Koizumi demonstrates the Joy-Con in a Nintendo Switch reveal video back in January. Photo: Nintendo. He nods with an affirmative grin, and reaches into his suit coat...
Yoshiaki Koizumi was born on 29 April 1968 in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan. He is a producer and director, known for Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010), Super Mario Galaxy (2007) and Super Mario Sunshine (2002).
25. Yoshiaki Koizumi. Prior to his college years, 16-year Nintendo veteran Yoshiaki Koizumi had never played a videogame in his life. An aspiring filmmaker, Koizumi's first gaming experience...
Yoshiaki Koizumi: After working on the development of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, he was involved in the...
Dec 1, 2007 · With its release basically a month behind us, we took time to sit down with Galaxy game director Yoshiaki Koizumi to get his thoughts on the making of his masterpiece, the challenges of bringing...
Check out our new blooper reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcmvgHyq0_4With Super Mario Odyssey taking the world by storm, now seems like a fantastic tim...
Nintendo shares its vision behind the company's latest console. IGN talks to Shinya Takahashi and Yoshiaki Koizumi.
Feb 16, 2017 · To explain where the idea for the Nintendo Switch came from, Yoshiaki Koizumi puts his hand into his jacket pocket and pulls out a Nintendo-themed playing card, placing it on the coffee table in...
Dec 10, 2017 · The following tidbits come from a 4Gamer interview with Nintendo's Yoshiaki Koizumi. - believes the Switch concept can be summed up with the words “Anytime, Anywhere, with Anyone”. - Koizumi hopes Nintendo's mobile efforts will help them reach people worldwide.
Feb 6, 2017 · TIME recently spoke with Nintendo Director Shinya Takahashi and Switch Producer Yoshiaki Koizumi about the company’s forthcoming hybrid mobile/TV games console.
Dec 4, 2007 · You can thank Yoshiaki Koizumi, director of Super Mario Galaxy and a 16-year veteran of Nintendo's top development teams. Educated as a filmmaker, Koizumi wanted...
Feb 28, 2017 · We chatted with the deputy general manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development division, Yoshiaki Koizumi, about the initial vision for the Switch, how this new console is an evolution of Nintendo's previous hardware, and why the right Joy-Con is red.
Yoshiaki Koizumi, the producer for Super Mario Odyssey, discusses Super Mario Odyssey for Nintendo Switch and what you can expect when you join Mario on a ma...
Sep 25, 2013 · Yoshiaki Koizumi. Zelda Debut: Link’s Awakening - Script Writer. Most Recent Work: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D - Supervisor. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening holds a...
Feb 7, 2017 · Finally, Yoshiaki Koizumi talks about the Nintendo Switch’s graphical power, and how he believes it strikes the right balance between being able to create fun and new ways to play and good graphical quality (while being easy to develop for).
Yoshiaki Koizumi (born April 29th, 1968 in Japan) is the manager and producer of Nintendo EAD's Tokyo Development Group No. 2 (EAD Tokyo), overseeing the development of games in the Mario series. Before moving to EAD Tokyo, he was involved with several Zelda games and co-directed Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and The Wind Waker.
