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Known for. Fighting games. Beat 'em ups. Side-scrolling games. Takashi Nishiyama (Japanese: 西山隆志), sometimes credited as "Piston" Takashi Nishiyama or T. Nishiyama, is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer who worked for Irem, Capcom and SNK before founding his own company Dimps.
- Japanese
- Dimps
- Video game designer, director, producer
Creation and development. Mas Oyama inspired Ryu's character. Prior to the creation of Ryu as the main protagonist of the first Street Fighter, Takashi Nishiyama had initially envisioned a different character for the role.
- Manabu Takemura (Street Fighter), Shoei Okano (Street Fighter II)
- Street Fighter (1987)
Takashi Nishiyama (Street Fighter director, Capcom Japan) Yeah, I think there was a rivalry in the '80s. Capcom's Tsujimoto and SNK's Kawasaki originally were friendly with each other, but ...
Jul 2, 2017 · But in truth, Street Fighter creator Takashi Nishiyama, now president of Dimps (the contractor that created Street Fighter 4), was influenced by science fiction rather than martial arts when he ...
Takashi Nishiyama (西山 隆志, Nishiyama Takashi) is a Japanese game director, producer, and video game designer. He is credited as the creator of the Fatal Fury series and the Art of Fighting series. After SNK, Nishiyama founded Dimps with former SNK staff.
Jun 25, 2022 · Street Fighter was the brainchild of Takashi Nishiyama, who cut his teeth at Japanese gaming firm Irem on fighting-filled beat-'em-up titles such as Kung-Fu Master and Avengers. After moving to ...
Jul 11, 2021 · During his first years with SNK, Nishiyama says he was impressed with what Okamoto and his team managed with Street Fighter 2 and describes how the breakout fighting game would have been much more ...
