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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
He was created by Takashi Nishiyama. Nishiyama's inspiration was the martial artist Mas Oyama. For his second appearance, Ryu's design changed from that of a young fighter to a skilled karate practitioner. However, because of issues in the making of Street Fighter II, he possessed a major weakness within the cast. For the next titles, Ryu's ...
- Manabu Takemura (Street Fighter), Shoei Okano (Street Fighter II)
- Street Fighter (1987)
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. Before his career at Capcom, he worked...
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 ...
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 ...
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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. He is best known for creating Street Fighter and Fatal Fury.
Takashi Nishiyama is a Japanese game director, producer, and video game designer. He is credited for having created the Street Fighter, Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting series. He joined SNK in 1988 after he had finished directing the first Street Fighter game with Hiroshi Matsumoto.
