Yoshiaki Koizumi

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Yoshiaki Koizumi ( Japanese 小泉 歓 晃 , Koizumi Yoshiaki ; born April 29, 1968 in Mishima , Japan) is a Japanese game developer and has worked for the Nintendo company since 1991 on the production of several well-known video games, including titles from the Super Mario and The series Legend of Zelda . He later held managerial positions as a director or producer. He heads a team in the EAD Tokyo development department .

biography

Koizumi was born on April 29, 1968 in Mishima, Japan. After studying film, drama and animation at Osaka University of Arts , he joined Nintendo in 1991. His first project was the design and later also the writing of the game instructions for the Super Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past published in the same year ; this also included the design of the background story. For the 1993 Game Boy successor The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening , Koizumi was initially also intended to write the instructions. Since the plot was still largely open at this point, Koizumi was given the task of designing the entire script as well as the behavior of the individual bosses . For the Nintendo 64 console , he was involved in the development of the games Super Mario 64 (as assistant director), The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask . For the latter title he devised several interactions between the game character and other characters.

In 2003 Koizumi moved to a new development team in Tokyo, where he - like before that for the first time with Super Mario Sunshine - led the development of the GameCube title Donkey Kong Jungle Beat as a director. He also held the role of Director in the development of the Wii game Super Mario Galaxy , published in 2007 , and was therefore responsible for every aspect of game development - also as the interface between the team and Mario inventor Shigeru Miyamoto . For the successor, which was also released for the Wii console in 2010, he took on the role of producer.

When developing games, Yoshiaki Koizumi places an emphasis on the narrated plot, which Shigeru Miyamoto does not share.

The IGN website named Koizumi 25th on a list of the top 100 game creators.

Games

Yoshiaki Koizumi was involved in the development of the following video games.

Web links

  • n-sider.com : Article of December 28, 2007 on the work of Yoshiaki Koizumi (English, three-page)

supporting documents

  1. ↑ cesa.or.jp : CESA Developers Conference page on Koizumi's conference contribution ス ー パ ー マ リ オ ギ ャ ラ ク シ ー を 作 る - The production of Super Mario Galaxy (Japanese, accessed December 13, 2010)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h next-gen.biz ( Memento from February 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ): Article on the person from February 6, 2008 (English, two-sided, accessed on December 13, 2010)
  3. ↑ a b c gamasutra.com : Transcription of a speech by Yoshiaki Koizumi at the Montreal International Game Summit 2007 (English, accessed on December 13, 2010)
  4. ↑ wired.com : Interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi on Super Mario Galaxy from December 4, 2007 (English, accessed December 13, 2010)
  5. ↑ gamecubicle.com : Transcription of a press conference on Super Mario Sunshine (accessed December 13, 2010)
  6. ↑ ign.com : Interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi from November 29, 2007 on the development of Super Mario Galaxy (English, two-sided, accessed on December 13, 2010)
  7. ↑ Yoshiaki Koizumi Interview ( Memento from September 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ): Interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi on the occasion of the Montreal International Game Summit 2007 (English, copy of the page, accessed on October 9, 2012)
  8. ↑ a b gamepro.com : Article from May 21, 2010 on Super Mario Galaxy 2 (English, accessed December 13, 2010)
  9. ↑ wired.com : Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto from June 12, 2009 on Super Mario Galaxy 2 (English, accessed December 13, 2010)
  10. ↑ a b c d e Yoshiaki Koizumi ranked 25th in a top 100 video game maker list. In: uk.games.ign.com. IGN Entertainment, archived from the original on January 3, 2013 ; accessed on January 4, 2019 .
  11. ↑ ign.com : Article from August 11, 2011 about Super Mario 3D Land (English, accessed September 8, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Koizumi, Yoshiaki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 小泉 歓 晃 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese video game developer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Mishima , Japan