Yoshiro Kimura
Yoshiro Kimura | |
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木村 喜朗 | |
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| Born | November 7, 1969 Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Citizenship | Japan |
| Occupation | Video game designer |
| Organization | Onion Games |
Yoshiro Kimura (木村 喜朗, Kimura Yoshirō, born November 7th, 1969) is a Japanese video game designer. He has founded two independent video game companies and currently develops games at Onion Games, which he also runs. In addition, he is a world traveler, having visited numerous countries at different times of his life[1].
Career
Yoshiro Kimura began his career at Square, following this he joined Love-de-Lic, founding Punchline on 27th December, 2002[2], where he served as president until 2005. He worked under contract as a producer for Marvelous Entertainment from 2006, Joining Grasshopper Manufacture in 2010[3] as its Chief Creative Officer[4], leaving in August 2011. Following this, he formed the independent developer, Onion Games, where he serves as president and game designer/director.
Credits
- Romancing SaGa 2 (1993) Map creation and checking
- Romancing SaGa 3 (1995) Battle map design
- Moon: Remix RPG Adventure (1997) Game design, scenario
- L.O.L.: Lack of Love (2000) Assistant game design
- Chulip (2002) Director, scenario
- Rule of Rose (2006) Concept, CG movie director, storyboard design
- No More Heroes (2007) Producer
- Little King's Story (2009) Producer, director
- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (2010) Producer
- Shadows of the Damned (2011) Executive producer
- Dandy Dungeon (2016) Director, scenario
- Million Onion Hotel (2017) Director, game designer
- Black Bird (2018)
In the media
References
- ↑ "A Game Without Killing: The Story of Moon's 22-Year Journey to Leave Japan".
- ↑ "Punchline company profile" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2006-07-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Harvest Moon and Little King's Story Creators Join Grasshopper".
- ↑ "Wada and Kimura transfer to Grasshopper Manufacture" (in Japanese).
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External links
- Yoshiro Kimura on Twitter
- Yoshiro Kimura on Facebook
- Yoshiro Kimura on Moby Games
- Onion's Profile: Yoshiro Kimura - Onion Games Inc
- Yoshiro Kimura (Person) - Giant Bomb
- Onion Games interview with Moon writer Yoshiro Kimura at TGS 2019
- Yoshiro Kimura's Strange Journeys - Gamasutra
- Onion Games’ Yoshiro Kimura On Whether moon Might Ever Receive A Sequel
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