Takashi Tezuka

Takashi Tezuka (手塚 卓志, Tezuka Takashi, born November 17, 1960) is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer. He is a senior officer of Nintendo EPD and executive at Nintendo.[1][2]

Takashi Tezuka
手塚 卓志
Tezuka in 2015
Born (1960-11-17) November 17, 1960
Osaka, Japan
Alma materOsaka University of Arts
OccupationGame designer, director and producer
EmployerNintendo (1984–present)
Notable work
Super Mario
The Legend of Zelda
Yoshi
TitleGeneral Manager at Nintendo EAD (1996-2012)
Senior Officer at Nintendo EAD (2013-2015)
Senior Officer at Nintendo EPD (2015-present)
Executive officer at Nintendo (2018-present)

Biography

A graduate of the Design Department of Osaka University of Arts, he joined Nintendo in April 1984[3] and is involved with some of the most critically acclaimed Nintendo series, including Mario and The Legend of Zelda.[1][4] Tezuka is fond of fantasy novels such as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and wrote the story and script for The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.[5] Tezuka was also involved in the creation process of Yoshi, after Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted Mario to ride a dinosaur in Super Mario Bros. 3.[6]

Design philosophy

"I have never consciously separated casual users and hardcore gamers when I design a game. For the past 20 years, I have always been trying to make games so that anyone — as many people as possible — can enjoy them... I cannot help but say that I love my job of making games from the bottom of my heart."

— Takashi Tezuka[4]

Works
Year Title Position
1984 Devil World Game designer
1985 Super Mario Bros. Assistant director, game designer
1986 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Director, game designer
The Legend of Zelda Director, game designer, writer
1987 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Writer
1988 Super Mario Bros. 3 Director, game designer
1990 Super Mario World Director
1991 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1993 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
1995 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
BS The Legend of Zelda Game Designer
1996 Super Mario 64 Assistant director
1997 BS The Legend of Zelda: Inishie no Sekiban Supervisor
Star Fox 64
Yoshi's Story Producer
1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Supervisor
1999 Mario Golf
2000 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2001 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
Luigi's Mansion Producer
Pikmin Progress manager
Animal Crossing Producer
2002 Super Mario Sunshine
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2003 Mario Kart: Double Dash
2004 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Supervisor
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Pikmin 2 Producer
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Supervisor
2005 Yoshi Touch & Go Producer
Animal Crossing: Wild World
2006 New Super Mario Bros. General producer
Yoshi's Island DS Senior producer
2007
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree General producer
Mario Party 8 Supervisor
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Mario Party DS
Link's Crossbow Training Producer
2008 Wii Music
Animal Crossing: City Folk General producer
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
New Play Control! Pikmin Supervisor
2009 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Producer
2010 Super Mario Galaxy 2[7]
2011 Super Mario 3D Land General producer
2012 New Super Mario Bros. 2 Producer
New Super Mario Bros. U
Animal Crossing: New Leaf General producer
2013 Flipnote Studio 3D Producer
2014 Yoshi's New Island
2015 Yoshi's Woolly World
Super Mario Maker
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Supervisor
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
2016 Paper Mario: Color Splash
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Producer
Super Mario Run
2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Supervisor
Arms Production manager
Hey! Pikmin Producer
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions Supervisor
2018 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
2019 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Producer
Yoshi's Crafted World
Super Mario Maker 2
2020 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
Pikmin 3 Deluxe

References
  1. "E3 2006 Online Press Kit – Biographical Information: Takashi Tezuka" (PDF). Nintendo of America, Inc. May 5, 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 12, 2010.
  2. 「ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島」開発スタッフ名鑑. Nintendo Official Guide Book – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (in Japanese). Shogakukan Inc. July 1993. p. 121. ISBN 4-09-102448-3.
  3. "10 Game Designers Who Have Been In The Industry For More Than Three Decades". TheGamer. August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  4. "In Conversation: Takashi Tezuka". Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. June 29, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  5. "Classic: Zelda und Link". Club Nintendo (in German). Nintendo of Europe: 72. April 1996.
  6. "Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island".
  7. Nintendo EAD Tokyo (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nintendo. Scene: Credits.
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