Japanese Game Designers

List a list of important Japanese game designers with links to sites about them.

Lists of Japanese Game Designers

• Wikipedia Category of Japanese Videogame Designers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Japanese_video_game_designers
• G4tv.com Unsung Female Game Designers of Japan - http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/722190/the-unsung-female-game-designers-of-japan/
• 5 Japanese Game Developers You Should Know - from IUp -http://www.1up.com/features/5-japanese-game-developers

• Inafune, Keiji - Artist behind Mega Man. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Inafune . He is now working on a Mega Man-like project Mighty No. 9
• Kojima, Hideo - creator of Metal Gear series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Kojima
• Miyamoto, Shigeru - star designer of Nintendo. Got started on Donkey Kong and is responsible for many Nintendo franchises.
• Sakaguchi, Hironobu - designer of Final Fantasy series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hironobu_Sakaguchi
• Sakurai, Masahiro creator of Kirby and Super Smash Bros. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiro_Sakurai
• Yokoi, Gunpei creator of Game and Watch at Nintendo