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Hiroyuki Kimura

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Hiroyuki Kimura
木村 浩之
Born (1965-06-01) June 1, 1965 (age 59)
Occupation(s)Video game director, producer and artist
EmployerNintendo (1988–present)
Notable workSuper Mario
Metroid
Pikmin
TitleManager at Nintendo EAD (2003–2015)
Manager at Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10 (2015–present)

Hiroyuki Kimura (木村 浩之, Kimura Hiroyuki, born June 1, 1965) is a Japanese video game director and producer who works for Nintendo.[1] Kimura joined the company as a trainee in 1988, and designed the characters of Super Mario Bros. 3.[2] After that, he was originally assigned to Gunpei Yokoi and the Nintendo R&D1 team. Kimura designed a variety of games for Nintendo including several of the NES Zapper software and the Metroid series. Shortly after working on Super Metroid, Kimura was transferred to Shigeru Miyamoto and the Nintendo EAD group.[1][3]

He is also the manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD) Group No. 10, which oversees the Super Mario 2D games and the Pikmin franchise.

Works

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Year Title Role
1988 Super Mario Bros. 3 Character designer
1989 Golf Designer
1991 Metroid II: Return of Samus Director, graphic designer
1992 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Testing player
1994 Super Metroid Background designer
1995 Mario Clash Director
1996 Wave Race 64 CG Designer
2000 Mario Artist: Talent Studio Director, designer
2001 Super Mario Advance Art director
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Supervisor
Super Mario Advance 2 Director
2002 Super Mario Advance 3
2003 Super Mario Advance 4
2005 Yoshi Touch & Go
Big Brain Academy Producer
2006 New Super Mario Bros.
2007 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
2008 New Play Control: Pikmin
2009 New Play Control: Pikmin 2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2012 New Super Mario Bros. 2 Co-producer
New Super Mario Bros. U
2013 Pikmin 3 Producer
2015 Super Mario Maker Co-producer
2016 Tank Troopers Progress supervisor
2017 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Progress manager
Arms Production manager
2019 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Co-producer
Super Mario Maker 2
2020 Pikmin 3 Deluxe Project manager
2023 Pikmin 4
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Production manager

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