Hiroyuki Kimura | |
Native Name: | 木村 浩之 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Employer: | Nintendo (1988–present) |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1965 |
Birth Place: | Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan |
Notable Works: | Super Mario Metroid Pikmin |
Occupation: | Video game director, producer and artist |
Manager at Nintendo EAD (2003–2015) Manager at Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10 (2015–present) |
is a Japanese video game director and producer who works for Nintendo. Kimura joined the company as a trainee in 1988, and designed the characters of Super Mario Bros. 3.[1] 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.[2] [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.
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
1988 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | Character designer |
1989 | Golf | Designer |
1991 | Director, graphic designer | |
1992 | Testing player | |
1994 | Super Metroid | Background designer |
1995 | Mario Clash | Director |
1996 | Wave Race 64 | CG Designer |
2000 | Director, designer | |
2001 | Super Mario Advance | Art director |
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 | ||
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 | |