Hiroyuki Kimura Explained

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.

Works

YearTitleRole
1988Super Mario Bros. 3Character designer
1989GolfDesigner
1991Director, graphic designer
1992Testing player
1994Super MetroidBackground designer
1995Mario ClashDirector
1996Wave Race 64CG Designer
2000Director, designer
2001Super Mario AdvanceArt director
Supervisor
Super Mario Advance 2Director
2002Super Mario Advance 3
2003Super Mario Advance 4
2005Yoshi Touch & Go
Big Brain AcademyProducer
2006New Super Mario Bros.
2007
2008New Play Control: Pikmin
2009New Play Control: Pikmin 2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2012New Super Mario Bros. 2Co-producer
New Super Mario Bros. U
2013Pikmin 3 Producer
2015Super Mario Maker Co-producer
2016Tank Troopers Progress supervisor
2017Mario Kart 8 DeluxeProgress manager
Arms Production manager
2019New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeCo-producer
Super Mario Maker 2
2020Pikmin 3 Deluxe Project manager
2023Pikmin 4
Super Mario Bros. WonderProduction manager

Notes and References

  1. http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/mario25th/2/0 Iwata Asks: Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary: Super Mario Developers
  2. http://www.metroid-database.com/sm/interview.php Super Metroid 3 Team Interview
  3. http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,50681/ MobyGames Profile: Hiroyuki Kimura