| Taro Kudo 工藤 太郎 | |
| Occupation: | Video game designer and video game music composer |
| Years Active: | 1990s–present |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
is a Japanese video game designer and video game music composer. He began his career working for Konami and Square in the 1990s, then joined fellow ex-Square designers at Love-de-Lic in 1996, where he designed . Kudo worked as the director for the developing company Vanpool.[1] [2]
| Year | Game | Role(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Super Castlevania IV | Music | |
| 1992 | Axelay | Music | |
| 1993 | Akumajō Dracula (X68000) | Music | |
| 1996 | Super Mario RPG | Event designer | |
| 1997 | Game designer, music | ||
| 1999 | Game designer[3] | ||
| 2001 | Music | ||
| Endonesia | Game designer | ||
| 2003 | Mini-games | ||
| 2006 | Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland | Director | |
| 2008 | Let's Pilates | Director | |
| 2009 | Irozuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip | Game designer | |
| 2012 | Dillon's Rolling Western | Voice of Dillon | |
| Director, scenario | |||
| 2013 | Voice of Dillon | ||
| 2014 | Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U | Voice of Dillon | |
| 2015 | Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash | Producer | |
| 2016 | Director, scenario | ||
| 2018 | Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers | Voice of Dillon | |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Voice of Dillon | ||
| 2020 | Event director, scenario | ||
| 2023 | Super Mario RPG | Event director, writing | |
| 2024 | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | Text editing, event supervisor |