Hiroji Kiyotake

Hiroji Kiyotake Current employee of Nintendo Company Limited, having worked mainly in the development department during his time with the company. Kiyotake was born in Kagoshima, Japan in 1960. Kiyotake is an avid sports fan who enjoys tennis and rugby, and even played soccer with the company club. After graduating from the Kyoto Seika University, he officially joined Nintendo in 1983, initially working as a Graphic Artist for the Research & Development 1 Division. ➥Extended Profile His first projects at the company were designing characters and backgrounds for several Game & Watch and Famicom titles. Kiyotake designed a variety of iconic action titles like Duck Hunt, Super Mario Land, and Famicom Wars. Kiyotake's most famous work revolves around the character creation of Samus, Wario, and Dr. Mario. One signature trademark Kiyotake has left on a few of his games including Tetris and Tennis for the Game Boy, are graphic and animation references to Samus Aran. Most recently, his job duties pertain to character and art supervision of several Nintendo releases.

Work History Developer Nintendo Co., Ltd. April 1983 - Present BA, Faculty of Visual Design Kyoto Seika University Fall 1978 – Spring 1982

Notable Works Metroid: Other M (2010) - Concept Artist Wario World (2003) - Adviser Wario Land 4 (2001) - Designer Wario Land 3 (2000) - Designer Tetris DX (1998) - Director Wario Land 2 (1998) - Designer Virtual Boy: Wario Land (1995) - Director Wario Blast featuring Bomberman (1994) - Designer Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) - Director Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (1992) - Director Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991) - Director Dr. Mario (GB) (1990) - Director Dr. Mario (NES) (1990) - Director Tennis (1989) - Designer Famicom Wars (1988) - Designer Kid Icarus (1986) - Designer Metroid (1986) - Designer Duck Hunt (1984) - Designer Game & Watch: Pinball (1983) - Designer

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Profile: Hiroji Kiyotake / 清武 博二 / きよたけ ひろじ
Author: Kyoto Ninja
Source: Game Credits. Facebook Japan. Nintendo Japan Homepage. Kyoto Report Investigative Methods.
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