Norikatsu Furuta

Furuta in 2017.

Norikatsu Furuta Current employee of Nintendo Company Limited, having worked mainly in the development department during his time with the company. Furuta was born in Nonoichi, Japan in 1972. He is a huge fan of baseball and his favorite sports team is the Hanshin Tigers. After graduating from the Kanazawa College of Art, he officially joined Nintendo in 1994, initially working as a Graphic Artist for the Research & Development 1 Division. ➥Extended Profile Furuta's first projects at the company were printed artwork and manual design for a variety of Virtual Boy titles. Later, he would advance to handling lead art for Trade & Battle: Card Hero on the Game Boy Color. Besides heavily contributing to the WarioWare and Rhythm Tengoku series, Furuta was part of a secret team working on software for Iwata's Vitality Sensor. While the software was never released, it is believed he has shifted into some of the QOL projects the company has in development. His Facebook profile can be found here.

Work History Developer Nintendo Co., Ltd. April 1994 - Present BA, Faculty of Visual Design Kanazawa College of Art Fall 1990 - Spring 1994

Notable Works WarioWare: Get it Together! (2021) - Art BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! (2019) - Project Management Rhythm Tengoku: The Best + (2015) - Support Everybody's Rhythm Tengoku (2011) - Support Wii Relax (2010) - Planner WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006) - Designer Rhythm Tengoku (2006) - Designer Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) - Designer WarioWare: Touched! (2004) - Designer WarioWare: Twisted! (2004) - Designer WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Game$ (2003) - Designer Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu (2000) - Designer Trade & Battle: Card Hero (2000) - Designer 3D Tetris (1996) - Manual Editor Virtual Boy: Wario Land (1995) - Print Artist

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Profile: Norikatsu Furuta / 古田 律克 / ふるた のりかつ
Author: Kyoto Ninja
Source: Game Credits. Facebook Japan. Nintendo Japan Homepage. Kyoto Report Investigative Methods.
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