Katsuya Eguchi

Katsuya Eguchi
Eguchi on stage during Nintendo's press conference at E3 2012
Native name	江口勝也
Born	(1965-05-15) May 15, 1965 Tokyo, Japan
Employer	Nintendo (1986–present)
Title	Deputy General Manager of Nintendo EPD

Katsuya Eguchi (江口勝也, Eguchi Katsuya, born May 15, 1965) is a game designer, producer, and deputy general manager at Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development. He was born in 1965 in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in the Chiba Prefecture. He began work at Nintendo in 1986 and spent some time doing promotional artwork before starting as a designer on Super Mario Bros. 3. He first served as director for Star Fox in 1993. Other games he's been involved with include Super Mario World, Star Fox 2, Wave Race 64, Yoshi's Story, Animal Crossing, Wii Sports, and Wii Play. He is the producer of Animal Crossing: City Folk, Wii Music, and Wii Sports Resort.^[1]

Eguchi served as a senior producer of his own EAD software development group, but currently serves as the Deputy General Manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development division.^[2]

Works

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Designer (NES, 1988)
Super Mario World - "Area Director" (SNES, 1988)
Star Fox - Director (SNES, 1993)
Star Fox 2 - Director (SNES, unreleased)
Wave Race 64 - Director (N64, 1996)
Yoshi's Story - Chief Designer (N64, 1998)
Mario Artist: Talent Maker - Advisor (N64 64DD, 2000)
Animal Forest - Director (N64, 2001)
Animal Crossing - Director (GCN, 2002)
Animal Crossing e+ - Director (GCN, 2003)
Animal Crossing: Wild World - Producer (NDS, 2005)
Wii Sports - Producer (Wii, 2006)
Wii Play - Producer (Wii, 2006)
Star Fox Command - Supervisor (NDS, 2006)
Wii Music - Producer (Wii, 2008)
Animal Crossing: City Folk - Producer (Wii, 2008)
Wii Sports Resort - Producer (Wii, 2009)
Nintendo Land - Producer (Wii U, 2012)
Wii U – Hardware Producer (2012)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Producer (3DS, 2013)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D - Senior Producer (3DS, 2015)
Splatoon - General Producer (Wii U, 2015)
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer - General Producer (3DS, 2015)
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes - Supervisor (3DS, 2015)

Interviews

References

↑ Savino, Candace (2008-07-16). "E308: Live highlights from Nintendo's private conference". Nintendo Wii Fanboy. Weblogs, Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
↑ Rad, Chloi; Otero, Jose. "Nintendo Reveals Restructuring Plans". IGN. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

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