Takashi Tezuka

Takashi Tezuka (手塚 卓志, Tezuka Takashi, born November 17, 1960) is a video game maker for Nintendo. He has worked on many popular games for Nintendo, including games in the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Animal Crossing series. His first game was the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Devil World. He is a senior officer of Nintendo EPD and executive at Nintendo.^[1][2]

In this Japanese name, the family name is Tezuka.

Takashi Tezuka
手塚 卓志
Tezuka in 2015
Born	(1960-11-17) November 17, 1960 (age 63) Osaka, Japan
Alma mater	Osaka University of Arts
Occupation(s)	Game designer, director, and producer
Employer	Nintendo (1984–present)
Notable work	Super Mario The Legend of Zelda Yoshi
Title	Executive Officer

Games

Year	Title	Position
1984	Devil World	Game designer
1985	Super Mario Bros.	Assistant director, game designer
1986	Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels	Director, game designer
	The Legend of Zelda	Director, game designer, writer
1987	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	Writer
1988	Super Mario Bros. 3	Director, game designer
1990	Super Mario World	Director
1991	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1993	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
1995	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
	BS The Legend of Zelda	Game Designer
1996	Super Mario 64	Assistant director
1997	BS The Legend of Zelda: Inishie no Sekiban	Supervisor
	Star Fox 64
	Yoshi's Story	Producer
1998	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Supervisor
1999	Mario Golf
2000	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2001	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
	Luigi's Mansion	Producer
	Pikmin	Progress manager
	Animal Crossing	Producer
2002	Super Mario Sunshine
	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2003	Mario Kart: Double Dash
2004	The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap	Supervisor
	The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
	Pikmin 2	Producer
	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	Supervisor
2005	Yoshi Touch & Go	Producer
	Animal Crossing: Wild World
2006	New Super Mario Bros.	General producer
	Yoshi's Island DS	Senior producer
	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Supervisor
2007
	Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree	General producer
	Mario Party 8	Supervisor
	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
	Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
	Mario Party DS
	Link's Crossbow Training	Producer
2008	Wii Music
	Animal Crossing: City Folk	General producer
	New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
	New Play Control! Pikmin	Supervisor
2009	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	Producer
	The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks	Supervisor
2010	Super Mario Galaxy 2[3]	Producer
2011	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D	Senior producer
	The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition
	Super Mario 3D Land	General producer
	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Supervisor
2012	New Super Mario Bros. 2	Producer
	New Super Mario Bros. U
	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	General producer
2013	Flipnote Studio 3D	Producer
	The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds	Supervisor
2014	Yoshi's New Island	Producer
2015	Yoshi's Woolly World
	Super Mario Maker
	The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes	Supervisor
	Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
2016	Paper Mario: Color Splash
	Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS	Producer
	Super Mario Run
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Supervisor
	Arms	Production manager
	Hey! Pikmin	Producer
	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions	Supervisor
2018	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
2019	New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe	Producer
	Yoshi's Crafted World
	Super Mario Maker 2
2020	Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
	Pikmin 3 Deluxe

References

1. "E3 2006 Online Press Kit – Biographical Information: Takashi Tezuka" (PDF). Nintendo of America, Inc. May 5, 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 12, 2010.
2. 「ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島」開発スタッフ名鑑. Nintendo Official Guide Book – The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (in Japanese). Shogakukan Inc. July 1993. p. 121. ISBN 4-09-102448-3.
3. Nintendo EAD Tokyo (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nintendo. Scene: Credits.