Quick Facts
Biography
Takashi Tezuka (手塚 卓志, Tezuka Takashi, born November 17, 1960) is a Japanese video game designer, producer and executive officer working for Nintendo.
Biography
A graduate of the Design Department of Osaka University of Arts, he joined Nintendo in April 1984 and was involved with some of the most critically acclaimed Nintendo series, including Mario and The Legend of Zelda. Tezuka is fond of fantasy novels such as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and wrote the story and script for The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Tezuka was also involved in the creation process of Yoshi, after Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted Mario to ride a dinosaur in Super Mario Bros. 3.
Design philosophy
I have never consciously separated casual users and hardcore gamers when I design a game. For the past 20 years, I have always been trying to make games so that anyone — as many people as possible — can enjoy them... I cannot help but say that I love my job of making games from the bottom of my heart.
— Takashi Tezuka
Works
| Year | Title | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Devil World | Designer |
| 1985 | Super Mario Bros. | Assistant director, designer |
| 1986 | Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels | Director, designer |
| The Legend of Zelda | Director, designer, writer | |
| 1987 | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | Writer |
| 1988 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | Director, designer |
| 1990 | Super Mario World | Director |
| 1991 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Director |
| 1993 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | Director |
| 1995 | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | Director |
| 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 | Supervisor | |
| Yoshi's Story | Producer | |
| 1998 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Supervisor |
| 1999 | Mario Golf | Supervisor |
| 2000 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Supervisor |
| 2001 | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages | Supervisor |
| Luigi's Mansion | Producer | |
| Pikmin | Progress manager | |
| Animal Crossing | Producer | |
| 2002 | Super Mario Sunshine | Producer |
| The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | Producer | |
| 2003 | Mario Kart: Double Dash | Producer |
| 2004 | The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | Supervisor |
| The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures | Supervisor | |
| Pikmin 2 | Producer | |
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | Supervisor | |
| 2005 | Yoshi Touch & Go | Producer |
| Animal Crossing: Wild World | Producer | |
| 2006 | New Super Mario Bros. | General producer |
| Yoshi's Island DS | Senior producer | |
| 2008 | Wii Music | Producer |
| 2009 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Producer |
| 2010 | Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Producer |
| 2011 | Super Mario 3D Land | General producer |
| 2012 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | Producer |
| New Super Mario Bros. U | Producer | |
| Animal Crossing: New Leaf | General producer | |
| 2013 | Flipnote Studio 3D | Producer |
| 2014 | Yoshi's New Island | Producer |
| 2015 | Yoshi's Woolly World | Producer |
| Super Mario Maker | Producer | |
| The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes | Supervisor | |
| Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam | Supervisor | |
| 2016 | Paper Mario: Color Splash | Supervisor |
| Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS | Producer | |
| Super Mario Run | Director | |
| 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 | Supervisor |
| 2019 | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | Producer |
| Yoshi's Crafted World | Producer | |
| Super Mario Maker 2 | Producer |
