Katsuya Eguchi
Katsuya Eguchi | |
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| 江口 勝也 | |
Eguchi on stage during Nintendo's press conference at E3 2012 holding a white Wii U GamePad | |
| Born | April 7, 1965 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupations | video game designer, director and producer |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Employer | Nintendo |
| Notable work | Star Fox Animal Crossing Wii Sports |
| Title | Manager at Nintendo EAD (2003-2013) Deputy General Manager of Nintendo EAD (2013-2015) Deputy General Manager of Nintendo EPD (2015-present) Director at the board of directors in SRD Co., Ltd. |
Katsuya Eguchi (Japanese: 江口 勝也, Hepburn: Eguchi Katsuya; born April 7, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer at Nintendo. He is the co-creator of the Animal Crossing series and has worked on games including Super Mario World (1990), Star Fox 2 (1995), Wave Race 64 (1996) and Yoshi's Story (1997).
Eguchi was born in 1965 in Tokyo and grew up in 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. Eguchi became a senior producer of his own EAD software development group and now serves as the Deputy General Manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development division.
After Nintendo's acquisition of SRD Co., Ltd. (System Research and Development) in 2022, Eguchi became the Nintendo representative as part of the board of directors.