Hiroyuki Kobayashi (producer)
Japanese video game and anime television series producer
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Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林 裕幸, Kobayashi Hiroyuki; born August 12, 1972) is a Japanese video game producer. A former employee of Capcom, he is the founder of GPTRACK50, a subsidiary studio of NetEase.[1]
- Video game producer
- anime producer
- planner
- supervisor
Hiroyuki Kobayashi | |
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小林 裕幸 | |
| Born | August 12, 1972 |
| Alma mater | Chukyo University |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Employer(s) | Capcom (1995–2022) GPTRACK50 (2022–present) |
| Known for | |
Career
Kobayashi studied computer science at Chukyo University. After graduating, he joined Capcom in 1995 and worked on the first Resident Evil game as a programmer.[1] After working as programmer on the sequel and a planner on the first Dino Crisis game, his first producer role was on Dino Crisis 2 in 2000.[1]
Starting with the first Sengoku Basara game (titled Devil Kings in North America) in 2005, Kobayashi worked as the producer for the video game series as well as a planning supervisor for the various anime adaptations. He was very interested in the Sengoku period and wanted to create an action game inspired by that period.[2]
After 27 years working at Capcom, Kobayashi left the company in March 2022 and announced that he joined NetEase in August of that same year.[3]
Kobayashi established the company GPTRACK50 in October 2022.[4] He is working on a zombie role-playing video game Stupid Never Dies.[5]
Works
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Resident Evil | Programmer |
| 1998 | Resident Evil 2 | |
| 1999 | Dino Crisis | Planner |
| 2000 | Dino Crisis 2 | Producer |
| 2001 | Resident Evil – Code: Veronica X | Associate producer |
| Devil May Cry | Producer | |
| 2002 | Resident Evil | |
| Resident Evil Zero | Promotional producer | |
| 2003 | P.N.03 | Producer |
| Dino Crisis 3 | ||
| 2004 | Under the Skin | |
| 2005 | Resident Evil 4 | |
| Killer7 | ||
| Devil Kings | ||
| 2006 | Sengoku Basara 2 | |
| 2007 | Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes | |
| 2008 | Devil May Cry 4 | |
| Sengoku Basara X | ||
| 2009 | Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes | |
| 2010 | Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes | |
| 2011 | Sengoku Basara Chronicle Heroes | |
| 2012 | Dragon's Dogma | |
| Resident Evil 6 | Executive producer | |
| 2013 | Gaist Crusher | |
| 2014 | Sengoku Basara 4 | |
| 2015 | Dragon's Dogma Online | |
| 2018 | Mega Man 11 | |
| 2026 | Stupid Never Dies |
Anime
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Devil May Cry: The Animated Series | Supervisor |
| 2008 | Resident Evil: Degeneration | Producer |
| 2009 | Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings | Planning supervisor |
| 2010 | Sengoku Basara II | |
| 2011 | Sengoku Basara: The Last Party | |
| 2012 | Resident Evil: Damnation | Producer |
| 2014 | Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement | Planning supervisor |
| 2017 | Resident Evil: Vendetta[6] | Supervisor |
| 2020 | Dragon's Dogma | Producer |
| 2021 | Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness | Executive producer |