Shigefumi Hino
Japanese graphics designer and game director (born 1963)
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Shigefumi Hino (日野 重文 Hino Shigefumi, born 1963) is a Japanese graphics designer, game director and planner from Nintendo. He is the creator of Yoshi from the Yoshi franchise.[1][2] Hino later served as the director of the Pikmin series, alongside Masamichi Abe.[3]
Career
Shigefumi Hino joined Nintendo in 1989, where his first project was designing a sequel to Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race, which was ultimately unreleased. His first released product was Super Mario World in 1990, where he created the game's pixel art, as well as the character Yoshi, based on a rough sketch by Takashi Tezuka.[4] Afterwards, Hino had the idea for a game with Yoshi as the main character, which would become Yoshi's Island. He chose a hand-drawn visual style to differentiate it from Rare's Donkey Kong Country, a game that notably used pre-rendered 3D graphics.[4]
Hino then co-directed Pikmin and Pikmin 2 with Masamichi Abe,[5] as well as Pikmin 3 with Yuji Kando. He has additionally worked as a designer for Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Works
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Super Mario World | Character designer[6][7] |
| 1992 | Yoshi's Cookie | |
| 1993 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | |
| 1995 | Yoshi's Island | Director, character designer |
| 1996 | Super Mario 64 | CG illustrator[8] |
| Tetris Attack | Design adviser | |
| Mario Kart 64 | CG character designer | |
| 1997 | Game & Watch Gallery 2 | Design adviser |
| Yoshi's Story | CG designer | |
| 1998 | Pocket Monsters' Stadium | Effects designer |
| Mario Party | Design support | |
| 1999 | Game & Watch Gallery 3 | Design adviser |
| Pokémon Stadium | 2D CG designer | |
| 2001 | Pikmin | Director[9] |
| 2004 | Pikmin 2 | |
| 2006 | New Super Mario Bros. | Demo scene director |
| 2007 | Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree | Sub-director |
| 2009 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Planning |
| 2013 | Pikmin 3 | Director |
| 2015 | Super Mario Maker | Planning |
| 2016 | Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS | Game design |
| 2019 | Super Mario Maker 2 | |
| 2023 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
