Recognizing Developers - Hideki Kamiya

With the exception of Miyamoto and Kojima, most Japanese developers are unrecognizable to the average video game player. Very few of these Japanese developers have the kind of celebrity status to receive instant recognition. I especially had this problem at E3 as I was not able to identify some pretty awesome Japanese video game designers who I was apparently standing right next to at times.

Though there was one person I recognized instantly. He is one of my favorite developers ever, and although I was able to recognized him, would you have? You would have kicked yourself to find out you didn't notice this great video game mind.

Hideki Kamiya's games:

Resident Evil 2 - Director
Devil May Cry - Director
Viewtiful Joe - Director
Okami - Director, Writer
Bayonetta - Director

Other games he has worked on:

Resident Evil - System Planner/Camera Works
Resident Evil Zero - Original Game Deisgner
Viewtiful Joe 2 - Writer
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations - Voice of Godot

Here is a really great profile on him over on 1up.

A resume like this and people barely know his name or face...

Well, now you know.

Brad