Masayoshi Tanimura

Masayoshi Tanimura Masayoshi Tanimura Details Role(s) Producer Employer(s) HAL Laboratory Notable works Producer of many Kirby games, starting with Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Masayoshi Tanimura (谷村昌良 Tanimura Masayoshi) is the current Chairman of HAL Laboratory. He has been the Producer or Senior Producer for a number of Kirby games, and has worked on numerous games from series such as Super Smash Bros., Pokémon and BoxBoy!.

List of works

Kirby series

• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) - Producer
• Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002) - Producer
• Kirby Air Ride (2003) - Producer
• Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (2004) - Producer
• Kirby: Canvas Curse (2005) - Producer
• Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006) - Producer
• Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008) - Producer
• Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010) - Senior Producer
• Kirby Mass Attack (2011) - Senior Producer
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011) - General Producer
• Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (2012) - General Producer
• Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014) - General Producer
• Kirby Fighters Deluxe (2014) - General Producer
• Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (2014) - General Producer
• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015) - General Producer
• Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016) - General Producer
• Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (2017) - General Producer
• Kirby's Blowout Blast (2017) - General Producer

Super Smash Bros. series

• Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) - Producer
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Senior Supervisor
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) - Senior Supervisor
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor

Pokémon series

• Pokémon Snap (1999) - Special Thanks
• Pokémon Ranger (2006) - Special Thanks

BoxBoy! series

• BOXBOY! (2015) - General Producer
• BOXBOXBOY! (2016) - General Producer
• Bye-Bye! BOXBOY! (2017) - General Producer

Other

• General Knowledge Training (2006) - Director
• Minna no Joushiki Ryoku Televi (2008) - Producer
• Picross 3D (2009) - Producer
• Picross 3D: Round 2 (2015) - General Producer

External links

• Masayoshi Tanimura's interview with The Worldfolio