Editing Shinya Kumazaki

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|image= [[File:Shinya Kumazaki GDC 2023 panel.jpg|250px]]
|caption= '''Shinya Kumazaki''' in 2023
|born= May 21, 1979
|died=
|role= General Director & Designer
|employer= [[HAL Laboratory]]
|works= Many ''Kirby'' games, starting with ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]''
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'''Shinya Kumazaki''' ('''熊崎信也''' ''Kumazaki Shinya'', born May 21, 1979) is a Japanese video game designer, graphic designer, and chief director for [[HAL Laboratory]]. He began working as a designer on ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' (including work on course design), then on ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'' (specifically handling the story and [[Drawcia|final boss]]).<ref name="nom0811">[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0811/staff/index.html Nintendo Online Magazine staff profiles for Kirby Super Star Ultra]</ref><ref name="kirby30threpo">[https://www.ndw.jp/kirby-30th-musicfest-5/ Nintendo Dream interview with Kumazaki about the 30th Anniversary Music Festival]</ref> Subsequently, he served as director on ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'' for the first time. He is currently managing the development of the entire [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]] as General Director since ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', a position previously held by [[Masahiro Sakurai]].

==List of Works==
===Games===
* ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'' - Communication Debug<ref name="nom0811"/><ref name="kirby30threpo"/>
* ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'' - Design
* ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'' - Design
* ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'' - Director
* ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'' - Director
* ''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]'' - Director (with [[Tatsuya Kamiyama]])
* ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' - Director
* ''[[Kirby Fighters Deluxe]]'' - Director
* ''[[Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe]]'' - Director
* ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'' - Special Thanks
* ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' - General Director
* ''[[Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]]'' - General Director
* ''[[Kirby's Blowout Blast]]'' - General Director
* ''[[Kirby Battle Royale]]'' - General Director
* ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' - General Director
* ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]'' - Character Supervisor
* ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]'' - General Director, lyrics of "[[Green Tree Memories from Kirby]]"
* ''[[Kirby Fighters 2]]'' - General Director
* ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'' - General Director, lyrics of "[[Welcome to the New World!]]"
* ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'' - General Director
* ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'' - General Director

Shinya Kumazaki is also the current voice of [[King Dedede]] (and his variants) since ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', as well as [[Void Termina]] (Phase 4, with [[Hirokazu Ando]], [[Yuuta Ogasawara]], and [[Yumi Todo]]).<ref>[https://kaialone.tumblr.com/post/182832196155/kirby-star-allies-translation-sound-staff Translation of the preview of the "Sound Staff Round-table Discussion"]</ref>

===Other===
* ''[[Kirby Wii Music Selection]]'' - Liner notes
* ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe Soundtrack]]'' - Liner notes
* ''[[Kirby Memorial Arrangements]]'' - Lyrics ("[[Take off!]]", "[[Eternal Dream]]")
* ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot Original Soundtrack]]'' - Liner notes
* ''[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]'' - Commentary
* ''[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Art Book]]'' - Commentary
* ''[[Kirby: Lor Starcutter and a Magician of Falsehood]]'' - Commentary
* ''[[Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival]]'' - Special Guest and Vocals for "King Dedede Medley"

==Trivia==
*Like many staff members of [[HAL Laboratory]], Shinya Kumazaki signs with the initials of his romanized name (his being S.K.).
*Shinya Kumazaki once had a female pet cat called Tom (now deceased) whose voice was sampled for [[Star Dream]] and [[Nago]] (for the [[Cleaning]] ability in ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''). He currently has a male pet cat called Sora-kun, whose voice was sampled for [[Clawroline]].<ref>''Nintendo Dream'' vol. 337, page 15</ref>
*Shinya Kumazaki has a personal art gallery where he has illustrated some ''Kirby'' characters, including [[Drawcia]] and [[Taranza]]. The gallery can be viewed [http://kumayou.halfmoon.jp/gallery/index.html here].
**He was one of the Box Comic draft artists in ''[[nwiki:Bye-Bye BoxBoy!|BYE-BYE BOXBOY!]]'' and ''[[nwiki:BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!|BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL!]]'', and appears to have drawn some of the [[Celebration Picture]]s in ''Kirby Star Allies''.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200">
File:KPR staff photo.png|Shinya Kumazaki with the ''Kirby: Planet Robobot'' team in 2016
File:Shinya Kumazaki.png|Shinya Kumazaki in 2018
File:GDC2023 HAL Laboratory staff photo.jpg|Shinya Kumazaki with a selection of [[HAL Laboratory]] staff from ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' and ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''
</gallery>

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==External Links==
*[http://kumayou.halfmoon.jp/ Shinya Kumazaki's blog]
*[https://www.instagram.com/director_kumazaki_shinya/ Shinya Kumazaki's Instagram]

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