Koichi Nakamura is a Japanese video game designer.
10 Facts About Koichi Nakamura
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Koichi Nakamura was a member of the math club at Marugame High School in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Koichi Nakamura entered the first Annual Hobby Program Contest held by Enix during his 3rd year of high school in 1982.
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In 1983, Koichi Nakamura moved to Tokyo and entered the University of Electro-Communications.
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Koichi Nakamura released his 2nd PC game Newtron and founded the 5-person Chunsoft on April 9,1984, during spring break of his 2nd year of university.
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Koichi Nakamura started to work out of a room in a condominium in Chofu, Tokyo.
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From that, fellow Enix program contest winner Yuji Horii joined Koichi Nakamura in collaborating on the Famicom port of The Portopia Serial Murder Case.
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Koichi Nakamura continued development on the Dragon Quest series through to Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, before breaking away from Enix products.
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Koichi Nakamura himself had to move away from programming in order to run the company.
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In one of them, Koichi Nakamura served as producer for the Wii game 428: Shibuya Scramble.