Tatsuo Nomura worked in the Google Maps development team before moving to Niantic Labs, where he directed the augmented reality mobile game Pokemon Go.
10 Facts About Tatsuo Nomura
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Tatsuo Nomura's paternal grandmother was a Japanese who remained in China after World War II and married a Chinese man.
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Tatsuo Nomura studied computer engineering at Shinshu University and graduated in 2009.
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Tatsuo Nomura continued his studies at the Tokyo Institute of Technology under the supervision of Satoshi Matsuoka.
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Tatsuo Nomura wrote a paper on supercomputing which was well-received by American researchers, and he earned his master's degree in 2011.
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Tatsuo Nomura was transferred to the American office in 2013.
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In 2014, Tatsuo Nomura devised an idea to create a Google Maps April Fools' Day prank which would allow users to hunt Pokemon on their mobile devices.
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Tatsuo Nomura's involvement drew the attention of John Hanke, a former leader of the Google Maps division, who requested Tatsuo Nomura contact TPC once more to propose an augmented reality Pokemon game.
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Tatsuo Nomura was initially an engineer for the game, but as the game's team expanded, he transitioned to product manager.
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Tatsuo Nomura was the director for the 2021 mobile game Pikmin Bloom and the director for the 2023 mobile game Monster Hunter Now.