10 Facts About Yoshio Sakamoto

Yoshio Sakamoto was born on July 23,1959 and is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer.

Yoshio Sakamoto has directed several games in the Metroid series.

Yoshio Sakamoto is one of the most prominent members of Nintendo's former Research and Development 1 division, along with Gunpei Yokoi and Toru Osawa.

Yoshio Sakamoto grew up with Nintendo toys, which he felt were inventive.

Yoshio Sakamoto hired him in 1982, when he graduated from art college.

Yoshio Sakamoto turned to the Nintendo Entertainment System afterward, for which he designed the games Wrecking Crew, Balloon Fight and Gumshoe.

Yoshio Sakamoto was the lead scenario writer and creator of Famicom Detective Club with its first two entries, some of the most influential visual novels in Japan in the 80s.

Yoshio Sakamoto created characters for Metroid, and was a game designer on Kid Icarus.

Yoshio Sakamoto directed Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid: Other M, and was the producer for Metroid: Samus Returns and Metroid Dread.

Yoshio Sakamoto has stated that he wants to live up to public expectations of Nintendo to deliver products similarly unique to those of his youth, describing WarioWare, Inc as an example.