Hiroji Kiyotake

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Hiroji Kiyotake (1961 –) is a game designer for Nintendo. He is the original designer of Wario. Kiyotake is one of the directors and graphic designers of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins and Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land, making him to one of the key people for the introduction of the character Wario and the Wario series. He was also involved in the development of further Wario games as a designer, for Virtual Boy Wario Land he acted as a director again. However, for Wario games released after Wario Land 4, his role is mostly limited to the Wario design and advising, according to the credits of the respective games.

[edit] Games

Kiyotake's Mii, as seen in WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins – Director, Graphic Designer
Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land – Director, Graphic Designer
Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! – Graphic Designer
Virtual Boy Wario Land – Director
Wario Land II – Character Designer
Wario Land 3 – Designer
Wario Land 4 – Designer
WarioWare series – Wario Design
Wario World – Advisor
Wario: Master of Disguise – Wario Supervisor

In the credits of many sports and party titles of the Mario series, he is mentioned as one of the character designers.

[edit] Trivia

Hiroji Kiyotake's Mii in the credits of WarioWare: Smooth Moves is one of the few Miis wearing purple overalls, a yellow shirt, and green shoes like Wario. This is an obvious reference to the fact that Kiyotake is the original Wario designer.
Kiyotake is also responsible for designing characters in the Metroid series, including Samus Aran.

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