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Hideo Yoshizawa (吉沢 秀雄, Yoshizawa Hideo) born September 2, 1960, is a Japanese video game director, screenwriter, and producer, most famous for his work on the Ninja Gaiden and Klonoa series of video games. Prior to being employed by Namco, he worked for Tecmo and was involved in the original Ninja Gaiden trilogy for the Nintendo Entertainment System under the name "Sakurazaki".

As of April 2016, Yoshizawa has left Bandai Namco Studios and is now working freelance. On January 10, 2017, Henshin announced that they had signed Yoshizawa on board for their then upcoming animated film adaptation of Klonoa as an executive producer.

Yoshizawa is a professor at Tokyo Polytechnic University.

Games credited

• 1986: Mighty Bomb Jack (director)
• 1988: Ninja Gaiden (director, story, screenplay)
• 1990: Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (executive director, story)
• 1991: Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (executive producer)
• 1991: Radia Senki: Reimeihen (scenario, executive producer)
• 1993: Smash Tennis (director, screenplay, designer)
• 1997: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (director, screenplay)
• 1998: R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (project supervisor)
• 1999: Mr. Driller (producer)
• 2000: Mr. Driller 2 (producer)
• 2001: Mr. Driller G (producer)
• 2001: Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (supervisor, story)
• 2004: Mr. Driller Drill Spirits (producer)
• 2005: Pac-Pix (producer)
• 2006: Trioncube (producer)
• 2006: QuickSpot (producer)
• 2008: Klonoa (Wii) (producer)
• 2009: Mr. Driller: Drill Till You Drop
• 2009: Muscle March (producer)
• 2022: Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (special thanks)

References

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2. "Klonoa Now And Then: Hideo Yoshizawa Returns To Phantomile". Siliconera. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
3. Ashcraft, Brian (June 2009). "What Tecmo Used To Do To Easy Games…". Kotaku Australia. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
4. "Hideo Yoshizawa". Twitter (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2016.
5. "『風のクロノア 1&2アンコール』オリジナル版開発陣インタビュー。感動のエンディングは「熱量が一気に消費されず、じわじわと広がったことで深く心に刻まれたのかもしれません」 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
6. ^ Parish, Jeremy (17 September 2012). "Champion of Dreams: An Interview with Hideo Yoshizawa". 1UP.com. IGN. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
7. Leone, Matt. "Ninja Gaiden developer reunion". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
8. ^ Parish, Jeremy (July 22, 2020). "Mr. Driller: DrillLand & The History of Mr. Driller - Game Boy Works Gaiden #05". YouTube. Google. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
9. Nintendo Power staff (May 2005). "Pac-Pix Interview: Hideo Yoshizawa, Producer". Nintendo Power. Redmond Washington: Nintendo of America. p. 48. ISSN 1041-9551.
10. Gantayat, Anoop (May 25, 2006). "New DS Puzzler From Bandai Namco Games". IGN. Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
11. Siliconera Staff (20 March 2009). "Klonoa Now And Then: Hideo Yoshizawa Returns To Phantomile". Siliconera. Curse, Inc. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
12. Kemps, Heidi (27 March 2018). "INTERVIEW: Hideo Yoshizawa and Keiji Yamagishi". Gaming.moe. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

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