Tadashi Sugiyama

Tadashi Sugiyama
Born	(1959-04-15) April 15, 1959 Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Video game designer, producer
Employer	Nintendo (1983–present)

Tadashi Sugiyama (杉山 直, Sugiyama Tadashi, born April 15, 1959) is a Japanese video game designer and producer who works for Nintendo. Sugiyama joined the company in 1983, and served as one of the original young design staff for Nintendo's creative department. Sugiyama contributed graphic design to several games and worked with several notable Nintendo staff, including Mario series creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenji Miki, Yoichi Yamada, and the now-deceased former president Satoru Iwata. Sugiyama originally worked as a graphic designer and character artist on several early Famicom titles. One of his early famous creations were the character designs of Popo and Nana from Ice Climber. Sugiyama went on to co-direct Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Sugiyama was also one of the central designers working on Miyamoto's GBA-GCN Connectivity experiments, most of which never saw release.

Works

• Ice Climber (1984) — Graphic Designer
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987) — Director
• Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987) — Game Designer
• Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) — Assistant Director
• Pilotwings (1990) — Director
• Super Mario Kart (1992) — Director
• Mario Kart 64 (1996) — Art Director
• F-Zero X (1998) — Director
• F-Zero Xpansion Kit (2000) — Director
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) — Supervisor
• Luigi's Mansion (2001) — Design Director
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) — Supervisor
• F-Zero GX (2003) — Special Thanks
• Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003) — Producer
• Wii Fit (2007) — Producer
• Wii Fit Plus (2009) — Producer
• Steel Diver (2011) — Producer
• Star Fox 64 3D (2011) — Producer
• Wii Fit U (2013) — Producer
• Steel Diver: Sub Wars (2014) — Producer
• Star Fox Zero (2016) — Producer
• Star Fox Guard (2016) — Producer

Interviews

Iwata Asks: Wii Fit - Development Staff Interview