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Tajiri Satoshi was born August 28, 1965 in Setagaya Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Machida, Tokyo. He is a Japanese video game designer best known as the creator of Pocket Monsters, and the founder and current representative director of Game Freak.
As a young boy, Satoshi lived in Machida, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan and loved to collect bugs. In the late 1970s, the forests and fields that Satoshi loved as a child were paved over by apartments and parking lots. This upset Tajiri, as modern children would not be able to go bug-catching as he did.
Satoshi did not like school. His father wanted him to be an electrical utility repairman. His ideas for Pokémon grew, as he wanted to give modern children the chance to hunt for creatures as he did. Satoshi got into games when he was at technical school, spending all his time in arcades.
In 1982, Satoshi and his friend James Hanzatko formed a game magazine, called "Game Freak." One of his Game Freak friends was Ken Sugimori, who would go on to draw all of the concept art for Pokémon. In the early 1980s, he won a contest sponsored by Sega involving making a video game. He later had his first video game, Quinty, published by Namco for the Nintendo Famicom, released outside of Japan as Mendel Palace. In 1991, Satoshi discovered the Game Boy. When he first saw Link Cables, he imagined insects creeping along them, and the Pokémon game franchise was born. The game was given some initial funding and concept work from another game design studio, Creatures Inc. Tajiri named his development company "Game Freak" after his early magazine. In 1994 Satoshi served as director for the game Pulseman for the Sega Mega Drive.
Tajiri went to work for Nintendo and spent the next six years working on Pokémon. He later became friends with Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox, who also became a mentor to Tajiri. As a tribute to Tajiri and Miyamoto, the main character of the Pocket Monsters anime franchise is named Satoshi and his rival is named Shigeru.
As a young boy, Satoshi lived in Machida, a suburb of Tokyo, Japan and loved to collect bugs. In the late 1970s, the forests and fields that Satoshi loved as a child were paved over by apartments and parking lots. This upset Tajiri, as modern children would not be able to go bug-catching as he did.
Satoshi did not like school. His father wanted him to be an electrical utility repairman. His ideas for Pokémon grew, as he wanted to give modern children the chance to hunt for creatures as he did. Satoshi got into games when he was at technical school, spending all his time in arcades.
In 1982, Satoshi and his friend James Hanzatko formed a game magazine, called "Game Freak." One of his Game Freak friends was Ken Sugimori, who would go on to draw all of the concept art for Pokémon. In the early 1980s, he won a contest sponsored by Sega involving making a video game. He later had his first video game, Quinty, published by Namco for the Nintendo Famicom, released outside of Japan as Mendel Palace. In 1991, Satoshi discovered the Game Boy. When he first saw Link Cables, he imagined insects creeping along them, and the Pokémon game franchise was born. The game was given some initial funding and concept work from another game design studio, Creatures Inc. Tajiri named his development company "Game Freak" after his early magazine. In 1994 Satoshi served as director for the game Pulseman for the Sega Mega Drive.
Tajiri went to work for Nintendo and spent the next six years working on Pokémon. He later became friends with Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox, who also became a mentor to Tajiri. As a tribute to Tajiri and Miyamoto, the main character of the Pocket Monsters anime franchise is named Satoshi and his rival is named Shigeru.
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