Shigefumi Hino

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox person Shigefumi Hino (日野 重文 Hino Shigefumi, born 1963) is a Japanese graphics designer, game director and planner from Nintendo. He is the creator of Yoshi from the Yoshi franchise.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hino later served as the director of the Pikmin series, alongside Masamichi Abe.<ref name="Arendt">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Career

Shigefumi Hino joined Nintendo in 1989, where his first project was designing a sequel to Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race, which was ultimately unreleased. His first released product was Super Mario World in 1990, where he created the game's pixel art, as well as the character Yoshi, based on a rough sketch by Takashi Tezuka.<ref name="dev interview">Template:Cite web</ref> Afterwards, Hino had the idea for a game with Yoshi as the main character, which would become Yoshi's Island. He chose a hand-drawn visual style to differentiate it from Rare's Donkey Kong Country, a game that notably used pre-rendered 3D graphics.<ref name="dev interview"/>

Hino then co-directed Pikmin and Pikmin 2 with Masamichi Abe,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as Pikmin 3 with Yuji Kando. He has additionally worked as a designer for Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2.

Works

Year	Title	Role
1990	Super Mario World	Character designer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1992	Yoshi's Cookie
1993	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
1995	Yoshi's Island	Director, character designer
1996	Super Mario 64	CG illustrator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	Tetris Attack	Design adviser
	Mario Kart 64	CG character designer
1997	Game & Watch Gallery 2	Design adviser
	Yoshi's Story	CG designer
1998	Pocket Monsters' Stadium	Effects designer
	Mario Party	Design support
1999	Game & Watch Gallery 3	Design adviser
	Pokémon Stadium	2D CG designer
2001	Pikmin	Director<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2004	Pikmin 2
2006	New Super Mario Bros.	Demo scene director
2007	Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree	Sub-director
2009	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	Planning
2013	Pikmin 3	Director
2015	Super Mario Maker	Planning
2016	Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS	Game design
2019	Super Mario Maker 2
2023	Super Mario Bros. Wonder