Tomonobu Itagaki
Tomonobu Itagaki is a person that is credited in 7 games
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Later Years
Itagaki climbed the the corporate ladder at Tecmo for many years. He was appointed as head of Tecmo's third creative department in April 2001, then as the head of Team Ninja in July 2001. Then in June 2004 he was promoted to Executive Officer, and became the General Manager of their high-end production department that same year. He was stripped of his Executive Office position in August 2006 due to a sexual harassment claim filed by a female Tecmo employee. On July 1, 2008, Itagaki resigned from Tecmo, claiming he had been denied appropriate bonuses for his work on past games; a lawsuit against his former employer is currently pending.
Following his departure from Tecmo, Itagaki laid low until shortly before E3 2009 to announce that he is heading a start-up development house comprised of fellow former Team Ninja staff members that departed with him. The start-up currently has no official name and is referred to as Tokyo Viking. Itagaki's new studio is working on an Xbox 360 game of an unknown nature.
Itagaki has cultivated a reputation for his brash publish persona. In particular, he is not one to mince words when sharing his opinion and has chided the works of other studios as well as internal Team Ninja projects he had no direct involvement in. Among other games, he has a notable dislike of Namco's Tekken series. In particular, a quote popularly attributed to him is that "Tekken 4 is shit," or "Tekken is shit," depending on the source. Itagaki also has a preference for designing games for the most powerful hardware on the market, leading to the development of many of his projects as exclusives for Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360.
Tomonubo Itagaki is a controversial game designer responsible for the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive games.
Early Years
Tomonobu Itagaki was born in 1967. He attended the Waseda University Senior High School, and graduated in March 1985. He then attended Waseda University where he graduated from its School of Law in March 1992. He began working at Tecmo as a graphics programmer on Tecmo Bowl. He then worked on Dead or Alive, Tecmo's response to Sega's Virtua Fighter. There he was mentored by Akihiko Shimoji and Yoshiaki Inose, who was involved in the development of Solomon's Key, Bomb Jack, Rygar and the original Ninja Gaiden.
Later Years
Itagaki climbed the the corporate ladder at Tecmo for many years. He was appointed as head of Tecmo's third creative department in April 2001, then as the head of Team Ninja in July 2001. Then in June 2004 he was promoted to Executive Officer, and became the General Manager of their high-end production department that same year. He was stripped of his Executive Office position in August 2006 due to a sexual harassment claim filed by a female Tecmo employee. On July 1, 2008, Itagaki resigned from Tecmo, claiming he had been denied appropriate bonuses for his work on past games; a lawsuit against his former employer is currently pending.Post-Team Ninja Career
Following his departure from Tecmo, Itagaki laid low until shortly before E3 2009 to announce that he is heading a start-up development house comprised of fellow former Team Ninja staff members that departed with him. The start-up currently has no official name and is referred to as Tokyo Viking. Itagaki's new studio is working on an Xbox 360 game of an unknown nature.
Reputation
Itagaki has cultivated a reputation for his brash publish persona. In particular, he is not one to mince words when sharing his opinion and has chided the works of other studios as well as internal Team Ninja projects he had no direct involvement in. Among other games, he has a notable dislike of Namco's Tekken series. In particular, a quote popularly attributed to him is that "Tekken 4 is shit," or "Tekken is shit," depending on the source. Itagaki also has a preference for designing games for the most powerful hardware on the market, leading to the development of many of his projects as exclusives for Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360.
Tomonobu Itagaki games
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Ninja Gaiden II released on June 3, 2008 |
X360 | Team Ninja |
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Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword released on March 25, 2008 |
DS | Team Ninja |
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Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 released on Nov. 13, 2006 |
X360 | Team Ninja |
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Dead or Alive 4 released on Dec. 29, 2005 |
X360 | Team Ninja |
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Ninja Gaiden Black released on Sept. 20, 2005 |
XBLM, XBOX | Team Ninja |
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Dead or Alive Ultimate released on Nov. 26, 2004 |
XBOX | Team Ninja |
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Ninja Gaiden released on March 2, 2004 |
XBOX | Team Ninja |
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Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball released on Jan. 22, 2003 |
XBOX | Tecmo, Team Ninja |
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Dead or Alive 3 released on Nov. 14, 2001 |
XBOX | Team Ninja |
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Dead or Alive 2 released on Feb. 29, 2000 |
ARC, DC, PS2 | Team Ninja |
| Full Name: | Tomonobu Itagaki |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | Jan. 1, 1967 |
| Death: | n/a |
| Credited In: | 7 games |
| 1st Game Credit: | Tecmo Bowl |
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| Country: | Japan |
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