Tomoya Takahashi

Tomoya Takahashi is a programmer for Game Freak. He joined in 2004 and he has worked on the Pokémon series since Diamond and Pearl.

For Pokémon Black and White, Takahashi was in charge of programming the "Rail System" of 3D environments newly added to the series; this work led him to become the main field system programmer on the Nintendo 3DS primary entries and the program director of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and Sword and Shield.

Game Works

 * Drill Dozer (2005) - Debug
 * Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006) - Programmer
 * Pokémon Platinum (2008) - Programming
 * Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) - Programming Support & System Programming
 * Pokémon Black and White (2010) - Field Programming, Rail System Programming
 * Pokémon X and Y (2013) - Field System Programming (Lead)
 * Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (2014) - Program Director
 * Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) - Field Contents Programming (Lead)
 * Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (2017) - Programming Section Director
 * Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019) - Programming Section Director

Special Thanks

 * Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012) - Pokémon Black and White Programming

Interviews

 * Game Freak blog: Pokémon Black and White (archived)
 * Game Freak Cross Talk: Programmers (2019)