Masanobu Yamamoto

Masanobu Yamamoto is a designer at HAL Laboratory. He is part of the Character Production Section, which is in charge of supervision of the Kirby game world. He has usually been involved as a character supervisor on games developed by other companies, like Kirby's Epic Yarn.

Yamamoto is also involved with Warpstar, a HAL subsidiary in charge of managing Kirby mercahdise like the anime series.

Game Works

 * Pokémon Snap (1999) - Designer
 * Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) - Designer
 * Kirby Squeak Squad (2006) - Creative Support
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Supervisor (Original Games)
 * Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010) - Character Supervisor
 * Kirby Mass Attack (2011) - Producer
 * Kirby's Dream Collection (2012) - Gameplay-Video Production Manager
 * Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
 * Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015) - Character Coordinator

Special Thanks

 * Kirby Air Ride (2003)
 * Kirby Canvas Curse (2005)
 * Otona no Joshiki Ryoku Training DS (2006)
 * Minna no Joushiki Ryoku TV (2008)
 * Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008)
 * Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)
 * Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014)
 * Kirby Fighters Deluxe (2014)
 * Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (2014)
 * BOXBOY! (2015)
 * Picross 3D: Round 2 (2015)
 * BOXBOXBOY! (2016)
 * Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016)
 * Bye-Bye! BOXBOY! (2017)
 * Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (2017)
 * Kirby's Blowout Blast (2017)
 * Kirby Battle Royale (2017)

Interviews

 * 1101: Pokémon Snap
 * N.O.M.: Kirby Squeak Squad
 * Iwata Asks: Kirby's Epic Yarn