Dr. Ryuta Kawashima (character)

Dr. Ryuta Kwashima is the player's mental instructor in the Brain Age Series of games seen on Nintendo DS,DSiWare,and Nintendo 3DS.

As a Real Person
Dr. Kawashima was born on May 23rd,1959. He studies the Brain at Kawashima Laboritories. In the 1970's,he enrolled at Tohoko University. He has written various books on his studies,and is very well known in Japan.

In the Brain Age Series
Dr. Kawashima has partnered with Nintendo to develop Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! in 2005. The player could track their "Brain Age",the younger the age,the better your score is. Players participate in various engaging activities to train their brains,usually consisting of Basic Mathematics & Memory problems. The game also featured 100 Sudoku Puzzles.

In 2007,Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! was released in North America. Many of the Training Excersizes from the original game returned,with many new puzzles to play.

In 2009,Nintendo released the Nintendo DSi. On the DSiWare Service,the "Express" (Known in the PAL reigon as "A little Bit of...") series,which included small downloadable versions of games seen on the Nintendo DS. Brain Age was one of the franchises represented. Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters,Brain Age Express: Math,Brain Age Express: Literature,and Brain Age Express: Sudoku were released all together. All versions included a Brain Age Check,based around the subject of the title,and Brain Training with the specialized topic. Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters,and Brain Age Express: Math were built-in software for the Nintendo DSi XL (Along with Flipnote Studio and Photo Clock,both previously downloadable.)

In 2013,Nintendo released Brain Age: Concentration Training for Nintendo 3DS. This time,Dr. Kawashima has Voice Acting,and can become a demon to signififcantly increase the game's difficulty. In Brain Training,Dr. Kawashima is in a form similar to in past games,where his speech appears in text (With the same "Bebebebebe" sound.).