Takehiro Izushi

Takehiro Izushi is a former general manager of Nintendo R&D1, following the vacancy left by Gunpei Yokoi. After Satoru Iwata shuffled the development teams around, Izushi retired from game development in favor of a position in the  General Affairs Division.

History
Takehiro Izushi started his career at Nintendo in 1975 as an engineer. His first product was Beam Gun Custom, released in 1975. He then, worked on the Color TV Game series, where he first got involved in game development and was a part of Nintendo Research and Development 1, under Gunpei Yokoi. Following Yokoi's departure from the company, Izushi was promoted to R&D1's general manager in 1997.

Works

 * Color TV Game 6 - Programmer
 * Color TV Game 15 - Programmer
 * Color TV Game Racing 112 - Programmer
 * Color TV Game Block Breaker - Programmer
 * Fire (G&W) - Programmer
 * Octopus (G&W) - Programmer
 * Donkey Kong (G&W) - Programmer
 * X (GB) - Technical Support
 * Pokémon Red and Blue (GB) - Producer
 * Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES) - General Producer
 * Game Boy Camera (GB) - Producer
 * Wario Land II GB) - Producer
 * Super Famicom Wars (SNES) - Producer
 * Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (GB) - Producer
 * Pokémon Trading Card Game (GB) - Producer
 * Game & Watch Gallery 3 (GBC) - Producer
 * Sin & Punishment (N64) - Producer
 * Wario Land 3 (GBC) - Producer
 * Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (GBC) - Producer
 * F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (GBA) - Producer
 * Advance Wars (GBA) - Producer
 * Wario Land 4 (GBA) - Producer
 * Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi (GBA) - Producer
 * Metroid Fusion (GBA) - Producer
 * WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (GBA) - Producer
 * Wario World (GCN) - Producer
 * Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (GBA) - General Producer
 * ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game (GCN) - Producer'! (GCN) - Producer
 * Fire Emblem (GBA) - Producer
 * F-Zero: GP Legend (GBA) - General Producer
 * Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA) - Producer

Special Thanks

 * Battle Clash
 * Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
 * Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
 * Dr. Mario 64
 * Metroid Prime
 * Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day