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"Ashura" Benimaru Itoh is a manga artist, 3D designer and musician who has done various kind of design works for Nintendo through his career. Initially he drew Star Fox and Super Metroid comics which were published by Nintendo Power, as well as a Mother 2 manga book published in Japan.
In 1999, Itoh joined Creatures Inc., where he became the main 3D modeling director for various Pokémon games and also illustrated some cards of the Trading Card Game. He left in 2002 and became an advisor for HAL Laboratory, mainly supervising various Kirby games. He was also the host for the Mario & Zelda Big Band Live concert held in Japan in 2003.
Game Works[]
- Pocket Monsters Stadium (1998) - Chief Modeler
- Hey You, Pikachu! (1998) - Pokémon Modeling
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (1998) - Card Illustrator
- Super Smash Bros. (1999) - Original Game Staff ("Pokémon Stadium" Source Modeling Chief)
- Pokémon Snap (1999) - Chief Designer
- Pokémon Stadium (1999) - Pokémon Modeling Director
- Mother 3 (Nintendo 64) (canceled) - Art Director
- Pokémon Stadium 2 (2000) - 3D Pokémon Director
- Pokémon Card GB2 (2001) - Card Illustrator
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) - Supervisor (Creatures Staff Management)
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002) - Supervisor
- Kirby Air Ride (2003) - Design Concept
- Pokémon Channel (2003) - Graphic Director (Meowth's Party)
- Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008) - Design Advisor
- Picross 3D (2009) - Art Director
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011) - Design Adviser
- Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014) - Design Adviser
- Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (2015) - Visual Adviser
- Picross 3D: Round 2 (2015) - Shape Design
- Star Fox Zero – The Battle Begins (2016) - Concept Art
- Kirby Star Allies (2018) - Guest Illustrator
Special Thanks[]
- EarthBound (1994)
- Star Fox 64 (1997)
- Pokémon Puzzle League (2000)
- Chee-Chai Alien (2001)
- Kirby Canvas Curse (2005)
- Fire Emblem Awakening (2012)