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Koji Takahashi is an art director at Nintendo, formerly in the EAD Division. He is mostly known for his design work in the Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda franchises.

History

Takahashi's first work was The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, where he designed various characters. After this, he reprised that role on Animal Crossing: Wild World and Phantom Hourglass.

He became the design director of Wii Music, and later carried on the same role on most entries of the Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda series, mostly on their Nintendo 3DS entries, as well as Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Game Works

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) - Character Design
Animal Crossing e+ (2003) - Design
Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005) - Character Design
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007) - Enemy Design
Wii Music (2008) - Design Director
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) - Design Lead / Player Design
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012) - Design Director
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013) - Design Lead / Character
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (2015) - Design Director
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) - Art Director

Special Thanks

Nintendoji (2012)
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor

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-is the game ''[[ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda : The Wind Waker]]'' where he was a character designer,after this he started working at the ''[[ Animal Crossing|Animal Crossing]]'' series was a character designer,then he came back to the zelda series and worked at the two Nintendo DS games,after ''[[ Ryuji Kobayashi|Ryuji Kobayashi]]'',the previous Art Director from the ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' series left to work at ''[[ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'',he took his role in the upcoming game : ''[[Animal Crossing|Animal Crossing 3DS]]''.[[File:Kojiart1.png|thumb|186px|Animal Crossing 3DS Concept Art]][[File:Kojiart2.png|thumb|294px|Animal Crossing 3DS concept art.]]
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+'''Koji Takahashi''' is an art director at [[Nintendo]], formerly in the [[EAD|EAD Division]]. He is mostly known for his design work in the [[Animal Crossing (series)|''Animal Crossing'']] and ''[[The Legend of Zelda (series)|The Legend of Zelda]]''[[The Legend of Zelda (series)| franchises]].
+== History ==
+Takahashi's first work was ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]],'' where he designed various characters. After this, he reprised that role on ''[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]''.
+He became the design director of ''[[Wii Music]]'', and later carried on the same role on most entries of the [[Animal Crossing (series)|''Animal Crossing'']] and ''[[The Legend of Zelda (series)|The Legend of Zelda]]''[[The Legend of Zelda (series)| series]], mostly on their [[Nintendo 3DS]] entries, as well as ''[[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]''.
 == Game Works ==
-*''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]'' 2002 - Character Designer
+*''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]'' (2002) - Character Design
-*''[[Animal Crossing  E+]]'' (Japan Only ) 2003 - Character Designer
+*''[[Animal Crossing  e+|Animal Crossing e+]]'' (2003) - Design
-*''[[Animal Crsossing: Wild World]] 2005 ''- Character Designer
+*''[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]] ''(2005)'' ''- Character Design
-*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]'' 2007 - Enemy Designer
+*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]'' (2007) - Enemy Design
-*''[[Wii Music]]'' 2008 - Design Director
+*''[[Wii Music]]'' (2008) - Design Director
-*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]]'' 2009 - Design Lead\Player Designer
+*''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]]'' (2009) - Design Lead / Player Design
-*''[[Animal Crossing (Nintendo 3DS)]] '' 2011 - Art Director
+*''[[Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]'' (2012) - Design Director
+*[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds|''The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds'']] (2013) - Design Lead / Character
+*''[[Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer]]'' (2015) - Design Director
+*''[[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]'' (2020) - Art Director
+=== Special Thanks ===
+* [[Nintendoji|''Nintendoji'']] (2012)
+* ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U]]'' (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
+* ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+Kojiart1.png|''[[Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]'' Concept Art.
+Kojiart2.png|''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'' Concept Art.
+</gallery>
+== Interviews ==
+* [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/animalcrossing-newleaf/0/0 Iwata Asks: ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'']
+* [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/a-link-between-worlds/0/0 Iwata Asks: ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds'']
+[[Category:Nintendo people]]
+[[Category:Nintendo Graphic Designers]]
+[[Category:Real people]]