Satoshi Tajiri (Japanese: 田尻 智, Hepburn: Tajiri Satoshi, born August 28, 1965[1]) is a Japanese video game designer and director who is the creator of the Pokémon franchise and the co-founder and president of video game developer Game Freak.

Dec 10, 2023 · Everyone has heard of Pikachu and Charizard, but perhaps surprisingly, far fewer are familiar with the name Satoshi Tajiri. As the creator of the highest-grossing media franchise on the planet, it should be expected that Satoshi Tajiri would be one of the most famous, well-known people in the world.

Nov 9, 2024 · Satoshi Tajiri is the renowned creator of the Pokémon franchise. Born in 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, Tajiri grew up with a passion for collecting insects, which later inspired the concept of Pokémon. As a young adult, he founded Game Freak, the company that would eventually develop the Pokémon games.

Satoshi Tajiri (Japanese: 田尻智 Tajiri Satoshi, born August 28, 1965) is the creator of Pokémon, responsible for the initial concepts which would lead to the metaseries as it exists today. Some aspects of his life have been documented in a biographical manga released in 2018.

Satoshi Tajiri (Japanese: 田尻 智, Hepburn: Tajiri Satoshi) is a Japanese video game designer, most commonly known as the creator of the ever so popular Pokémon series, alongside Ken Sugimori. Tajiri was born on August 28, 1965, in Machida, Tokyo, Japan.

Japanese game designer Satoshi Tajiri created the first Pokémon game in 1996 for the recently introduced Nintendo Game Boy portable console. The concept arose from his childhood hobby of collecting insects, as well as his love of anime, or Japanese animation.

Mar 1, 2016 · Pokémon hasn't changed much since the beginning. Pokémon is a multimedia giant, but it all started with one man. That would be Satoshi Tajiri, who created developer Game Freak and the initial...

Jul 20, 2018 · Satoshi Tajiri was the director for all of Game Freak’s games (excluding Magical Tarurūto-kun), but in the meantime Tajiri had been working on his own side project. Concept. Satoshi Tajiri’s nostalgia for collecting bugs as a child sparked an idea inside of him.