Hisashi Nogami

Hisashi Nogami (野上恒, Nogami Hisashi, 1971) is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer; he is the current Deputy General Manager at Nintendo and producer of the and Splatoon series.

Nogami was previously manager of (EPD) Group No. 5 from its inception in 2015 until 2019, when he was promoted, and succeeded by Aya Kyogoku.

Nogami joined Nintendo in 1994 and has been involved with the since its original inception, serving as co-director of  and  (2001), alongside series creator Katsuya Eguchi. Nogami worked as system director and art director of.

Biography
Nogami was born circa 1971 in, , and attended the. He has been employed at Nintendo since 1994, after he was hired during the Nintendo Dentsu Game Seminar. His first project was Yoshi's Island, released in 1995, working as a character and background designer.

Work on the
Nogami began working on the since its inception in the late 1990s. was developed by an inexperienced team at, led by Nogami, Katsuya Eguchi, and co-creator. The project began after the release of Yoshi's Story in 1997, in-which Nogami served as CG designer.

Nogami went onto solely direct 2005's, with Eguchi instead serving as producer. Eguchi would also produce, with Nogami co-directing alongside Isao Moro in 2008. Nogami did not work on, which was instead directed by Isao Moro and Aya Kyogoku, but was credited with special thanks.

In 2013, Nogami succeeded creator Katsuya Eguchi as manager of  Group No. 2, where he oversaw the creation and development of Splatoon. In 2015, was restructured into  Group No. 5, of which Nogami managed.

Nogami returned to the as producer for 2015's, with Aya Kyogoku, and. He would also serve as co-producer for in 2016, and supervisor for  in 2017, both alongside Kyogoku.

By 2019, Nogami was promoted to Deputy General Manager at Nintendo and succeeded as manager of Group No. 5 by Aya Kyogoku. At this time, development was progressing on, whereby Nogami served as its sole producer.


 * 2001: – Director  (with Katsuya Eguchi)
 * 2001: – Director  (with Katsuya Eguchi)
 * 2003: – Director  (with Katsuya Eguchi)
 * 2005: – Director
 * 2008: – Director (with Isao Moro)
 * 2012: – Special thanks
 * 2015: – Producer (with Aya Kyogoku)
 * 2015: – Producer
 * 2016: – Producer (with Aya Kyogoku)
 * 2017: – Supervisor (with Aya Kyogoku)
 * 2020: – Producer