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| − | '''Aya Kyogoku''' (京極あや, born c. 1981) is a Japanese video game director and producer who is the manager of {{Wp|Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development}} Production Group No. 5,<ref>{{Cite web|author=Brian|date=June 14, 2019|url=https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-promotes-aya-kyogoku-hisashi-nogami-eiji-aonuma-and-yoshihito-ikebata/|title=Nintendo promotes Aya Kyogoku, Hisashi Nogami, Eiji Aonuma, and Yoshihito Ikebata|site=Nintendo Everything}}</ref> which oversees the development of the {{SER}}. She has worked on all games in the {{SER|nolink}} since {{CF}} and has directed or produced several of the games. | + | '''Aya Kyogoku''' (京極あや, born c. 1981) is a Japanese video game director and producer who is the manager of {{Wp|Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development}} Production Group No. 5,<ref>{{Cite web|author=Brian|date=June 14, 2019|url=https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-promotes-aya-kyogoku-hisashi-nogami-eiji-aonuma-and-yoshihito-ikebata/|title=Nintendo promotes Aya Kyogoku, Hisashi Nogami, Eiji Aonuma, and Yoshihito Ikebata|site=Nintendo Everything}}</ref> which oversees the development of the {{SER}}. She has worked on all games in the {{SER|nolink}} since {{CF}} and has directed or produced several of the games. {{NL}} and {{NH}}, both directed by Kyogoku, broke sales records for the series, with the latter selling nearly as many copies as all titles in the {{SER}} combined.<ref>{{Cite web|author= J. Clement|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1112638/animal-crossing-unit-sales/|title=Unit sales of the Animal Crossing franchise worldwide as of December 2020, by title|site=Statista}}</ref> |
Kyogoku joined Nintendo in September 2003. She was a scriptwriter for ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures]]'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' prior to working on the {{SER|nolink}}. | Kyogoku joined Nintendo in September 2003. She was a scriptwriter for ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures]]'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' prior to working on the {{SER|nolink}}. | ||
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| Born | 1981 or 1982 Osaka, Japan | |||||
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| Occupation | Video game director and producer | |||||
| Notable work | Animal Crossing series | |||||
| Title | Manager of Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 | |||||
Aya Kyogoku (京極あや, born c. 1981) is a Japanese video game director and producer who is the manager of Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development Production Group No. 5,[1] which oversees the development of the Animal Crossing series. She has worked on all games in the Animal Crossing series since Animal Crossing: City Folk and has directed or produced several of the games. Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, both directed by Kyogoku, broke sales records for the series, with the latter selling nearly as many copies as all titles in the Animal Crossing series combined.[2]
Kyogoku joined Nintendo in September 2003. She was a scriptwriter for The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess prior to working on the Animal Crossing series.
Works
- Animal Crossing: City Folk – Sequence Director[nb 1]
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Director (with Isao Moro)[nb 2]
- Animal Crossing Plaza – Producer
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Producer (with Hisashi Nogami)
- Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival – Director
- Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp – Supervisor
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Director
Trivia
- Kyogoku served as director on the best-selling title in the series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and one of the worst-selling titles, Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival.
Notes
- ↑ As Sequence Director, Kyogoku was responsible for scriptwriting and character dialog.[3]
- ↑ Kyogoku also worked as the producer of the Welcome amiibo update.
References
- ↑ Brian (June 14, 2019). "Nintendo promotes Aya Kyogoku, Hisashi Nogami, Eiji Aonuma, and Yoshihito Ikebata". Nintendo Everything.
- ↑ J. Clement. "Unit sales of the Animal Crossing franchise worldwide as of December 2020, by title". Statista.
- ↑ Satoru Iwata, Aya Kyogoku, Ryuji Kobayashi, Isao Moro, Hisashi Nogami. "The First New Title in 3 Years". Iwata Asks.
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