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Satoshi Tajiri

}} 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.

A fan of arcade games in his youth, Tajiri wrote for and edited his own video gaming fanzine ''Game Freak'' with Ken Sugimori, before evolving it into a development company of the same name. Tajiri claims that the joining of two Game Boys via a link cable inspired him to create a game which embodied the collection and companionship of his childhood hobby, insect collecting. The game, which became ''Pokémon Red'' and ''Pokémon Green'', took six years to complete and went on to spark a multibillion-dollar franchise which reinvigorated Nintendo's handheld gaming scene. Tajiri continued to work as director for the ''Pokémon'' series until the development of ''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'', when he changed his role to executive producer, which he holds to this day.

Tajiri has also worked for other Game Freak projects. He was also an executive producer on the live-action film ''Detective Pikachu''. Provided by Wikipedia