Satoshi Tajiri date of birth:
August 28, 1965
How old is Satoshi Tajiri?
60
Where was Satoshi Tajiri born?
Tokyo, Japan
Satoshi Tajiri body shape:
Average
What color are Satoshi Tajiri's eyes?
Black
What color is Satoshi Tajiri's hair?
Black
Is Satoshi Tajiri gay or straight?
Straight
What is Satoshi Tajiri's ethnicity?
Asian
What is Satoshi Tajiri nationality?
Japanese
What is Satoshi Tajiri's occupation?
Video game designer
Short Biography
Satoshi Tajiri (Japanese: 田尻 智, Hepburn: Tajiri Satoshi, born August 28, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer best known as the creator of Pokémon and the founder of video game developer Game Freak, Inc. An avid fan of arcade games, 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. Tajiri continued to work as director for the Pokémon series until the development of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, when he changed his role to simply executive producer.