Noritaka Funamizu (船水 紀孝, Funamizu Noritaka, born December 14, 1965), sometimes credited as Poo,[1] is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer formerly employed by Capcom. In 2004, he left Capcom to help found Crafts & Meister.

Noritaka Funamizu
船水 紀孝
Born (1965-12-14) December 14, 1965 (age 58)
Japan
Occupation(s)Video game designer, director, producer
Years active1985–present
Employer(s)Capcom (1985–2004)
Crafts & Meister (2004–present)

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Funamizu was employed by Capcom in 1985. Prior to that, he wrote for Beep as a part-time contributor until he was invited into the company by senior staff. When he joined Capcom, he befriended fellow Capcom designer Yoshiki Okamoto while playing a game of catchball. During the late 1980s and up until the mid-1990s, Funamizu designed and co-designed several of the company's arcade games, including games in the Street Fighter series[2] (particularly Super Street Fighter II and the Street Fighter Alpha series).

Funamizu was later promoted to General Manager of Capcom's Production Studio 1 which produced several of the company's arcade and consumer titles. He, along with producer Katsuhiro Sudo left Capcom in April 2004 to form Crafts & Meister.[3]

Works

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Year Title Credited as
1985 Gun Smoke character design
1986 Side Arms Hyper Dyne game designer
1987 1943: The Battle of Midway
1988 Forgotten Worlds
1989 Dynasty Wars
U.N. Squadron planner
1990 1941: Counter Attack
Mega Twins director
Nemo planner
1991 Street Fighter II special thanks
1992 Varth: Operation Thunderstorm director
1993 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs special thanks
The Punisher director
Saturday Night Slam Masters special thanks
Super Street Fighter II planner
1994 Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Armored Warriors special advisor
X-Men: Children of the Atom planner
1995 Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
1996 Street Fighter Alpha 2 planner
producer
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo general producer
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Star Gladiator
X-Men vs. Street Fighter
Mega Man 8
Red Earth
1997 Street Fighter III: New Generation
Battle Circuit
Vampire Savior
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
Capcom Sports Club
Mega Man X4
Mega Man Battle & Chase
Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix
Street Fighter III 2nd Impact
Breath of Fire III
1998 Marvel vs. Capcom
JoJo's Venture
Street Fighter EX2 motion designer
Resident Evil 2 general producer
Street Fighter Alpha 3 planner
general producer
Mega Man & Bass general producer
Plasma Sword producer
Tech Romancer general producer
1999 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Giga Wing executive producer
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike general producer
Strider 2
Resident Evil 3
SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium supervisor
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash special thanks
Power Stone general producer
Magical Tetris Challenge
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
Dino Crisis
2000 Spawn: In the Demon's Hand
Project Justice
Power Stone 2
Breath of Fire IV executive producer
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes general producer
Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
2001 One Piece Mansion
Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon
Capcom vs. SNK 2
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages producer
Heavy Metal: Geomatrix general producer
2002 GioGio no Kimyō na Bōken: Ōgon no Kaze
Auto Modellista
2003 Hyper Street Fighter II executive director
Gotcha Force general producer
Devil May Cry 2 executive producer
Chaos Legion supervisor
Resident Evil Outbreak executive producer
2004 Monster Hunter
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 event planner
2005 Super Dragon Ball Z executive director
2011 Earth Seeker designer

References

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  • Studio Bent Stuff (September 2000). All About Capcom Head-to-Head Fighting Game. A.A. Game History Series (Vol. 1) (in Japanese). Dempa Publications, Inc. ISBN 4-88554-676-1.
  1. ^ Capcom Co., Ltd (September 9, 1996). X-Men vs. Street Fighter. Capcom Co., Ltd. Scene: staff credits.
  2. ^ "Street Fighter producer forms new studio".
  3. ^ Tanaka, John (June 22, 2004). "Street Fighter Creator Opens New Studio". IGN. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
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