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Taro Kudo

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Taro Kudo
工藤 太郎
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Video game designer and video game music composer
Years active1991–present

Taro Kudo (工藤 太郎, Kudō Tarō) is a Japanese video game designer and video game music composer. He is best known for his work on the Mario role-playing games. He began his career working for Konami and Square in the 1990s, then joined fellow ex-Square designers at Love-de-Lic in 1996, where he designed UFO: A Day in the Life. Kudo worked as company director for Vanpool prior to its disestablishment.[1][2]

Works

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Year Game Role(s)
1991 Super Castlevania IV Music
1992 Axelay Music
1993 Akumajō Dracula (X68000) Music
1996 Super Mario RPG Event designer
1997 Moon: Remix RPG Adventure Game designer, music
1999 UFO: A Day in the Life Game designer[3]
2001 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Music
Endonesia Game designer
2003 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Mini-games
2006 Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland Director
2008 Let's Pilates Director
2009 Irozuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip Game designer
2012 Dillon's Rolling Western Voice of Dillon
Paper Mario: Sticker Star Director, scenario
2013 Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger Voice of Dillon
2014 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U Voice of Dillon
2015 Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash Producer
2016 Paper Mario: Color Splash Director, scenario
2018 Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers Voice of Dillon
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Voice of Dillon
2020 Paper Mario: The Origami King Event director, scenario
2023 Super Mario RPG Event director, writing
2024 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Text editing, event supervisor

References

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  1. ^ ""Interview with Taro Kudo Part 1"". Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  2. ^ ""Interview with Taro Kudo Part 2"". Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  3. ^ Bruno de Figueiredo. "Hardcore Gaming 101: Love De Lic". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
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