Takashi Tezuka

Takashi Tezuka (手塚 卓志) (born November 17, 1960) is a video game designer for Nintendo. His work extends far back to the original Super Mario Bros. of which he took on the role of Main Director to Shigeru Miyamoto. He later then worked on Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (Assistant Director), The Legend of Zelda (Graphic Designer) and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Supervisor/Advisor).

Tezuka's directorial debut was with Super Mario Bros. 3, of which was supervised by Shigeru Miyamoto (Producer). He later went on to direct Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and again was Assistant Director to Shigeru Miyamoto for Super Mario 64. He was also Advisor/Supervisor to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.