| Keita Takahashi |
Keita Takahashi holding the Prince character from Katamari Damacy, at GDCE, London, in 2005 |
| Born |
1975
Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū |
| Occupation |
Game designer |
Keita Takahashi (高橋 慶太, Takahashi Keita?, born 1975) is a game director, his most notable titles being Katamari Damacy and its sequel, We Love Katamari. The original Katamari game was a surprise hit and was praised for its quirkiness, originality, and charm. He is married to Asuka Sakai.
[edit] Katamari
Takahashi has stated in numerous interviews that he had no desire for Katamari to be touted as innovative or creative – he simply set out to bring the concept of simple, silly fun back into video gaming.
Takahashi has named the following sources as inspiration for his Katamari games:
[edit] Post-Katamari
In an interview [1] Takahashi announced that he hopes to eventually move on from video games, with an ambition of designing a playground for children. On Wednesday 28 October 2009, Nottingham City Council announced during the Gamecity festival that Keita Takahashi is spending a month in the city working on designs for the play area at Woodthorpe Grange.[2] He and his wife, the composer Asuka Sakai, formed the company uvula in October 2010 to support his freelance game design career, as well as his playground designs.[3]
In July 2011, it was announced that he was joining Tiny Speck's Vancouver team, working on Glitch.[4]
[edit] Published works
[edit] References
- Nakamura, Eric (2009). "Noby Boy." Giant Robot Magazine issue 63.
- ^ Hermida, Alfred (2005-11-10). "Technology | Katamari creator dreams of playgrounds". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4392964.stm. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "Video games guru to design play area". This is Nottingham. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Video-games-guru-design-city-playground/article-1458337-detail/article.html.
- ^ Gilbert, Ben (2010-10-03). "Katamari Damacy director and wife reveal new company". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/03/katamari-damacy-director-and-wife-reveal-new-company/. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ "Working With Your Heroes: Welcome Keita Takahashi". 2011-07-08. http://glitch.com/blog/2011/07/08/keita-takahashi-joins-glitch/.
[edit] External links
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Takahashi, Keita |
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| Date of birth |
1975 |
| Place of birth |
Japan |
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