Satoshi Tajiri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Satoshi Tajiri

Japanese video game designer

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1965

Place of Birth: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Profession: computer scientist, entrepreneur

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Satoshi Tajiri (Japanese: ?? ?, Hepburn: Tajiri Satoshi, born August 28, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer and director best known as the creator of Nintendo's Pokémon franchise and one of the founders, and President of video game developer Game Freak.
A 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. Tajiri has also worked for other projects including Mario spin-offs.
He was also an executive producer on the live-action film Pokémon Detective Pikachu.