Shigefumi Hino

• Name — Shigefumi Hino • Native Name — 日野 重文 • Born — 1963 • Birthplace — Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Video game director, graphic designer, planner • Employer — Nintendo (since 1989) • Years Active — 1989-present • Notable Works — Yoshi

Shigefumi Hino joined Nintendo in 1989, where his first project was designing a sequel to Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race, which was ultimately unreleased. His first released product was Super Mario World in 1990, where he created the game's pixel art, as well as the character Yoshi, based on a rough sketch by Takashi Tezuka. Afterwards, Hino had the idea for a game with Yoshi as the main character, which would become Yoshi's Island. He chose a hand-drawn visual style to differentiate it from Rare's Donkey Kong Country, a game that notably used pre-rendered 3D graphics. Hino then co-directed Pikmin and Pikmin 2 with Masamichi Abe, as well as Pikmin 3 with Yuji Kando. He has additionally worked as a designer for Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

• Year — Title — Role • 1990 — Super Mario World — Character designer • 1992 — Yoshi's Cookie • 1993 — The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening • 1995 — Yoshi's Island — Director, character designer • 1996 — Super Mario 64 — CG illustrator • Tetris Attack — Design adviser • Mario Kart 64 — CG character designer • 1997 — Game & Watch Gallery 2 — Design adviser • Yoshi's Story — CG designer • 1998 — Pocket Monsters' Stadium — Effects designer • Mario Party — Design support • 1999 — Game & Watch Gallery 3 — Design adviser • Pokémon Stadium — 2D CG designer • 2001 — Pikmin — Director • 2004 — Pikmin 2 • 2006 — New Super Mario Bros. — Demo scene director • 2007 — Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree — Sub-director • 2009 — New Super Mario Bros. Wii — Planning • 2013 — Pikmin 3 — Director • 2015 — Super Mario Maker — Planning • 2016 — Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS — Game design • 2019 — Super Mario Maker 2 • 2023 — Super Mario Bros. Wonder