Hideki Konno facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hideki Konno
Konno at the GDC 2011
Born	(1965-05-13) May 13, 1965 (age 60) Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Alma mater	Japan Electronics College
Occupation	video game designer, director and producer
Employer	Nintendo (1986–present)
Notable work	Super Mario Mario Kart Luigi's Mansion Nintendogs Yoshi's Island
Title	Manager at Nintendo EAD (2003–2015) Manager at Nintendo EPD Smart Device Group (2015–present)

Hideki Konno (born May 13, 1965) is a talented video game director, game designer, and producer who works for Nintendo. He has helped create many popular games that you might have played! Since 2015, Konno has been a manager at Nintendo EPD in the Smart Device Group. This group is in charge of making Nintendo's games for phones and tablets.

Biography

Hideki Konno joined Nintendo in 1986. At the start of his career, he worked as an assistant director. He later became a director for famous games like Super Mario Kart and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Around the early 2000s, Konno became a group manager at Nintendo EAD. Here, he helped produce many well-known games. These included Nintendogs, Mario Kart DS, and Mario Kart Wii. He also worked as a producer for the Nintendo 3DS, which was the follow-up to the Nintendo DS. After this, he produced Nintendogs + Cats, Mario Kart 7, and Mario Kart 8.

In 2015, Konno started managing Nintendo's mobile game projects. He leads his own production group at Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development. This division was formed when Nintendo combined its main game development and production teams.

Games Hideki Konno Helped Create

Hideki Konno has worked on many exciting games throughout his career. Here are some of the most famous ones:

• Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) - He was an assistant director and helped design levels.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) - Again, he was an assistant director and worked on level design.
• Super Mario World (1990) - He was the map director and helped design levels.
• Super Mario Kart (1992) - He was a director for this classic racing game.
• Yoshi's Island (1995) - He also directed this colorful platformer.
• Mario Kart 64 (1996) - He was the director for this popular Nintendo 64 game.
• Luigi's Mansion (2001) - He directed this spooky adventure game.
• Nintendogs (2005) - He was a producer for this pet simulation game.
• Mario Kart DS (2005) - He produced this racing game for the Nintendo DS.
• Mario Kart Wii (2008) - He was the producer for this fun Wii game.
• Nintendo 3DS (2011) - He helped produce the Nintendo 3DS system itself.
• Mario Kart 7 (2011) - He produced this racing game for the Nintendo 3DS.
• Mario Kart 8 (2014) - He was a producer for this popular Wii U and Nintendo Switch game.
• Super Mario Run (2016) - He produced this mobile Mario game.
• Mario Kart Tour (2019) - He produced this mobile racing game.