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Takafumi Kiuchi is a character designer and modeler for Nintendo who has mostly worked on the The Legend of Zelda series. He joined the company in 2004 and worked on titles like Twilight Princess, where he designed about 25 enemies, including some of the middle bosses. He became the main enemy designer in Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild, where he designed the signature Bokoblin enemies.
Kiuchi also worked on other titles such as Wii Fit, where he designed the in-game Wii Balance Board character. He was also the art director of Ring Fit Adventure.
A Bokoblin, one of the enemies designed by Takafumi Kiuchi on Skyward Sword.
Game Works[]
- Super Mario 64 DS (2004) - Map Design
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Enemy Design
- Wii Channel (2006) - Designer
- Wii Fit (2007) - Character Design
- Wii Music (2008) - Character Design
- The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) - Enemy Design
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) - Enemy Designer
- Pikmin 3 (2013) - Character Design
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - Lead Artist: Enemy
- Ring Fit Adventure (2019) - Art Director
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023) - Senior Lead Artist: Enemy