Keiji Inafune

Developer BIO

In 1987 Keiji Inafune graduated from College. Looking for a job as an animator, he was hired by Capcom. At first he was to work on Street Fighter, but he got pulled off of that team, and re-assigned to a new project team responsible for Rockman (Megaman in the US). His job was to design all of the characters and the instruction booklet.

The first Rockman sold more than expected, but still did poorly. Capcom did not want to continue on with a second one. The Rockman team was to develop Professional Baseball Murder Mystery, but they wanted to develop another Rockman. After the team begged to continue, Capcom agreed, but they had to develop Professional Baseball Murder Mystery on time. After spending 20 hours a day developing both games at the same time, eventually they met their goal in creating both games. The Rockman IItook off, due to its better graphics, better music, and more enemies.

Rockman continued on to be successful, and Keiji Inafune (often credited in games as Inafking) became known as the father of Rockman. There are now 40 titles under the Rockman trademark.

These days Keiji Inafune is the General Manager of Capcom Production Studio 2 and senior corporate officer for Capcom. He is also the producer of the Rockman, Onimusha series of games

Also Known As

• Inafking

Websites

• Keiji Inafune's on Wikipedia -- the wiki article on Keiji Inafune.

Games Credited

• Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (2011), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Dark Void Zero (2010), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Dead Rising 2 (2010), CE Europe Ltd.
• Dead Rising 2: Case 0 (2010), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Final Fight: Double Impact (2010), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2010), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Lost Planet 2 (2010), CE Europe Ltd.
• Mega Man 10 (2010), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• MotoGP 09/10 (2010), CE Europe Ltd.
• Super Street Fighter IV (2010), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (2009), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Bionic Commando (2009), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (2009), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Resident Evil: Director's Cut (2009), Capcom Entertainment, Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
• Street Fighter IV (2009), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (2008), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Bionic Commando Rearmed (2008), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man 9 (2008), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker X Saurian (2007), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man ZX Advent (2007), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (2007), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Dead Rising (2006), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Eragon (2006), Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
• Final Fight: "Streetwise" (2006), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (2006), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Powered Up (2006), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Star Force: Leo (2006), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man ZX (2006), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (2006), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance (2005), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar (2005), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar (2005), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (2005), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Zero 4 (2005), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Resident Evil 4 (2005), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Shadow of Rome (2005), CE Europe Ltd.
• Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (2004), Konami Corporation
• Capcom Fighting Evolution (2004), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Protoman (2004), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man X8 (2004), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Mega Man Zero 3 (2004), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (2004), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (2003), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Battle Network 3: Blue Version (2003), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Battle Network 4: Blue Moon (2003), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Network Transmission (2003), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man X7 (2003), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Zero 2 (2003), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Battle Network 3: White Version (2002), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Zero (2002), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Battle Network (2001), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Battle Network 2 (2001), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Xtreme 2 (2001), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Onimusha: Warlords (2001), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Legends 2 (2000), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man X5 (2000), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man XTreme (2000), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (1999), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Rockman Complete Works: Rockman (1999), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man & Bass (1998), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Resident Evil 2: Dual Shock Version (1998), Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Mega Man Battle & Chase (1997), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man Legends (1997), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man X4 (1997), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition (1996), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man 7 (1995), Laguna Videospiele Vertriebs & Marketing GmbH
• Breath of Fire (1993), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man 6 (1993), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Gold Medal Challenge '92 (1992), Capcom U.S.A., Inc.
• Mega Man 5 (1992), Capcom U.S.A., Inc.
• Mega Man 4 (1991), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Pang (1991), Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.
• Mega Man 3 (1990), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man 2 (1988), Capcom Co., Ltd.
• Mega Man (1987), Capcom U.S.A., Inc.