Hiroyuki Kotani

Developer BIO

Hiroyuki Kotani is the original designer of the PSP rhythm game Patapon. He has been working at Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated since 1998 where Devil Dice was his first game for the company. The idea of using music as gameplay was already presented in the 2001 PS2 title Mad Maestro!, where the player is a conductor who needs to lead and direct an orchestra. After that, he was also involved with two games in the Ape Escape series.

Before joining Sony, he was with the young start-up I'Max Corp. and before that he taught grade school students after graduating from university.

Websites

• The Rhythm of Creation: Hiroyuki Kotani and Patapon -- interview on Gamasutra (4th December 2008)

Games Credited

Patapon (2008), Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light (2006), SCEI
Ape Escape: On the Loose (2005), Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated
Ape Escape Academy (2004), Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated
Mad Maestro! (2001), Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated
Devil Dice (1998), SCEI
Dual Orb II (1994), I'Max Corp.