Tomonobu Itagaki
aka:
板垣伴信
Moby ID: 40760
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Tomonobu Itagaki is considered the mastermind behind the Dead or Alive series. He was with Tecmo as Creative Officer and also the leader of the development team Team Ninja until an official announcement on 14th May 2008 where he announced to sue the company for unlawful acts as unreasonable and disingenuous statements made towards him by Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda, claiming damages in total of 148 million yen. It also said that he would leave the company on 1st July 2008.
Credited on 23 games
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| Wanted: Dead (2023, PlayStation 5) | Very Special Thanks to |
| Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time (2020, PlayStation 4) | Supreme Advisor |
| Jupiter & Mars (2019, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| Devil's Third (2015, Wii U) | Representative Director / Chief Technical Officer |
| Ninja Gaiden II (2008, Xbox 360) | Producer |
| Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (2008, Nintendo DS) | Executive Producer |
| Halo 3 (2007, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| Super Swing Golf (2006, Wii) | Adviser |
| Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 (2006, Xbox 360) | Executive Producer |
| Dead or Alive 4 (2005, Xbox 360) | Producer and Director |
| Trapt (2005, PlayStation 2) | Special Thanks |
| Ninja Gaiden Black (2005, Xbox) | Producer |
| Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - Director's Cut (2004, Xbox) | Special Adviser |
| Dead or Alive: Ultimate (2004, Xbox) | Producer and Director |
| Ninja Gaiden (2004, Xbox) | Producer |
| Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball (2003, Xbox) | Producer |
| Dead or Alive 3 (2001, Xbox) | Producer & Director |
| Dead or Alive 2 (2000, PlayStation 2) | Producer and Director |
| Kagero: Deception II (1998, PlayStation) | Character Motion Special Thanks |
| Dead or Alive (1997, SEGA Saturn) | Producer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 16 games with Katsunori Ehara
- 14 games with Max Naka
- 13 games with Hiroaki Ozawa
- 12 games with Hiroaki Matsui
- 12 games with Satoshi Kanematsu
- 12 games with John Inada
- 11 games with Yasushi Maeda
- 11 games with Chitose Sasaki
- 11 games with Kazuhiro Kosuge
- 11 games with Hideyuki Katoh
Companies
- 18 games with Tecmo, Inc.
- 16 games with Tecmo, Ltd.
- 10 games with Team Ninja
- 8 games with Microsoft S. de R.L. de C.V.
- 5 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 5 games with NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH
- 4 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 3 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 3 games with Soleil Ltd.
- 2 games with CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
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