Yoichi Yamada

Yoichi Yamada
Position(s)	Game Designer
Gender	Male
Birthday	April 21, 1964

Yoichi Yamada is a video game designer at Nintendo.

Biography

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Yamada is one of the veteran game designers at Nintendo, who has been working on systems such as 3DCG and polygons since the early 1990s. In particular, he has long been a core game designer in The Legend of Zelda series to date.

The Legend of Zelda Games

Game	A Link to the Past
Position	Assistant director
Game	Ocarina of Time
Position	Game system director
Game	Majora's Mask
Position	Memory management director
Game	Oracle of Seasons
Position	Supervisor
Game	Oracle of Ages
Position	Supervisor
Game	A Link to the Past & Four Swords
Position	Director (A Link to the Past)
Game	Four Swords
Position	Supervisor
Game	The Wind Waker
Position	Assistant director
Game	The Minish Cap
Position	Supervisor
Game	Twilight Princess
Position	Sub-director, dungeon director
Game	Phantom Hourglass
Position	Supervisor
Game	Link's Crossbow Training
Position	Assistant director
Game	Spirit Tracks
Position	Supervisor
Game	Skyward Sword
Position	Planning
Game	A Link Between Worlds
Position	Field planning
Game	Tri Force Heroes
Position	Game planning lead
Game	Breath of the Wild
Position	Game designer
Game	Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch
Position	Original supervisor

Game	Position
A Link to the Past	Assistant director
Ocarina of Time	Game system director
Majora's Mask	Memory management director
Oracle of Seasons	Supervisor
Oracle of Ages	Supervisor
A Link to the Past & Four Swords	Director (A Link to the Past)
Four Swords	Supervisor
The Wind Waker	Assistant director
The Minish Cap	Supervisor
Twilight Princess	Sub-director, dungeon director
Phantom Hourglass	Supervisor
Link's Crossbow Training	Assistant director
Spirit Tracks	Supervisor
Skyward Sword	Planning
A Link Between Worlds	Field planning
Tri Force Heroes	Game planning lead
Breath of the Wild	Game designer
Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch	Original supervisor

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name
	Japanese	山田 洋一 (Yamada Yōichi)

Planners

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Arisa Hosaka • Aya Kyogoku • Daiji Imai • Daiki Iwamoto • Eiji Mukao • Emi Takano • Hidemaro Fujibayashi • Hiroaki Tamura • Hiromasa Shikata • Hiromu Takemura • Hiroshi Ando • Hiroshi Sakasai • Kanae Nakayama • Kenta Usui • Koji Hayashi • Koji Kitagawa • Kosono Okina • Kosuke Yabuki • Makoto Miyanaga • Mari Shirakawa • Minoru Narita • Naoto Murakami • Ryota Matsushita • Ryutaro Kanno • Shigeki Yoshida (Nintendo) • Shigeyuki Asuke • Shinichi Ikematsu • Shiro Mouri • Takayuki Ikkaku • Takumi Kawagoe • Yohei Fujino • Yoichi Yamada • Yugo Hayashi • Yuichiro Tsumita • Yutaka Hiramuki • Yuya Sato

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