Noritaka Funamizu (船水 紀孝, Funamizu Noritaka, born December 14, 1965), sometimes credited as Poo, is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer formerly employed by Capcom. In 2004, he left Capcom to help found Crafts & Meister.
Funamizu was employed by Capcom in 1985. Prior to that, he wrote for Beep as a part-time contributor until he was invited into the company by senior staff. When he joined Capcom, he befriended fellow Capcom designer Yoshiki Okamoto while playing a game of catchball. During the late 1980s and up until the mid-1990s, Funamizu designed and co-designed several of the company's arcade games, including games in the Street Fighter series (particularly Super Street Fighter II and the Street Fighter Alpha series).
Funamizu was later promoted to General Manager of Capcom's Production Studio 1 which produced several of the company's arcade and consumer titles. He, along with producer Katsuhiro Sudo left Capcom in April 2004 to form Crafts & Meister.
Gun Smoke - character design
Side Arms Hyper Dyne - game designer
1943: The Battle of Midway - designer
Forgotten Worlds - game designer
Dynasty Wars - game designer
U.N. Squadron - planner
1941: Counter Attack - planner
Mega Twins - director
Street Fighter II - special thanks
Nemo - planner
Varth: Operation Thunderstorm - director
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - special thanks
The Punisher - director
Saturday Night Slam Masters - special thanks
Super Street Fighter II - planner
Super Street Fighter II Turbo - planner
Armored Warriors - special advisor
X-Men: Children of the Atom - planner
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams - planner
Street Fighter Alpha 2 - planner and producer
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo - general producer
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters - general producer
Star Gladiator - general producer
X-Men vs. Street Fighter - general producer
Mega Man 8 - general producer
Red Earth - general producer
Street Fighter III - general producer
Battle Circuit - general producer
Vampire Savior - general producer
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter - general producer
Capcom Sports Club - general producer
Mega Man X4 - general producer
Mega Man Battle & Chase - general producer
Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix - general producer
Street Fighter III 2nd Impact - general producer
Breath of Fire III - general producer
Marvel vs. Capcom - general producer
JoJo's Venture - yeneral producer
Street Fighter EX2 - motion designer
Resident Evil 2 - general producer
Street Fighter Alpha 3 - planner and general producer
Mega Man & Bass - general producer
Plasma Sword - producer
Giga Wing - executive producer
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - general producer
Tech Romancer - general producer
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike - General Producer
Strider 2 - general producer
Resident Evil 3 - general producer
SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium - supervisor
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash - special thanks
Power Stone - general producer
Magical Tetris Challenge - general producer
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne - general producer
Dino Crisis - general producer
Spawn: In the Demon's Hand - general producer
Project Justice - general producer
Power Stone 2 - general producer
Breath of Fire IV - executive producer
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes - general producer
Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 - general producer
Resident Evil: Code Veronica - general producer
One Piece Mansion - general producer
Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon - general producer
Capcom vs. SNK 2 - general producer
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages - producer
Heavy Metal: Geomatrix - general producer
GioGio no Kimyō na Bōken: Ōgon no Kaze - general producer
Hyper Street Fighter II - executive director
Auto Modellista - general producer
Gotcha Force - general producer
Devil May Cry 2 - executive producer
Chaos Legion - supervisor
Resident Evil Outbreak - event planner and executive producer
Monster Hunter - executive producer
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 - event planner
Super Dragon Ball Z - executive director
Earth Seeker - designer
