Occupation Game designer | Name Yumenosuke Akademiya | |
Born July 10, 1949 ( 1949-07-10 ) Hokkaido, Japan Known for Hiryu no Ken (series)
Super Chinese
Baseball Simulator (series)
The Magic of Scheherazade | ||
Yukio Tanaka (田中 幸男, Tanaka Yukio , born July 10, 1949), better known by his pen name Yumenosuke Akademiya (阿迦手観屋 夢之助, あかでみや ゆめのすけ, Akademiya Yumenosuke), is a Japanese video game designer.
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Life and career
He gained a reputation as a maverick during the 1980s for creating unorthodox games like Hiryu no Ken and is perhaps best remembered today for his rebellious marketing techniques. During his life, Yumenosuke founded the video game development company Culture Brain Inc. A series of Culture Brain games has been credited to "Yumenosuke Project (ゆめのすけプロジェクト)".
Baseball Simulator series
These Baseball titles included some form of "Super League" where pitchers and batters would have special abilities.
Hiryu no Ken series
Super Chinese series
In this list are series which were originally released as "Chinese Hero", but became better known as Super Chinese, but with the exception of "Kung-Fu Heroes", these titles were released in North America as the "Ninja Brothers" series.
Oshare Princess series
A Japan-only series of games for the GBA (with two recent DS versions) about fashion and dressing up. The games feature a wide range of clothes, shoes, accessories and makeup to be used in different combinations. Currently there are 5 GBA games and 2 DS games.
Ferret/Hamster Monogatari series
A Japan-only series of games formally about care-taking ferrets, and later about care-taking hamsters. The illustrations of the Hamster Monogatari ones were heavily inspired by Ritsuko Kawai's children's storybook series, Hamtaro.
Konchuu Monster series
A Japan-only series of games about catching, training and battling insects. First released with Super Chinese Labyrinth both in Volume 3 of Culture Brain's Twin Series, a series of two-in-one Game Boy Advance games.