Yōichi Kotabe
Japanese animatior and character designer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yōichi Kotabe (小田部 羊一, Kotabe Yōichi, born September 15, 1936)[3] is a Japanese animator and character designer. He has worked on several anime films from the 1960s and 1970s,[1] the Super Mario video game series, and the Pokémon series in television and film.[4] He was an employee at Nintendo for two decades doing illustrations, character designs, and supervision from 1985 to 2007.[5] After that, he began to work as a freelancer for the anime and video game industry, including for Nintendo again.
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Yōichi Kotabe | |
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Born | (1936-09-15) September 15, 1936 (age 87) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Tokyo University of the Arts |
Occupation(s) | Animator, character designer |
Spouse | Reiko Okuyama (m. 1963 d.2007)[1][2] |
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