Japanese video game and anime television series producer
- Resident Evil
- Dino Crisis
- Devil May Cry
- Sengoku Basara
Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林 裕幸, Kobayashi Hiroyuki, born August 12, 1972 in Nagoya, Japan[1]) is a Japanese video game producer. He was employed by Capcom for 27 years and currently is part of NetEase Games subsidiary GPTRACK50 Studio as president.[1]
Career
Kobayashi studied computer science at Chukyo University. After graduating, he was hired at Capcom in 1995 as a programmer on the first Resident Evil game.[1] After working as programmer on the sequel and a planner on the first Dino Crisis game, his first producer role was on Dino Crisis 2 in 2000.[1]
Starting with the first Sengoku Basara game (titled Devil Kings in North America) in 2005, Kobayashi worked as the producer for the video game series as well as a planning supervisor for the various anime adaptations. He was very interested in the Sengoku period and wanted to create an action game inspired by that period.[2]
After 27 years working at Capcom, Kobayashi left the company in March 2022 and announced that he joined NetEase Games in August of that same year as a producer.[3]
In October 2022, NetEase Games announced the establishment of GPTRACK50 Studio, which Kobayashi will lead as a president.[4]
Works
Video games
Anime
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2007 | Devil May Cry: The Animated Series | Supervisor |
| 2008 | Resident Evil: Degeneration | Producer |
| 2009 | Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings | Planning supervisor |
| 2010 | Sengoku Basara II |
| 2011 | Sengoku Basara: The Last Party |
| 2012 | Resident Evil: Damnation | Producer |
| 2014 | Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement | Planning supervisor |
| 2017 | Resident Evil: Vendetta[5] | Supervisor |
| 2020 | Dragon's Dogma | Producer |
| 2021 | Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness | Executive producer |
References
- ^ a b c d "インタビュー 小林裕幸さん" [Interview: Mr. Hiroyuki Kobayashi]. Sony Computer Entertainment. October 2006. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ "インタビュー ： 「ＰＳＰ版は集大成」 「戦国ＢＡＳＡＲＡ」シリーズの小林裕幸プロデューサー" [Interview: PSP Compilation Sengoku Basara series producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi]. Mantan Web. May 6, 2009. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ "Hiroyuki Kobayashi leaves Capcom after 27 years, joins NetEase Games as producer". 12 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "NetEase Games establishes GPTRACK50 - Osaka-based studio led by former Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi". 31 October 2022. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Resident Evil Vendetta: Hiroyuki Kobayashi on the Future of the Franchise". Collider. 16 June 2017. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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