Masahiro Ueno

Masahiro Ueno
Resumé	Super Castlevania IV KCS: Castlevania & Contra Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Role(s)	Director, Designer, Producer, Programmer, Product Manager

Masahiro "Mitch" Ueno (also known as "Jun Furano") is a video game designer, programmer, producer and product manager. He was the lead director of games like Super Castlevania IV and the Famicom version of Metal Gear.

Education

Kindai University
Bachelor of Engineering, Reactor Engineering
(1983 – 1987)

Game Credits

Business

• Time Pilot (1982) (Franchise Director)

Production

• MySims (2007) (Production Team)
• Lost in Blue (2005) (Producer)
• Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced (2002) (Producer)
• Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra (2002) (Producer)
• Motocross Maniacs Advance (2002) (Producer)
• Jurassic Park III: The DNA Factor (2001) (Production Manager)
• AirForce Delta (2000) (Producer)
• Spawn (1999) (Producer)
• Bottom of the 9th '99 (1998) (Supervisor)
• Dance Dance Revolution (1998) (Producer)
• Lethal Enforcers I & II (1997) (Director)
• Lethal Enforcers (1992) (Director)

Design

• Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994) (Director)
• Super Castlevania IV (1991) (Director)
• Contra (1987) (Franchise Director)

Programming/Engineering

• Spawn (1999) (Programmers)
• Mōryō Senki Madara 2 (1993) (Direction and Main Program)
• Lethal Enforcers (1992) (Programmers)
• Base Wars - Cyber Stadium Series (1991) (Main Program)
• Super Castlevania IV (1991) (Main Programmer)
• Mōryō Senki Madara (1990) (Program (プログラム))
• Metal Gear (1987) (Assistant Programming)
• Track & Field II (1984) (Program)

Video/Cinematics

• Lethal Enforcers I & II (1997) (Cast)
• Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994) (Cast)

Localization

• Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction (2004) (Localized by KONAMI HAWAII)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (2003) (Localized by KONAMI HAWAII)

Support

• Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992) (Technical Advice)

Thanks

• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010) (Special Thanks)
• The Sims: Castaway Stories (2008) (Special Thanks)
• TMNT: Mutant Melee (2005) (Special Thanks)
• Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix 2 (2004) (Special Thanks)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) (Special Thanks)
• Frogger Beyond (2002) (Special Thanks)
• Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog (2001) (Special Thanks)
• Dance Dance Revolution (1998) (Special Thanks)
• Broken Helix (1997) (Special Thanks)
• Animaniacs (1994) (Special Thanks To)
• Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994) (Special Thanks)

Other

• Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994) (Development Staff)

Retro Gamer "Super Castlevania IV" Interview (2013)

Retro Gamer Interview (Issue #119)
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See also

• Super Castlevania IV - Director of this game (credited as "Jun Furano").