Nobuya Nakazato

Nobuya Nakazato
Native name	中里伸也 Shinya Nakazato
Alias(es)	OH！味 NAKAZATO N. Nakazato
Place of birth	Hachioji, Tokyo
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Video game director • producer • designer
Resumé	Castlevania: The Adventure Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

Nobuya Nakazato (中里伸也, Shinya Nakazato^?) is a producer at Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. (KCET). He is mostly known for having directed and produced several games in the Contra franchise, starting with Contra III: The Alien Wars for the Super NES in 1992.

He has been involved in several productions of the Castlevania series as well, starting with Castlevania: The Adventure in 1989.

Career

Originally from Hachioji, Tokyo, Nobuya joined Konami in 1988 as a graphic designer. After working as a planner and director on many of Konami's games, he became General Manager in 2007, and Project Manager in 2012. He is now back in game development and recently worked as producer on Contra: Rogue Corps.

He also has been involved in diverse production areas of several games in the Castlevania franchise, including: Castlevania: The Adventure, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia and Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles.

Game credits

Business

• Gradius ReBirth (2009)

Production

• Contra ReBirth (2009)
• Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007)
• Neo Contra (2004)
• Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX (2002)
• Contra: Shattered Soldier (2002)

Design

• Vandal Hearts (1996)
• Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
• Rocket Knight Adventures (1993)
• Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992)
• Laser Invasion (1991)

Writing

• Vandal-Hearts II (1999)
• Contra: Hard Corps (1994)

Art/Graphics

• Vandal-Hearts II (1999)
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
• Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
• Rocket Knight Adventures (1993)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (1993)
• Laser Invasion (1991)
• Rollergames (1990)
• Castlevania: The Adventure (1989)

Audio

• Neo Contra (2004)

Quality assurance

• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015)
• The Adventures of Bayou Billy (1988)

Thanks

• Super Bomberman R (2017)
• Rocket Knight (2010)
• Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement (2010)
• Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōj... (2009)
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (2008)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Tag Force 3 (2008)
• Contra 4 (2007)
• Dewy's Adventure (2007)
• Elebits (2006)
• NanoBreaker (2005)
• Bucky O'Hare (1992)
• TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Daimaō (1989)

Other

• Yu-Gi-Oh!: 5D's Wheelie Breakers (2009)
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
• Vandal Hearts (1996)

Gallery

c. 2002

2019

External links

• Nobuya Nakazato at MobyGames