Takaya Imamura | |
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| 今村 孝矢 | |
| Born | April 10, 1966 Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Employer | International Professional University of Technology |
| Known for | Contributing to the design of major Nintendo games, designing the characters of F-Zero and Star Fox and creating Tingle from Zelda |
Takaya Imamura (今村 孝矢, Imamura Takaya, born April 10, 1966) is a teacher at the International Professional University of Technology in Osaka and manga artist. He was a Japanese artwork designer for Nintendo for 32 years, starting in 1989, and is known for designing the characters and story of F-Zero, including Captain Falcon, and most of the supporting characters from the Star Fox series of video games. He also played a role in designing games in the Legend of Zelda series, such as The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, invented the character Tingle, and served as supervising producer for F-Zero GX.