Agile hands with creative minds!
Aoki has been in art director position in several video games in SEGA and Nintendo. He is a key contributor to their multimillion sales figure titles, including Mario vs. DonkeyKong series and Sonic the Hedgehog series.
As a game creator, he has a clear vision that good games make people happy. His passion always gears towards making fun and educational software for all ages. He always stays positive, looks for new challenges, and enjoys solving problems to obtain the best result using new technologies. His career of over 27 years in the video game industry, with more than 20 games published for all ages made him naturally to do so.
Developing leadership skill was crucial throughout his 10+ years' experience leading artists for Mario vs Donkey Kong series, and allows him to exhibit strong authoritative traits today. Now his passion leans towards to pass his knowledge to the new generation of people.
Job experience / education
- 2001 to 2014 Nintendo Software Technology ...Principal Artist
- 1991 to 2001 SEGA of America ...Art Director
- 1987 to 1991 SEGA (Japan) ...Junior Artist
- BA in Design Management, TOKYO ZOUKEI UNIVERSITY
Led creative team for major in-game characters
- 2006 Mini Donkey Kong, introduced in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2
- 2004 Mini Mario in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series
- 1993 Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
- ... and many more
Art directer for the following projects
- 2012 CROSSWORDS PLUS (3DS)
- 2010 Aura-Aura Climber (3DS)
- 2008 Crossword DS
- 2006 MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG 2 MARCH OF THE MINIS (DS)
- 2004 MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG (Game Boy Advance)
Team member for the following projects
Independent Projects
- 2015 The Switch for iOS, and Android
- 2014 ARCRIDER for iOS, and Android
- 2014 CFK, OLG, IFYM, FATM, Converter Pack (converter apps for iOS)
Freelance Projects
- 2015 Casual game pack ...prototype creation with Unity
- 2015 Chaldea (digital comic book) ... partial pencil/paint
- 2015 Marvel Avengers Alliance ...keyframe posing for animation and icons
- 2015 Kingdom Conquest 2 ...special card design. Christmas, Haloween, Summer)
- 2014 Neko Peta ...web design
- 2014 Takahashi Kyugu - Arrow shop ...web design
Educational Projects
- 2015 Stem Path (technical education program for youth) ...Unity video game creation class design and instructor
Nintendo Projects
- 2015 Mario vs. Donkey Kong Tipping Stars (WiiU & 3DS)
- 2013 MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG MINIS ON THE MOVE (3DS)
- 2012 CROSSWORDS PLUS (3DS)
- 2010 MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG MINI-LAND MAYHEM! (DS)
- 2010 Aura-Aura Climber (3DS)
- 2009 MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG MINIS MARCH AGAIN! (DSi)
- 2008 Crossword DS
- 2007 Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
- 2006 MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG 2 MARCH OF THE MINIS (DS)
- 2005 METROID PRIME HUNTERS (DS)
- 2004 Ridge Racer DS (DS)
- 2004 METROID PRIME HUNTERS FIST HUNT (DS)
- 2004 MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG (Game Boy Advance)"
- 2002 1080 (GameCube)
SEGA Projects
- 2001 SEGA SMASHPACK Vol.1
- 2000 Voice chat for DreamCast
- 1999 Alienfront Online (arcade)
- 1998 Geist Force (Dream Cast)
- 1997 FrogPond (Dream Cast)
- 1996 DIE HARD ARCADE (arcade)
- 1995 Comix Zone (Genesis)
- 1994 SONIC & KNUCKLES (Genesis)
- 1993 SONIC 3 (Genesis)
- 1992 TORNADO (arcade)
- 1992 SONIC 2 (Genesis)
- 1991 RIBBIT (arcade)
- 1990 Bonanza Bros. (arcade)
- 1990 I'Q SANG 21 (Black Jack for arcade)
- 1989 Shadow Dancer (arcade)
- 1988 Gain Ground (arcade)
- 1988 HOT ROD (arcade)
- 1987 Sonic Boom (arcade)
- 1987 Heavy Weight Champ (arcade)
Fun games make people happy!