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NOBORU HOTTA
Creative Director & Founder of Core 8 Inc.

25 years of experience in the game industry as a Video Game Director, Artist, Designer. Worked for Konami, SEGA and Q Entertainment, he founded Grounding Inc. in Tokyo. In 2019, after 12 years of contribution as CCO and creative director for Grounding Inc., I founded Core 8 Inc. to pursue my long time dream to create my own original game. My goal is to create games that are unique and make the world happy.

Console Games
1999 – pop’n music (Art Director)
2001 – Rez (Graphic Artist)
2004 – Astro Boy (Art Director)
2004 – Lumines: Puzzle Fusion (Graphic Designer)
2005 – Meteos (Art Director)
2009 – PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit (Art Director)
2010 – MIND TEN (Art Director)
2012 – Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword (Director)
2013 – Crimson Dragon (Graphic Artist)
2013 – Nintendoji (Director)
2016 – Rez Infinite (Game Adviser / Graphic Artist)
2018～2020 – The Good Life (Art Director)
2020 – Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! (Director)

Mobile Games
2011 – Space Battleship Yamato (Art Director)
2014 – Machi Koro (Art Director)
2016 – Black Night Strikers (Art Director, Illustration)
2018 – JoJo’s Pitter-Patter Pop! (Art Adviser)

Board Games
2012 – Machi Koro (Art Director, Illustration)
2012 – Sukimono (Art Director, Illustration)
2013 – Candy Chaser (Art Director, Illustration)
2013 – Diamonsters (Art Director, Illustration)