Kensuke Tanabe
田邊 賢輔
Tanabe atE3 2013
Born	(1963-01-26)January 26, 1963 (age 62) Ikeda, Osaka, Japan[1]
Alma mater	Osaka University of Arts
Occupation(s)	Video game producer,designer
Employer	Nintendo (1986–present)
Notable work	Super Mario The Legend of Zelda Metroid Prime Chibi-Robo!
Title	Manager atNintendo SPD Production Group No. 3 (2004–2015) Manager atNintendo EPD Production Group No. 6 (2015–2019) Senior Officer at Nintendo EPD (2019–present)

Kensuke Tanabe (田邊 賢輔,Tanabe Kensuke; born January 26, 1963)^[2] is a Japanesevideo game producer anddesigner working forNintendo, where he currently is Senior Officer atNintendo EPD.

After he had graduated from the Visual Concept Planning Department ofOsaka University of Arts, he decided to enter the video game industry, and joined Nintendo in April 1986.^[1][3]

At first, Tanabe was part of theEntertainment Analysis and Development division.^[4] He directed the platform gamesYume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic andSuper Mario Bros. 2, and worked on the scripts for the action-adventuresThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past andThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.^[3][4] In 2003, Tanabe moved to theSoftware Planning and Development division, where he became the manager of Production Group No. 3.^[1][4] Since then, he has become a producer, and has managed and overseen the development of externally developed first party Nintendo video games, such asMetroid Prime,Donkey Kong Country,Paper Mario,Chibi-Robo and other series.^[3]

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