Hisashi Nogami
| Full name | Nogami Hisashi |
| Native name | 野上 恒 (のがみ ひさし) |
| Born | 1971 (age 53 or 54) Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Role(s) | Producer of the Splatoon series Deputy general manager of Nintendo Co, Ltd. |
| First game | Splatoon |
| Latest game | Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass |
Hisashi Nogami is a Nintendo employee and producer for Splatoon, Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3.
Biography
As a child, Hisashi Nogami collected cards.[1]
In college Nogami would play a lot of fighting games, such as Virtua Fighter and Street Fighter 2,[2] but he also had a fascination for Nintendo games like Super Mario World which came out during his freshmen year of college. Later on in his college career Nogami would attend the Game Seminar, an event that Nintendo and Dentsu hosted in order to teach students about game development. Nogami graduated in March of 1994 and joined Nintendo EAD that very same month as a designer for Yoshi's Island.[3]
During his time at Nintendo Nogami would go on to direct many of the games in the Animal Crossing series and assist in the development of the Wii and Wii U's system functions. It was while he was directing the WaraWara Plaza that Nogami met Seita Inoue, who would later become the art director of the Splatoon series.[4]
In 2019 Nogami was appointed to the position of Deputy General Manger at Nintendo EPD where he remains employed to this day.[5]
Work in Splatoon
| Title | Credit |
|---|---|
| Splatoon | Producer |
| Splatoon 2 | |
| Octo Expansion | |
| Splatoon 3 | |
| Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass |
Squid Research Lab
When giving presentations about the Splatoon series, and for promotional events, he often takes on the persona of a researcher at the fictional Squid Research Lab, by dressing in a white lab coat and dark sunglasses. As part of acting out this character he also makes squid-related puns by replacing/emphasizing the sound いか with its homophone イカ, "squid", most commonly イカがですか ("How are you?") and イカした ("It was lively / energetic").
Other credits
| Title | Credit |
|---|---|
| Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | Character Designer |
| BS Zelda no Densetsu | Graphic Designer |
| Super Mario 64 | CG Illustrator |
| Tetris Attack | Design Advisor |
| Mario Kart 64 | CG Character Designer |
| Yoshi's Story | CG Designer |
| Banjo-Kazooie | Word Swopping (Japanese version) |
| Animal Crossing | Director |
| Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | Map Support |
| Yoshi Topsy-Turvy | Supervisor |
| Yoshi Touch & Go | Special Thanks |
| Animal Crossing: Wild World | Director |
| Mii Channel | |
| Wii Play | Mii Support |
| Wii Sports | |
| Yoshi's Island DS | Supervisor |
| WarioWare: Smooth Moves | Mii Support |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Supervisor |
| Animal Crossing: City Folk | Director |
| Personal Trainer: Walking | Mii Support |
| Tomodachi Collection | |
| Nintendo 3DS | |
| WaraWara Plaza | Director |
| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U | Supervisor |
| Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer | Producer |
| Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo | |
| Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp | Supervisor |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Producer |
Gallery
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Nogami as a Squid Research Lab member, posing in front of the research vessel Yokosuka at JAMSTEC HQ.
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Nogami at the Yokosuka's helm.
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Nogami admiring a model of the CHIKYU.
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Nogami at E3 2018, making the Octo Expansion "8" pose in front of a poster of the Expansion.
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Nogami admiring a model of the Splatoon design of the Splattershot.
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Nogami playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the Inkling fighter on Moray Towers.
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Another view of the same scene.
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Shintaro Sato, Yusuke Amano, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, and Nogami at Splatoon Koshien 2016.
Trivia
- The Goonies from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island were designed by Nogami.[3]
- Nogami voted for Callie during Splatoon’s final Splatfest.[6]
External links
- Hisashi Nogami on Wikipedia
- Hisashi Nogami on Nookipedia
Interviews
English
Iwata Asks - Wii Channels - Page 4. Aiming For Worldwide Mii Communication - 14 September 2006 (Nintendo)- Iwata Asks - Animal Crossing: City Folk - 13 November 2008 (Nintendo)
- Iwata Asks - Splatoon - 21 May 2015 (Nintendo)
- Splatoon devs share background info on stages, talk about the end of updates, more - 26 December 2015 (Nintendo Everything)
- Cats or dogs? Rollers or Splat Chargers? Find out how the Splatoon producers voted in our exclusive interview! - 5 October 2016 (Nintendo of Europe)
- Learn all about Splatoon’s unique style in our exclusive interview! - 12 October 2016 (Nintendo of Europe)
Splatoon 2 - Meet the Developers - Electric Playground - 27 June 2017 (Electric Playground Network - EPN)- Nintendo on giving Splatoon 2 another fresh lick of paint - 22 December 2017 (Eurogamer)
- Splatoon’s Burning Questions Finally Answered - 26 March 2018 (Game Informer) [Internet archive]
- Splatoon Producer Talks Octo Expansion, Biggie And Tupac References, And Super Smash Bros. - 26 March 2018 (Game Informer) [Internet archive]
- What "Dark Nintendo" Means, According To Splatoon’s Producer - 27 March 2018 (GameSpot)
- 36 Rapid Fire Questions w/ Hisashi Nogami & Kosuke Yabuki – Nintendo Minute - Originally published on 30 March 2018 (Nintendo) [reuploaded by Nintendo 2]
- Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion Dev. Talk - ft. Mr. Nogami - 2 May 2018 (Nintendo of America)
- What do Squid Kids Eat? Splatoon’s Producer Explains - 15 June 2018 (Kotaku)
- Interview: Hisashi Nogami on Squids, Kids, and Splatoon 2’s Octo Expansion - 27 June 2018 (Nintendo Life)
- Splatoon 2 interview - Producer Hisashi Nogami over de Octo Expansion en Animal Crossing - 4 July 2018 (InsideGamer)
- Splatoon 2 dev on jellyfish lore, New York subway inspiration for Octo Expansion, process of making new content, lots more - 11 August 2018 (Nintendo Everything)
- Splatoon 2 – Developer Interview with Nintendo AUNZ (Nintendo Switch) - 17 August 2018 (NintendoAU)
- We Forced Splatoon 2 Producer to Eat British Food, and We Regret Nothing - 23 November 2018 (Nintendo Life)
- Super Mario World & Yoshi's Island Developer Interview - 14 January 2019 (Nintendo) [Wayback Machine archive]
- Mr Nogami and Mr Takahashi discuss the making of Splatoon at the V&A Museum - 22 January 2019 (Nintendo UK)
- Splatoon 2 producer on the game’s second year, final Splatfest, future, more - 3 August 2019 (Nintendo Everything)
- Ask the Developer Vol. 7, Splatoon 3 - 7 September 2022 (Nintendo)
Spanish
- Splatoon’s Art Inspired by Mexico - 19 June 2018 (Atomix)
Japanese
- Splatoon Developer Interview - 17 February 2015 (famitsu)
- The Secrets of Splatoon’s Fresh Design PART 1 - 5 August 2015 (Mynavi)
- English translation by rassicas
- The Secrets of Splatoon’s Fresh Design PART 2 - 6 August 2015 (Mynavi)
- English translation by rassicas and taikowasa
- Splatoon Developer Staff Interview - 8 September 2015 (famitsu)
- Splatoon Developer and Sound Staff Interview - 10 September 2015 (famitsu)
- English translation by @3600frames on tumblr
- A long interview with the developer of Splatoon 2 - 30 September 2017 (Dengeki Online)
- Splatoon 2 Staff Interview - 1 March 2018 (famitsu)
- English translation by u/nimted on Reddit, Splattwig, and rassicas
- Splatoon 2 Anniversary + Octo Expansion Staff Interview - 21 July 2018 (famitsu)
- English translation by Nintendo Everything, Splattwig, Octopl+s, and rassicas
- Hisashi Nogami on Splatoon 2’s Second Anniversary - 28 July 2019 (famitsu)
English summary by @rassicas on Twitter
- Splatoon 3 Half-a-year After Launch Developer Interview - 15 May 2023 (famitsu)
- English translation by rassicas
References
- ↑ Ask the Developer Vol. 7, Splatoon 3-Part 2 - 7 September 2022 (Nintendo)
- ↑ Splatoon 2 - Meet the Developers - Electric Playground - 27 June 2017 (Electric Playground Network - EPN)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Super Mario World & Yoshi's Island Developer Interview - 14 January 2019 (Nintendo) [Wayback Machine archive]
- ↑ Iwata Asks - Splatoon - 21 May 2015 (Nintendo)
- ↑ Eiji Aonuma And Multiple Others Have Been Promoted At Nintendo - 15 June 2019 (Nintendo Life)
- ↑ Cats or dogs? Rollers or Splat Chargers? Find out how the Splatoon producers voted in our exclusive interview! - 5 October 2016 (Nintendo of Europe)
