Shigefumi Hino is a graphics designer, game director

Game director

Game director may refer to:* Video game producer, the person in charge of overseeing development of a video game* Technical director, usually a senior technical person within creative group...

, and planner from Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

 EAD. He is known to be behind Yoshi

Yoshi

, is a fictional dragon-like character who appears in video games published by Nintendo. His debut was in Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as Mario and Luigi's sidekick , and he later established his own series with several platform and puzzle games, including Super...

 from the Yoshi franchise. Super Mario World

Super Mario World

, subtitled Super Mario Bros. 4 for its original Japanese release, is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo as a pack-in launch title for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System , and is the fourth game in the Super Mario series...

is the first game he worked on. Hino is the director of the Pikmin

Pikmin

is a strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube video game console in 2001. Pikmin is the first game in the Pikmin series of video games, and the third game for the Gamecube overall. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto. Pikmin was released on October 26, 2001...

series alongside Masamichi Abe

Masamichi Abe

is a video game director and planner for Nintendo Co., Ltd.Abe joined Nintendo Co., Ltd., EAD after a successful tenure at Namco Ltd. He is currently working with Nintendo Software Technology Corporation....

. In the Pikmin series, Hino has primarily focused on graphics design and was involved in character elements of the games, while Abe has primarily focused on gameplay design.