Kyogoku Clan
Kyogoku may refer to: * Kyōgoku, Hokkaidō, a town on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō * Kyōgoku clan, a Japanese clan * Aya Kyōgoku, a video game developer currently working at Nintendo is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade playing cards ...

Kyōgoku Clan
The were a Japanese ''daimyō'' clan which rose to prominence during the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Edo period, Edo periods. The clan descend from the Emperor Uda, Uda Minamoto clan, Genji through the Sasaki clan.Papinot, Jacques. (2003)''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 27–28./ref> The name derives from the Kyōgoku quarter of Kyoto during the Heian period.Iwao, Seiichi ''et al.'' (2002) ''Dictionnaire historique du Japon'', p. 1704./ref> The Kyōgoku acted as ''shugo'' (governors) of Ōmi Province, Ōmi, Hida Province, Hida, Izumo Province, Izumo and Oki Provinces in the period before the Ōnin War. A period of decline in clan fortunes was mitigated with the rise of the Tokugawa clan. Members of the clan were ''daimyōs'' of territories on the islands of Kyūshū and Shikoku during the Edo period. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the Kyōgoku were identified as ''Tozama daimyō, tozama'' or outsiders, in contrast with the ''Fudai daimyō, fudai'' or insider ''daimyō'' clans which ...
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Aya Kyogoku
is a Japanese video game director and producer. She is the current manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD) Group No. 5, which oversees the ''Animal Crossing'', ''Splatoon'', and ''Wii Sports'' franchises. Kyogoku is best known for her work on ''Animal Crossing'', where she has alternately served as a producer, director, and supervisor since 2008. Career Kyogoku began her career in 2000 at the video game company Atlus before joining Nintendo in September 2003. While at Atlus, she served as an Assistant Planner for the Dreamcast title '' deSPIRIA'' and Assistant Director for the PlayStation 2 title '' Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land'' before moving to Nintendo. At Nintendo, Kyogoku worked as a scriptwriter on '' The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures'' and '' The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'', work for which she won a Game Developers Choice Award. In 2008, she worked as a sequence director on '' Animal Crossing: City Folk'', where she was ...
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