is a Japanese

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and

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working for

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, where he currently is Senior Officer at

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. After he had graduated from the Visual Concept Planning Department of

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, he decided to enter the video game industry, and joined Nintendo in April 1986. At first, Tanabe was part of the Entertainment Analysis and Development division. He directed the platform games '' Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''

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'', and worked on the scripts for the action-adventures '' The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'' and '' The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''. In 2003, Tanabe moved to the Software Planning and Development division, where he became the manager of Production Group No. 3. Since then, he has become a producer, and has managed and overseen the development of external developed first party Nintendo video games, such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Chibi-Robo'' and other series.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanabe, Kensuke 1963 births Japanese video game designers Japanese video game directors Living people Metroid Nintendo people Japanese video game producers Paper Mario Video game writers