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Tomonobu Itagaki
Japanese video game designer
dead
- born
- 1967
- died
- 2025
- age at death
- 58
- known for
- video game developer, video game director, video game producer
1967 – 2025
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who tomonobu itagaki is
Tomonobu Itagaki was a Japanese video game designer best known for creating the Dead or Alive series and also reviving the Ninja Gaiden franchise in 2004. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
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