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Noritaka Funamizu
Noritaka Funamizu
船水紀孝
Born	December 14, 1965 (age 59); Japan
Occupation(s)	Video game designer, director, producer
Years active	1985–present
Employer(s)	Capcom (1985–2004); Crafts & Meister (2004–present)

Noritaka Funamizu (船水紀孝, Funamizu Noritaka, born December 14, 1965), sometimes credited as Poo,^[1] is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer formerly employed by Capcom. In 2004, he left Capcom to help found Crafts & Meister.

Career

Funamizu was employed by Capcom in 1985. Prior to that, he wrote for Beep as a part-time contributor until he was invited into the company by senior staff. When he joined Capcom, he befriended fellow Capcom designer Yoshiki Okamoto while playing a game of catchball. During the late 1980s and up until the mid-1990s, Funamizu designed and co-designed several of the company's arcade games, including games in the Street Fighter series^[2] (particularly Super Street Fighter II and the Street Fighter Alpha series).

Funamizu was later promoted to General Manager of Capcom's Production Studio 1 which produced several of the company's arcade and consumer titles. He, along with producer Katsuhiro Sudo left Capcom in April 2004 to form Crafts & Meister.^[3]

Works

Year	Title	Credited as
1985	Gun Smoke	character design
1986	Side Arms Hyper Dyne	game designer
1987	1943: The Battle of Midway
1988	Forgotten Worlds
1989	Dynasty Wars
1989	U.N. Squadron	planner
1990	1941: Counter Attack	planner
	Mega Twins	director
	Nemo	planner
1991	Street Fighter II	special thanks
1992	Varth: Operation Thunderstorm	director
1993	Cadillacs and Dinosaurs	special thanks
	The Punisher	director
	Saturday Night Slam Masters	special thanks
	Super Street Fighter II	planner
1994	Super Street Fighter II Turbo	planner
	Armored Warriors	special advisor
	X-Men: Children of the Atom	planner
1995	Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams	planner
1996	Street Fighter Alpha 2	planner producer
	Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo	general producer
	Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
	Star Gladiator
	X-Men vs. Street Fighter
	Mega Man 8
	Red Earth
1997	Street Fighter III: New Generation
	Battle Circuit
	Vampire Savior
	Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
	Capcom Sports Club
	Mega Man X4
	Mega Man Battle & Chase
	Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix
	Street Fighter III 2nd Impact
	Breath of Fire III
1998	Marvel vs. Capcom
	JoJo's Venture
	Street Fighter EX2	motion designer
	Resident Evil 2	general producer
	Street Fighter Alpha 3	planner general producer
	Mega Man & Bass	general producer
	Plasma Sword	producer
	Tech Romancer	general producer
1999	Jojo's Bizarre Adventure	general producer
	Giga Wing	executive producer
	Street Fighter III 3rd Strike	general producer
	Strider 2
	Resident Evil 3
	SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium	supervisor
	SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash	special thanks
	Power Stone	general producer
	Magical Tetris Challenge
	The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
	Dino Crisis
2000	Spawn: In the Demon's Hand
	Project Justice
	Power Stone 2
	Breath of Fire IV	executive producer
	Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes	general producer
	Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000
	Resident Evil: Code Veronica
2001	One Piece Mansion
	Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon
	Capcom vs. SNK 2
	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages	producer
	Heavy Metal: Geomatrix	general producer
2002	GioGio no Kimyō na Bōken: Ōgon no Kaze
2002	Auto Modellista
2003	Hyper Street Fighter II	executive director
	Gotcha Force	general producer
	Devil May Cry 2	executive producer
	Chaos Legion	supervisor
	Resident Evil Outbreak	executive producer
2004	Monster Hunter	executive producer
2004	Resident Evil Outbreak File #2	event planner
2005	Super Dragon Ball Z	executive director
2011	Earth Seeker	designer

References

Studio Bent Stuff (September 2000). All About Capcom Head-to-Head Fighting Game. A.A. Game History Series (Vol. 1) (in Japanese). Dempa Publications, Inc. ISBN 4-88554-676-1.