- Born
- Died
- Tomonobu Itagaki was born on April 1, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a writer and producer, known for Dead or Alive 2: Ultimate (2004), Dead or Alive 3 (2001) and Dead or Alive 1: Ultimate (2004). He died on October 16, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Spouse?(? - October 16, 2025) (his death, 1 child)
- Sunglasses, black leather jacket and long black hair
- His sunglasses and long black hair.
- Former creator of Tecmo/Team Ninja's fighting video games, "Dead or Alive" and "Ninja Gaiden" reboot.
- A huge fan of the American rock n' roll music group Aerosmith.
- Has one daughter.
- Resigned from Tecmo Inc due to claiming unpaid bonuses and creative disputes. He later launched Valhalla Game Studios with several Team Ninja veterans, but the studio failed to replicate his past success.
- Rarely appeared in public without his sunglasses. He earned a reputation for his bold, confrontational personality and no-filter interviews.
- In other action games, the enemies are there for you to kill. In Ninja Gaiden, the enemies are there to kill you.
- We have smart intelligent enemies working in combination to attack you. Other games have lots of enemies, but they're all stupid enemies. They're just standing there so you can cut them, cut them up and you feel good. If you're gonna do that you might as well cut vegetables.
- I think the biggest problem with DMC4 is that the enemies really don't do anything, right? I wouldn't call them enemies, I'd call them targets.
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