Hideo Yoshizawa

Hideo Yoshizawa (吉沢 秀雄, Yoshizawa Hideo^?) is a video game director, screenwriter, and producer. Prior to being employed by Namco, he worked for Tecmo and was involved in the original Ninja Gaiden trilogy for the Nintendo Entertainment System under the name "Sakurazaki".

As of April 2016, Yoshizawa has left Bandai Namco Studios and is now working freelance.

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