Keiji Inafune
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Keiji Inafune at Japan Expo 2012
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| Native name | 稲船 敬二 |
| Born |
May 8, 1965 Kishiwada, Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation | Video game producer, Illustrator |
| Years active | 1987-present |
Keiji Inafune (稲船 敬二 Inafune Keiji?, born 8 May 1965) is a Japanese video game producer, illustrator and businessman. Starting his career at Capcom in the late 1980s, he was an illustrator and artist of the Mega Man series during the NES and Super NES era, also creating the character Zero. Starting in 1996 with Mega Man 8, Inafune then moved onto the position of producer, and would act as producer for several subsequent Mega Man games. He then went on to be the head of Research & Development, in addition to Online Business and Global Head of Production at Capcom. Inafune was also a producer of the Lost Planet, Dead Rising and Onimusha series.
After leaving Capcom in 2010, Inafune founded his own companies Comcept and Intercept, where he is CEO. At Comcept and at Intercept, Inafune is the creator of Mighty No. 9 and the upcoming Red Ash: The Indelible Legend games. In many early game credits, he uses the name "INAFKING". Since founding Comcept, he is often given the credit of "Comceptor".
Born in Kishiwada, Osaka, 22-year-old Keiji joined the Capcom corporation not long after graduating, in 1987, in search of a job as an illustrator. His first assignment as graphic designer was Street Fighter (1987), and the character Adon was the only one fully designed by him.
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