Masaaki Kukino

Masaaki Kukino (久木野 雅昭, Kukino Masaaki) is a Japanese video game producer. He worked for Konami and SNK Playmore.

Masaaki Kukino was born in Kurashiki, Okayama. He study to become a clothing/textile designer. While he was researching a number of fashion companies & clothing brands, actually he came across an interesting arcade game company. So, he started to work as a producer, a designer, a director, making side-scrolling beat 'em ups, sports, action, driving, and gun (shooting) arcade games. [1]

He is the producer of The King of Fighters XII and The King of Fighters XIII. [2] [3]

Masaaki Kukino leaves SNK Playmore in November 2010.

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