Shinji Mikami
| Shinji Mikami 三上 真司 |
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| Born |
August 11, 1965 Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Video game designer, game director, game producer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Title | Founder and CEO of Tango Gameworks |
| Website | tangogameworks |
Shinji Mikami (三上 真司 Mikami Shinji?, born August 11, 1965) is a Japanese video game director and producer. Starting his career at Capcom in 1990, he went on to direct many of the company's biggest titles. He directed the first installment of the survival horror series Resident Evil in 1996 and the first installment of Dino Crisis in 1999. He returned to Resident Evil to direct the remake of the first game in 2002. He returned to direct third person shooter Resident Evil 4 in 2005. The last game he directed at Capcom was 2006's God Hand, a third person brawler. He then worked with PlatinumGames to direct the third person shooter Vanquish in 2010. After that he started his own studio called Tango Gameworks. Under that company he directed the third person horror game The Evil Within. The company has since been acquired by the American company ZeniMax Media.
He has also served the roles of producer and executive producer for many games a well.
Mikami graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at Doshisha University, where he majored in the study of merchandise. He joined Capcom in 1990 and soon after created his first title there, a quiz game for the Game Boy titled Capcom Quiz: Hatena? no Daibōken, which took over three months to develop. His following three games were all based on Disney-licensed properties: Who Framed Roger Rabbit for the Game Boy, and Aladdin and Goof Troop for the Super NES.Aladdin was his first hit, selling over 1.75 million units worldwide. Mikami also worked on Super Lap, an unreleased F1 racing game for the Game Boy that was scheduled to be released in 1992, but was canceled after eight months of development.
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