Toyohisa Tanabe

Toyohisa Tanabe is a Japanese level-designer, producer, and video game director who is considered to be the flagship director to The King of Fighters series. He joined SNK in 1989 and worked on a number of their titles until their bankruptcy. He left the company in 2001 and was eventually hired by Nintendo. His more recent works include Kirby: Squeak Squad and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. He is sometimes credited as "Toyochan".

In an interview, he takes responsibility for the broken game balance during the years and apologizes.

SNK Works

 * Battle Chopper
 * Baseball Stars Professional
 * Alpha Mission 2
 * Quiz Meitantei Neo & Geo: Quiz Dai Sousa-sen Part 2
 * Art of Fighting - object designer
 * The King of Fighters series - ('94~00) level design, gaming mechanics, system director
 * The King of Fighters '97 - director
 * The King of Fighters '98 - director
 * The King of Fighters EX2 - special thanks