Masanao Arimoto

Masanao Arimoto

Games	A Link to the Past Link's Awakening The Wind Waker Four Swords Adventures The Wind Waker HD
Born	October 27th, 1966 Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Position	Background Designer Character Director Design Manager Graphic Design

Masanao Arimoto is a game developer who has worked for Nintendo since the late 1980's, first working on the Famicom Disk System title, Yūyūki, before then moving on to games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. His first work on the Zelda team came on A Link to the Past, where he worked alongside Tsuyoshi Watanabe as a Background Designer. He would later go on to work as an Character Director for Link's Awakening, a Design Manager for The Wind Waker and Four Swords Adventures. Arimoto would return to work on The Wind Waker HD, working with the Graphic Design team.

Release	Game	Credit(s)
1991	A Link to the Past	Back Ground Designer
1993	Link's Awakening	Character Director
2002	The Wind Waker	Design Manager
2004	Four Swords Adventures	Design Manager
2013	The Wind Waker HD	Graphic Design