Toshinobu Matsumiya

Toshinobu Matsumiya (Japanese: 松宮稔展 Matsumiya Toshinobu) is a scenario writer who works on Game Freak. He has been credited in many core series games.

Game credits

• Pokémon Yellow (1998) - Game Scenario
• Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999) - Game Scenario
• Pokémon Crystal (2000) - Game Scenario, Pokédex Text
• Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002) - Game Scenario
• Pokémon Emerald (2004) - Scenario
• Nonono Puzzle Chalien (2005) - Text
• Pokémon Ranger (2006) - Game Scenario
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006) - Plot Scenario, Game Scenario
• Pokémon Platinum (2008) - Game Design, Plot Scenario, Game Scenario, Pokédex Text
• Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) - Game Design, Game Scenario, Pokédex Text
• Pokémon Black and White (2010) - Scenario, Dialogue Design (Lead)
• Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012) - Scenario, Pokémon Concept & Pokédex Text, Game Design Lead, Text, Pokémon World Tournament Design
• Pokémon Dream Radar (2012) - Concept Design
• Pokémon X and Y (2013) - Scenario, Game Dialogue Design (Lead)
• Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) - Scenario, Pokémon Concept & Pokédex Text, Game Dialogue Design
• Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (2017) - Scenario, Sub Scenario, Movie Design, Game Text Localization Support
• Pokémon Masters EX (2019) - Setting Support
• Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019) - Main Scenario
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (2022) - Main Scenario
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (2023) - World, Pokémon and Human Planning

Trivia

• One of the default names for Barry in the Japanese version of Pokémon Diamond is トシノブ Toshinobu, a reference to Matsumiya.
• According to Matsumiya, Hilbert and Hilda were initially visualized to be at the age of 16.
• Matsumiya posted the chronology of the core series games on Twitter in May 2014, but the tweet was deleted shortly after.^[1] No further comments on the chronology or deletion of the tweet have been made by Game Freak staff members.

External links

• Matsumiya's Twitter page (Japanese)

References

This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.