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'''Tsunekazu Ishihara''' (''Tsunekaz'' also seen; Japanese: 石原恒和 ''Ishihara Tsunekazu'', born on November 27, 1957) is president and CEO of [[The Pokémon Company]] and producer of Pokémon. He manages all aspects of the Pokémon franchise including the {{pkmn|anime}}, {{pkmn|games}},  and the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG]].
'''Ishihara''' (Japanese: '''Ｍｒ．イシハラ''' ''Mr. Ishihara'') is a [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon card]] collector. He is named and modeled after producer [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]].


Ishihara owns over 10,000 cards. He's also written many books about the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].
==History==
Ishihara graduated from the University of Tsukuba in 1983, with a masters in Art and Design. Soon after, he joined [[Nintendo]], where he was the producer in such titles as ''{{wp|EarthBound}}'' and ''{{smw|Mario's Picross}}''. His involvement with Pokémon started in the early 1990's, when he started helping with the development of {{game|Red and Green|s}}. Shortly after, he was inspired to create a trading card game based on the titles. In April of 1998, The Pokémon Company was established and Ishihara was given the position of representative director.  In 2001, he was named the president.


In {{Card GB}}, Ishihara can always be found in [[Mr. Ishihara's House|his house]] on the cape to the northwest after being told by someone in the game where he is. He will trade very rare promotional Pikachu cards to the player for rare colorless cards. In order, he will trade a {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Surfing Pikachu|28}} for a {{TCG ID|Jungle|Clefable|1}}, a {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Flying Pikachu|25}} for a {{TCG ID|Fossil|Ditto|3}}, and an alternate design {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Surfing Pikachu|28}} for a {{TCG ID|Base Set|Chansey|3}}. After all three trades have been completed, Ishihara will leave in search of someone who will give him the [[Phantom Cards]].
==Credits==
===Producer===
* [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]]
* [[Pokémon Yellow Version]]
* [[Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions]]
* [[Pokémon Crystal Version]]
* {{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}
* [[Pokémon Snap]]
* {{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}


In {{Card GB 2}}, Ishihara moves between his house and a new area, [[Mr. Ishihara's Villa|his villa]]. He will still trade cards with the player, but this time, he will be available to duel in his villa after all his trades are completed. He uses the {{TCG|Very Rare Card Deck}}, which contains many rare promotional cards.
===Executive producer===
* [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions]]
* [[Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire]]
* [[Pokémon Colosseum]]
* [[Pokémon Emerald Version]]
* [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]]
* [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions]]
* [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]]
* {{ga|Pokémon Ranger}}
* [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness]]
* [[Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]]
* [[Pokémon Trozei!]]
* [[Pokémon Conquest]]
* [[Pokémon anime|Pokémon TV series]]
* [[SS019|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!]]


{{Stub|Character}}
===Production supervisor===
{{Card GB NPCs}}
* [[Advanced Generation series|''Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation TV'' series]]
{{Project CharacterDex notice}}
* ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]''
* ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown]]''
* ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''
* ''[[PK10|Pikachu's PikaBoo]]''
* ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes]]''
* ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''
* ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]''
* ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''
* ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''


[[Category:Male characters]]
===Supervision===
[[Category:Characters named after real people]]
* ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''
* ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''
* ''[[PK17|Pikachu's Island Adventure]]''
 
==Trivia==
* Ishihara's favorite Pokémon is {{P|Exeggutor}} because he used it all throughout the debugging and testing of [[Pokémon Red and Green Versions]].
* The character [[Ishihara]] in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game (game)|Pokémon Trading Card Game GB]] is based on Tsunekazu Ishihara.
* A hidden Easter egg in {{game|Red and Green|s}} sets the rival's default name to Ishihara as soon as the game is turned on. This name does not appear in the default names list and is overwritten as soon as the player has a chance to choose a name.
* One of the default [[player]] names in [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|the Japanese Blue]] is '''Tsunekaz''', much as "Satoshi" is for Red and "Shigeru" is for Green.
** Similarly, one of the default [[rival]] names in [[Pokémon FireRed Version]] is '''Kaz''' (Japanese: ツネカズ ''Tsunekazu'').
 
==External links==
* [http://www.nikkei.co.jp/digitalcore/core/pdf/gis2005report_e.pdf Global Information Summit, "Creating Contents that Reach Deeply into Our Lifestyles"]
* [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article1906979.ece "Master of the Pocket Monster Universe puts success down to better experience" at Times Online]
* [http://spong.com/feature/10109598 "Tsunekazu Ishihara: The Pokémon Interview" at SPOnG]
* [http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/074/074973p1.html "ABC News Pokémon Chat Transcript" at IGN]
* [http://www.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/pokemondiamond/news.html?sid=6172003 "Q&A: Head Pokétrainer Tsunekazu Ishihara" at GameSpot]
* [http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/514/514962p1.html "E3 2004: The Pokémon Creators Speak" at IGN]
* [[Media:Tsunekaz Ishihara magazine interview.jpg|Magazine article on Ishihara]]
 
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[[Category:Game cast and crew]]
[[Category:Anime cast and crew]]
[[Category:People]]
 
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Revision as of 03:08, 25 February 2014

Tsunekazu Ishihara

Tsunekazu Ishihara (Tsunekaz also seen; Japanese: 石原恒和 Ishihara Tsunekazu, born on November 27, 1957) is president and CEO of The Pokémon Company and producer of Pokémon. He manages all aspects of the Pokémon franchise including the anime, games, and the TCG.

History

Ishihara graduated from the University of Tsukuba in 1983, with a masters in Art and Design. Soon after, he joined Nintendo, where he was the producer in such titles as EarthBound and Mario's Picross. His involvement with Pokémon started in the early 1990's, when he started helping with the development of Pokémon Red and Green. Shortly after, he was inspired to create a trading card game based on the titles. In April of 1998, The Pokémon Company was established and Ishihara was given the position of representative director. In 2001, he was named the president.

Credits

Producer

Executive producer

Production supervisor

Supervision

Trivia

External links

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