Shinji Mikami

Shinji Mikami (三上 真司, Mikami Shinji, born August 11, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer best known for creating the survival horror series Resident Evil. He also contributed to some of Capcom's most popular post-32-bit era franchises, including Viewtiful Joe, Devil May Cry, and Ace Attorney, where he served as an executive producer. He was also the creator of the third-person shooter games Resident Evil 4 and Vanquish. After working with PlatinumGames, he started his own studio Tango Gameworks, which has been acquired by the American company ZeniMax Media.

Career

Early years (1990–1994)

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 Nintendo.Aladdin was his first hit, selling over 1.75 million units worldwide. Mikami also worked on an untitled F1 racing game that was canceled by the company after eight months of development.