{{nihongo|'''Satoshi Tajiri'''|田尻智|''Tajiri Satoshi''|lead=yes|extra=born August 28, 1965 he is 14 <ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://stars.ign.com/objects/917/917976_biography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105234523/http://www.ign.com/stars/satoshi-tajiri|archive-date=5 November 2016|title=Satoshi Tajiri Biography|year=2010|publisher=[[IGN]]. [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]]|url-status=dead|access-date=27 January 2010}}</ref>}} is a Japanese video [[game designer]] and [[Creative director|director]] best known for being the creator of the ''[[Pokémon]]'' franchise and one of the founders, and president of video game developer [[Game Freak]]. A fan of [[arcade game]]s, Tajiri wrote for and edited his own video gaming [[fanzine]] ''Game Freak'' with [[Ken Sugimori]], before evolving it into a development company of the same name. Tajiri claims that the joining of two [[Game Boy]]s via a link cable inspired him to create a game which embodied the collection and companionship of his childhood hobby, [[insect collecting]]. The game, which became ''[[Pokémon Red]]'' and ''[[Pokémon Green]]'', took six years to complete and went on to spark a multibillion-dollar franchise which reinvigorated [[Nintendo]]'s [[Handheld game console|handheld gaming]] scene. Tajiri continued to work as director for the ''Pokémon'' series until the development of [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|''Pokémon Ruby'' and ''Sapphire'']], when he changed his role to executive producer, which he holds to this day.
Tajiri has also worked for other Game Freak projects. He was also an executive producer on the live-action film ''[[Detective Pikachu (film)|Detective Pikachu]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pokémon Detective Pikachu |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/pokemon-detective-pikachu/details |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref>
