Kenji Eno

Kenji Eno (飯野賢治^?, Iino Kenji; 5 maggio 1970 – 20 febbraio 2013) è stato un compositore giapponese.

Autore dei videogiochi del genere survival horror D, D2 e Enemy Zero, ha fondato le software house EIM, WARP e From Yellow to Orange.

Ha inoltre collaborato con Coca-Cola Company e NTT DoCoMo per la realizzazione di distributori automatici controllabili tramite cellulari.^[1]^[2]

A Kenji Eno è attribuita la creazione del nome e del logo della console Dreamcast.^[3]

Nel 2013, in seguito alla sua scomparsa, ha ricevuto il premio CEDEC come sviluppatore di videogiochi, nonostante l'ultima sua opera risalisse a 13 anni prima.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Note

^ Bettenhausen, p. 9.
^ (EN) Kenji Eno and Hideto in front of the Coca-cola "C-Mode" machine they were programming.
^ (EN) John Szczepaniak, Interview with Katsutoshi Eguchi, in The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers, SMG Szczepaniak, 4 agosto 2014, ISBN 978-0992926021.
«Kenji Eno actually came up with the name Dreamcast, and the spiral logo. He submitted the name and design anonymously.»
^ (JA) CEDEC AWARDS 2013, su CEDEC 2013.
^ (EN, JA) Ryo Suzuki, スカラーシップ感想文2013_02, su IGDA日本IF.
«At the CEDEC AWARD 2013 ceremony, Mr. Kenji Eno, who had a huge effect on society and game creators and who sadly passed away earlier this year, was given a game design prize with a majority of votes.»
^ (EN) John Szczepaniak, Interview with Katsutoshi Eguchi, in The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers, SMG Szczepaniak, 4 agosto 2014, ISBN 978-0992926021.
«The award is given for the best designer of the year, so generally speaking it’s for games released in the last year. It’s given to whoever contributed the most, or someone who has really been outstanding in that field. For somebody who hasn’t released a major game in 13 years to win is unbelievable.»

Bibliografia

(EN) Shane Bettenhausen, James Mielke, Kenji Eno: Reclusive Japanese Game Creator Breaks His Silence from 1UP.com, su 1UP.com, agosto 2008 (archiviato dall'url originale il 29 luglio 2014).

Altri progetti

Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Kenji Iino

Collegamenti esterni

(JA) Sito ufficiale, su blog.neoteny.com.
(EN) Kenji Eno, su MobyGames, Blue Flame Labs.
(EN) Kenji Eno (musica per videogiochi e anime), su VGMdb.net.
(EN) Kenji Eno, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
(EN) Kenji Eno, su IMDb, IMDb.com.
(EN) Feel the different culture on the backside of the Earth, su Core Gamers, 21 agosto 2008.
(EN) John Szczepaniak, Kenji Eno's WARP and the D Legacy, su Hardcore Gaming 101, 28 novembre 2010. URL consultato il 19 dicembre 2015 (archiviato dall'url originale il 28 luglio 2016).

Controllo di autorità	VIAF (EN) 297000115 · Europeana agent/base/22243 · LCCN (EN) no2010135006 · NDL (EN, JA) 00556868

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[1] Bettenhausen, p. 9.

[2] (EN) Kenji Eno and Hideto in front of the Coca-cola "C-Mode" machine they were programming.

[3] (EN) John Szczepaniak, Interview with Katsutoshi Eguchi, in The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers, SMG Szczepaniak, 4 agosto 2014, ISBN 978-0992926021.
«Kenji Eno actually came up with the name Dreamcast, and the spiral logo. He submitted the name and design anonymously.»

[4] (JA) CEDEC AWARDS 2013, su CEDEC 2013.

[5] (EN, JA) Ryo Suzuki, スカラーシップ感想文2013_02, su IGDA日本IF.
«At the CEDEC AWARD 2013 ceremony, Mr. Kenji Eno, who had a huge effect on society and game creators and who sadly passed away earlier this year, was given a game design prize with a majority of votes.»

[6] (EN) John Szczepaniak, Interview with Katsutoshi Eguchi, in The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers, SMG Szczepaniak, 4 agosto 2014, ISBN 978-0992926021.
«The award is given for the best designer of the year, so generally speaking it’s for games released in the last year. It’s given to whoever contributed the most, or someone who has really been outstanding in that field. For somebody who hasn’t released a major game in 13 years to win is unbelievable.»

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