Masahiro "Mitch" Ueno, also known as "Jun Furano", is a video game designer, programmer, producer and product manager. He was the lead director of games such as Super Castlevania IV and the Famicom version of Metal Gear, as well as team leader of Contra III: The Alien Wars and Axelay.
Education[]
Kindai University
Bachelor of Engineering, Reactor Engineering
(1983 - 1987)
Game credits[]
Business[]
- Time Pilot (1982) (franchise director)
Production[]
- MySims (2007) (production team)
- Lost in Blue (2005) (producer)
- Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced (2002) (producer)
- Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra (2002) (producer)
- Motocross Maniacs Advance (2002) (producer)
- Jurassic Park III: The DNA Factor (2001) (production manager)
- AirForce Delta (2000) (producer)
- Spawn (1999) (producer)
- Bottom of the 9th '99 (1998) (supervisor)
- Dance Dance Revolution (1998) (producer)
- Lethal Enforcers I & II (1997) (director)
- Lethal Enforcers (1992) (director)
Design[]
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994) (director)
- Super Castlevania IV (1991) (director)
- Contra (1987) (franchise director)
Programming/Engineering[]
- Spawn (1999) (programmer)
- Mōryō Senki Madara 2 (1993) (direction and main programmer)
- Lethal Enforcers (1992) (programmer)
- Base Wars - Cyber Stadium Series (1991) (main programmer)
- Super Castlevania IV (1991) (main programmer)
- Mōryō Senki Madara (1990) (programmer (プログラム))
- Metal Gear (1987) (assistant programming)
- Track & Field II (1984) (programmer)
Video/Cinematics[]
- Lethal Enforcers I & II (1997) (cast)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994) (cast)
Localization[]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction (2004) (localized by KONAMI HAWAII)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (2003) (localized by KONAMI HAWAII)
Support[]
- Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992) (technical advice)
Thanks[]
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010) (special thanks)
- The Sims: Castaway Stories (2008) (special thanks)
- TMNT: Mutant Melee (2005) (special thanks)
- Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix 2 (2004) (special thanks)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) (special thanks)
- Frogger Beyond (2002) (special thanks)
- Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog (2001) (special thanks)
- Dance Dance Revolution (1998) (special thanks)
- Broken Helix (1997) (special thanks)
- Animaniacs (1994) (special thanks)
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994) (special thanks)
Other[]
- Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters (1994) (development staff)
Interviews[]
Play interview (2003)[]
Play (issue #20)
Play "Super Castlevania IV" interview (2013)[]
Retro Gamer (issue #119)
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Gallery[]
Mr. Ueno in 2015.
Trivia[]
- Ueno married the lead artist of Super Castlevania IV, who is credited under the name "Nyankun Hara".
See also[]
- Super Castlevania IV - Castlevania video game Mr. Ueno was Director of (credited as "Jun Furano").