Masahiro Ueno

Masahiro "Mitch" Ueno (上野正博 Ueno Masahiro^?), 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.

He is also known for being a producer at Konami for the Frogger series in the 2000s. More recently, he has been working on the MySims series by Electronic Arts.

Education[]

Kindai University
Bachelor of Engineering, Reactor Engineering
(1983 - 1987)

Game credits[]

Business[]

Time Pilot (1982) (franchise director)

Production[]

MySims: Cozy Bundle (2025) (production team)
MySims: SkyHeroes (2010) (senior producer)
MySims: SkyHeroes (2010) (senior producer)
MySims: Agents (2009) (senior producer)
MySims: Party (2009) (senior producer)
MySims: Racing (2009) (senior producer)
SimCity Creator (2008) (senior producer)
MySims (2007) (production team)
Frogger: Helmet Chaos (2005) (producer)
Frogger: Ancient Shadow (2005) (producer)
Frogger: Helmet Chaos (2005) (producer)
Frogger: Ancient Shadow (2005) (producer)
Lost in Blue (2005) (producer)
Frogger's Journey: The Forgotten Relic (2003) (producer)
Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue (2003) (producer)
Frogger's Adventures 2: The Lost Wand (2002) (producer)
Dance Dance Revolution (2002) (producer)
Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced (2002) (producer)
Motocross Maniacs Advance (2002) (producer)
Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra (2002) (producer)
Jurassic Park III: The DNA Factor (2001) (production manager)
ESPN MLS Extra Time (2001) (production manager)
AirForce Delta (2000) (producer)
Spawn (1999) (producer)
Bottom of the 9th (1999) (supervisor)
Bottom of the 9th '99 (1998) (supervisor)
Lethal Enforcers I & II (1997) (director)
Bottom of the 9th (1996) (supervisor)
Bottom of the 9th (1996) (supervisor)
Bottom of the 9th '97 (1996) (supervisor)
Lethal Enforcers (1993) (director)
Lethal Enforcers (1993) (director)
Super Castlevania IV (1991) (total 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)

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Ueno married the lead artist of Super Castlevania IV, who is credited under the name "Nyankun Hara".

External links[]

IMDb
LinkedIn
MobyGames - Source of the 'Game credits' section.
Masahiro Ueno at the Contra Wiki
Masahiro Ueno at the Frogger Wiki