Masaaki Kukino
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is a Japanese video game producer. He worked for Konami
and SNK Playmore
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Masaaki Kukino was born in Kurashiki, Okayama
. He study to become a clothing/textile designer. While he was researching a number of fashion companies & clothing brands, actually he came across an interesting arcade game company. So, he started to work as a producer, a designer, a director, making side-scrolling beat 'em ups, sports, action, driving, and gun (shooting) arcade games. http://www.gametrailers.com/newsletter/communityNewsletter7-30-09postcon.html
He is the producer of The King of Fighters XII
and The King of Fighters XIII
. http://www.jeuxactu.com/exclu-tgs-09-kukino-evoque-kof-xiii-40155.htm http://www.neoempire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8016
Masaaki Kukino leaves SNK Playmore
in November 2010.
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
and SNK Playmore
SNK Playmore
SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986....
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Masaaki Kukino was born in Kurashiki, Okayama
Kurashiki, Okayama
is a historic city located to the west of Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea.As of April 2010, the city has a population of 473,392. The total area is .-History:...
. He study to become a clothing/textile designer. While he was researching a number of fashion companies & clothing brands, actually he came across an interesting arcade game company. So, he started to work as a producer, a designer, a director, making side-scrolling beat 'em ups, sports, action, driving, and gun (shooting) arcade games. http://www.gametrailers.com/newsletter/communityNewsletter7-30-09postcon.html
He is the producer of The King of Fighters XII
The King of Fighters XII
is the twelfth installment of The King of Fighters series. SNK Playmore announced that it is abandoning the Atomiswave system and is moving its most popular game franchises to the Taito Type X2 arcade system. KOF XII uses newly-drawn 2D sprites on 2D backgrounds...
and The King of Fighters XIII
The King of Fighters XIII
is the latest installment of The King of Fighters fighting game series developed and published by SNK Playmore. The game is set after the events from The King of Fighters XI and is also the conclusion of Ash Crimson's story arc, which started in The King of Fighters 2003...
. http://www.jeuxactu.com/exclu-tgs-09-kukino-evoque-kof-xiii-40155.htm http://www.neoempire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8016
Masaaki Kukino leaves SNK Playmore
SNK Playmore
SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986....
in November 2010.