Draft:Kazunari Yonemitsu

Kazunari Yonemitsu (米光一成, Yonemitsu Kazunari) (born December 22, 1964) is a Japanese video game creator, writer, illustrator, former Compile employee, former professor at School of Film and New Media at Ritsumeikan University, full-time professor at Digital Hollywood University, judge for the Japan Media Arts Festival which is organized by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs (from the 18th (2014) until the 20th (2017)), and executive committee member of the Japan Translation Awards. In the past, He is best known for establishing an independent Japanese video game company Sting in 1989 and the creation of the Puyo Puyo series (which is originally owned by Compile, but now owned by Sega, since 1998) at Compile. After Yonemitsu left Compile in 1992 as a result of disagreements with the company's president, Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, he continue to work at Sting. Today, he is now freelance.