Jun Takeuchi

{{short description|Japanese video game director and producer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jun Takeuchi

| image = Jun Takeuchi 2010.jpg

| caption = Takeuchi in 2010

| native_name = 竹内 潤

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|8|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

| title = Managing Corporate officer at Capcom's board of directors.
Head of Consumer Games Development Division 1 at Capcom.{{Cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/officer02.html|title=CAPCOM {{!}} Corporate Officers|website=CAPCOM IR|language=en|access-date=2017-08-20}}

| occupation = Video game designer, game director, game producer

| years_active = 1991–present

| employer = Capcom

| notable_works = Resident Evil
Onimusha
Street Fighter

}}

{{Nihongo|Jun Takeuchi|竹内 潤|Takeuchi Jun}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jp.playstation.com/psworld/interview/200903/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618065759/http://www.jp.playstation.com/psworld/interview/200903/ |archive-date=18 June 2009 |title=インタビュー 竹内 潤さん |author=Abe, Mika |date=March 2009 |work=PS World |publisher=Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |access-date=7 February 2011 |url-status=dead }} (born August 11, 1970) is a Japanese video game director, designer and producer.

Takeuchi graduated from the Division of Graphics at the Sozosha College of Design and joined the game development company Capcom in 1991. He produced Onimusha 3 and Lost Planet and chiefly produced Resident Evil 5.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/co-op-creators-resident-evil-5-s-anpo-and-takeuchi-tag-team-interview |title=Co-Op Creators: Resident Evil 5's Anpo and Takeuchi Tag-Team Interview |publisher=Gamasutra |date=2008-08-15 |access-date=2016-11-15}}{{cite web | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/resident-evil-and-the-birth-of-survival-horror/ | title=Dawn of the Dead: The making of Resident Evil | work=PC Gamer | date=22 March 2016 | last1=Updated | first1=Andy Kelly Last }} He worked on other Capcom games such as Street Fighter II for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 for the PlayStation.

In 2012, Takeuchi became head of Capcom's Development Division 1, which developed Resident Evil, Devil May Cry and other titles for the Western world.

Works

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Year

! Game

! Role

rowspan="2" | 1991

|Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts

| Background designer

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

| rowspan="3" | Visual designer

rowspan="2" | 1992

|Mega Man 5

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
rowspan="2" | 1993

|Final Fight 2

| Background designer

Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers

| Staff

1996

|Resident Evil

| Character modeller, Motion design

1998

|Resident Evil 2

| Motion design

2001

|Onimusha: Warlords

|Director

2002

|Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny

| Player animator

2003

|Onimusha Blade Warriors

|rowspan="2"| Producer

rowspan="2" | 2004

|Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

| Line producer, character animator

2006

|Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

|Producer

2007

|Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

| Advisor

2009

|Resident Evil 5

| rowspan="2" |Producer

2010

|Lost Planet 2

2017

|Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

| rowspan="10" | Executive producer

rowspan="3" |2019

|Devil May Cry 5

Resident Evil 2
Shinsekai: Into the Depths
2020

|Resident Evil 3

rowspan="2" |2021

|Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection

Resident Evil Village
2023

|Resident Evil 4

rowspan="2" |2024

|Dragon's Dogma 2

|Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

References

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  • Dunn, Brian. [http://blog.lostplanetcommunity.com/blogs/brian.php/2007/01/30/exclusive_lost_planet_producer_interview Post details: Exclusive Lost Planet Producer Interview - Jun Takeuchi] (January 30, 2007). lostplanetcommunity.com. Retrieved on July 27, 2007.

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