Hidemaro Fujibayashi

is a Japanese video game designer at Nintendo. He has directed several games in the Legend of Zelda series, including The Minish Cap, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom. Fujibayashi worked at Capcom prior to joining Nintendo in 2005.

Career Before he entered the video game industry, Fujibayashi had designed layouts of haunted attractions for Japanese theme parks. Fujibayashi eventually became the director, participated as planner and scenario writer, and devised a system to link the two games for consecutive playthroughs. Following his switch to Nintendo, Fujibayashi was assigned to The Legend of Zelda team and became the subdirector and story writer for Phantom Hourglass. He has since directed Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom. According to Fujibayashi, the most important aspect of game design is making the fundamental rule set of a video game absolutely clear to a player. 2011 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Director, writer 2017 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Director 2020 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Scenario supervisor 2023 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Director 2025 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Scenario supervisor