Toshinobu Matsumiya

Toshinobu Matsumiya (Japanese: 松宮稔展 Matsumiya Toshinobu) is an employee of Game Freak. He has been credited in every core series game with the exception of Pokémon Red and Green, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Credits

Title	Platform	Release date	Position
Pokémon Yellow Version	Game Boy	1998-09-30	Game scenario
Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions	Game Boy Color	1999-11-21	Game scenario
Pokémon Crystal Version	Game Boy Color	2000-12-14	Scenario, Pokédex text
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions	Game Boy Advance	2002-11-21	Game scenario
Pokémon Emerald Version	Game Boy Advance	2004-09-16	Scenario
Pokémon Ranger	Nintendo DS	2006-03-23	Base scenario
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions	Nintendo DS	2006-09-28	Plot scenario, game scenario
Pokémon Platinum Version	Nintendo DS	2008-09-13	Game design, plot scenario, game scenario, Pokédex text
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions	Nintendo DS	2009-09-12	Game design, game scenario, Pokédex text
Pokémon Black and White Versions	Nintendo DS	2010-09-18	Scenario, dialogue design (lead)
Pokémon Black and White Versions 2	Nintendo DS	2012-06-23	Scenario, Pokémon concept, Pokédex text, game design (lead), text, Pokémon World Tournament design
Pokémon Dream Radar	Nintendo 3DS	2012-06-23	Concept Design
Pokémon X and Y	Nintendo 3DS	2013-10-12	Scenario, game dialogue design (lead)

One of the default names for Barry in the Japanese version of Pokémon Diamond is トシノブ Toshinobu, a reference to Toshinobu Matsumiya.
According to Toshinobu Matsumiya, Hilbert and Hilda and were initially visualized to be at the age of 16.
The chronology of the core series games was confirmed by Toshinobu Matsumiya on Twitter in May 2014.^[1]

This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.