Taro Kudo
Taro Kudo is a Japanese video game designer and video game music composer. He is best known for his work on the Mario [role-playing games|Mario role-playing games]. He began his career working for Konami and Square in the 1990s, then joined fellow ex-Square designers at Love-de-Lic in 1996, where he designed UFO: [A Day in the Life]. Kudo worked as company director for Vanpool prior to its disestablishment.