Yoshiki Okamoto

Yoshiki Okamoto , sometimes credited as Kihaji Okamoto, is a Japanese video game designer. He is credited with producing popular titles for Konami, including Gyruss and Time Pilot, and for Capcom, including Final Fight and Street Fighter II. He also played a role in the creation of Rockstar's Red Dead franchise. He later founded the company Game Republic, and then created the hit mobile games Dragon Hunter and Monster Strike for Mixi. Several franchises he helped create are among the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time, including Street Fighter II, Monster Strike and Red Dead.