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The infamous Satoshi Tajiri was born in Tokyo, Japan.
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When Tajiri was a kid he had an obsession with insects which later on would be inspiration for his game work.
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Developed the magazine 'Game Freak" Game Freak was a self-published video game magazine created by Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori. The two men later went on to start a video game company with the same name.
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Tajiri first thought of Pokémon in 1990. He came up with the idea when he saw a Game Boy and their ability to communicate between other Game Boys and thought that the game would be a hit on game boy which was popular at that time. Pokémon Red and Blue took six years to produce.
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Tajiri, along with Tsunekazu Ishihara, received the Special Award from the CEDC conference in 2011.
