Kazunori Kadoi

Kazunori Kadoi門井一憲
Kadoi in 2019
Sex:	Male
Date of birth:	[No birth date given]
Career
Profession	Director
Resumé	Resident Evil (1996) Resident Evil 2 (1998) Resident Evil CODE:Veronica Resident Evil Outbreak Resident Evil 5 Resident Evil 6 Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Resident Evil 2 (2019) Resident Evil 4 (2023)

Kazunori Kadoi (門井一憲, Kadoi Kazunori) is a Capcom game designer who has been working for the company since the 1990s.

Career

Kadoi's first project was the original Resident Evil, where he worked on the system planning and camera teams. He was the first person to beat the game with a Knife Clear, having been assigned to accomplish the ask to check on bugs. Following this he worked on Rockman Dash. In 1998 Kadoi was assigned to the Resident Evil CODE:Veronica R&D team as a stage planner.

Following CODE:Veronica, Kadoi worked on Capcom Production Studio 1's Resident Evil Outbreak as a character designer, and also directed the "flashback" and "End of the Road" scenarios. In 2005, Kadoi was assigned to the Resident Evil 5 R&D team as a lead designer. In 2009 he played a similar role for the Resident Evil 6 R&D team. Following this Kadoi worked on Resident Evil: Revelations 2. He was interviewed by Square Enix.

Starting in late 2015, Kadoi worked as director of Resident Evil 2, and in 2022 it was announced Kadoi would be co directing Resident Evil 4 (2023).

Bibliography

• Davis, H. Leigh, ed (2011). Resident Evil Archives II. Translated by Elizabeth Ellis. Indianapolis: BradyGames. ISBN 0744013216.