What is Satoshi Tajiri?
{{Japanese name|Tajiri}} {{nihongo|'''Satoshi Tajiri'''|田尻 智|''Tajiri Satoshi''|extra=born August 28, 1965}} is the person who created the [[fiction]]al world of ''[[Pokémon]]''. He created ''Pokémon'' because he liked to collect [[insect]]s when he was a child and ''Pokémon'' is similar to collecting insects. He was born in [[Tokyo]] and in the [[forest]], he liked collecting insects. He wanted to be a [[Entomologist|scientist who studied insects]]. He was pushed away as a child and when he grew up he created a magazine and named it ''Game Freak''. He then opened a video game company and called it [[Game Freak]] like his magazine. Tajiri first thought of the idea of Pokémon in 1990. The protagonist of the Pokémon [[anime]], [[Ash Ketchum]], was thought to be Satoshi as a child. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tajiri, Satoshi}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese video game designers]] [[Category:People from Tokyo]] [[Category:Pokémon]] [[Category:Nintendo people]]