Character Information: Junichi Masuda

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Language	Name
English	Junichi Masuda
Japanese	増田順一
Japanese (Romanized)	Junichi Masuda

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Gender: Male
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Biography
Junichi Masuda was born on January 12th, 1968 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is a Video Game Director, Game Designer, Programmer, Music Designer and does Sound Effects work. He works for GameFreak, the company that makes the main Pokémon games. He often makes appearances on the Pokémon series Pokémon Smash and Pokémon Sunday to announce new events and games. His appearances are always glorified by the cast members as they are always excited to have a person so directly connected to the franchise on the show. Masuda is also keyboardist in the group MTM (Mystery Thunder Mask) which also includes Misaki Momose, Shinji Miyazaki and Akihito Toda. He composed the song Battle Gene M (バトル遺伝子Ｍ) which is based of the Pocket Monsters Black and White background music track Battle! Shirona (戦闘！シロナ), track 50 on CD #3 of the soundtrack. Shinji Miyazaki arranged the song that Masuda had written for the MTM performances though. His blog called the "HIDDEN POWER of masuda Director's Columns" is available in Japanese but he also posts some of his news in an English section. Often he gives little insights from the series that otherwise wouldn't have been known as well as announcing his appearances.

Biography

Junichi Masuda was born on January 12th, 1968 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is a Video Game Director, Game Designer, Programmer, Music Designer and does Sound Effects work. He works for GameFreak, the company that makes the main Pokémon games.

He often makes appearances on the Pokémon series Pokémon Smash and Pokémon Sunday to announce new events and games. His appearances are always glorified by the cast members as they are always excited to have a person so directly connected to the franchise on the show.

Masuda is also keyboardist in the group MTM (Mystery Thunder Mask) which also includes Misaki Momose, Shinji Miyazaki and Akihito Toda. He composed the song Battle Gene M (バトル遺伝子Ｍ) which is based of the Pocket Monsters Black and White background music track Battle! Shirona (戦闘！シロナ), track 50 on CD #3 of the soundtrack. Shinji Miyazaki arranged the song that Masuda had written for the MTM performances though.

His blog called the "HIDDEN POWER of masuda Director's Columns" is available in Japanese but he also posts some of his news in an English section. Often he gives little insights from the series that otherwise wouldn't have been known as well as announcing his appearances.

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Episode Appearances (23)

EP #	Titles
Smash 3	Do Coil Dream of Electric Mice!? / The Adventure Division's Great Investigation of Different Types of Sommeliers / Director Masuda from Game Freak Visits! / The Desicion to Distribute the New Pokémon 'Kumashun' via Wi-Fi!
Smash 14	Fushigidane's Mysterious Flower Garden / Professor Wazama Shin Teaches Zoroark a Move & A present from that Person Who Knows All Pokémon / Professor Red's Television Viewer Battle!
Smash 26	A New Land! A New Adventure!! / Robert's and the International Division's Spring-themed Pokémon Charaben-making Showdown / If Director Shoko-tan Loses This Pokémon Battle, She's Fired?
Smash 43	The Rocket Gang Disbands!? Respective Roads! / The Adventure Division's Battle Royale with Toy Pokémon! / A Mysterious Band Comes to the Pokémon Enterprise!?
Smash 48	Nyula and Barrierd! Whose Restaurant!? / Golgo Tours Host a Trip to the Town where Chief Golgo was Born! / Hihidaruma Struggles Valiantly with Toxic in Director Shoko-tan's Television Viewer Battle!
Smash 50	Mewtwo! I Am Here (Part 1) / Kyurem Misaki is Assaulted by Mewtwo EX's Moves in a PokéSma Card Battle! / A Big Present from Gamefreak and Mr. Masuda!? / The Latest Game News!
Smash 51	Mewtwo! I Am Here (Part 2) / Announcing the Winners of the 'Can You Say the Pokémon? BW' Contest & a Performance of 'Can You Say the Pokémon? BW Fast Ver.' / New Information on the Giveaway Mewtwo!
Smash 52	The Most Horrible Togepi of All Time! / The '4th PokéSma Champion Match' is Being Held, Who will be the Next Champion in Line After Group Member Baba (1st), Director Shoko-tan (2nd) and Group Member Yamamoto (3rd)?
Smash 73	The King of the Forbidden Forest! Fushigibana!! / Both Robert and the International Division Participate in the Pokémon Quiz Caravan in Sendai, Miyagi / A Rayquaza Duel in Group Member Baba's Elite Four Battle!
Smash 80	The Great Anti-Gokulin Operation! / Those in the Studio get to Play 'Pokémon Black 2 & White 2' Before Anyone Else, as Well as Broadcast the Promotional Video on TV For the First Time! / The Latest Pokémon Movie News!
Smash 90	It's Ghost Time After School!? / Doing a Walkthrough and Showing off Fun Things in Pokémon B2W2 / Experiencing the 'Pokémon AR Searcher' in the Studio / A Battle Using Keldeo (Resolution Form)!
Smash 91	Rocket Gang Disbands!? / A Pokémon Quiz Caravan with a Children's Organization that Sent Letters! / A Presentation of the Roleplays Sent to the Show for the 'Pokémon Roleplay Contest'!
Smash 101	The Day Care Secret! / A Continuation of Last Episode's Summary of 'Pikachu the Live 2012', with the Singing and Dancing of Sachiko Kobayashi and Momo-iro Clover Z Providing the Climax!
Smash 105	Fly Shaymin! Beyond the Sky!! / Chief Golgo Announces the New Members who will Join Starting October! / Masuda Appears for a 'Pokémon B2W2' Battle Lecture!
Smash 107	Mumage! Escape from a Nightmare!! / The Start of Chief Golgo and Professor Red's New Project 'Mr. Medal Golgo Sets out' / Masuda Returns for Another Pokémon B2W2 Battle Lecture!
Smash 117	Satoshi VS Kotetsu! The Secret Weapon: Sazandora!! / The 5th PokéSma Champion Position Tournament, where the Previous Champion Director Shoko-tan, the Original Champion Group Member Baba and the 3rd Champion Group Member Yamamoto All Compete for Victory!
Smash 119	Catch Yukiwarashi! / Robert Plays with Kids in the 'Business Trip! The PokéSma Play Team!' Segment / The 5th's PokéSma Champion Group Member Yamamoto's Television Viewer Battle!
Smash 130	Pochama Tries its Best!! / The International Division Starts Training for the 'Pokémon World Championships 2013'! / The 'Pokémon Anime Requests' Start!
Smash 136	Stray Pokémon Hitokage / A Special Report on 'Pokémon X & Y', Where Masuda Announces Surprising News! / A Collaboration Project with the Pokémon Center, Which will Soon Celebrate its 15th Anniversary, Comes to Fruition!? / The Latest Movie News!
PS 226	Diamond & Pearl Returns 'Roaring Haganeil! Protect the Bippa Village!!' / 'Straw Pokémon, Part Two!' / Pokémon Game Arena 'Mystery Dungeon Personal Experiences & Pokemon Movie's Main Character Announcement'
PS 255	Wakaba Town! The Town Where Winds of New Beginnings Blow! / 'Pocket Monsters HeartGold - SoulSilver' Pre-Launch Special!! / PokéSun Company VS the God of Games - A Dream Showdown with Masuda-san at Pokéthlon!
PS 277	Falling in Love with Kucheat! Hasubrero's Runway!! / Who is Phantom Champion Z!? / Jun'ichi Masuda reveals an important message!
PS 308	I Got Gonbe with Haruka Delicious!! / The PokéSun Members Test 'Pocket Monsters Black and White'! / Masuda Appears in the Game Arena / A 2-week Special Present!

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