History Creator / HidekiKamiya

He is also well known for maintaining [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya his Twitter account]], which is to say, that was where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions). [[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist. [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1234310665843728385 Even Platinum themselves were not safe from his blocking.]] For a time, Kamiya used the account to practice his English skills, but eventually lost patience with his audience and he has since instantly blocked any non-Japanese reply.

In wake of a massive controversy surrounding former Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor and her departure from the ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' series due to wage issues (which would see him go on such a massive blocking spree to where he was temporarily restricted by Twitter for a time), he would deactivate his Twitter account on October 16, 2022.

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He is also well known for maintaining [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya his Twitter account]], which is to say, that was where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions). [[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist. [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1234310665843728385 Even Platinum themselves were not safe from his blocking.]] For a time, he used the account to practice his English skills, but eventually lost patience with his audience and now instantly blocks any reply that isn't in Japanese.

He was also well known for maintaining [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya his Twitter account]], which is to say, that was where he trolled his fans mercilessly (and berated and blocked people for asking stupid or repetitive questions). [[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist. [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1234310665843728385 Even Platinum themselves were not safe from his blocking.]] For a time, he used the account to practice his English skills, but eventually lost patience with his audience and would start to instantly block any reply that isn't in Japanese.

He was also well known for maintaining [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya his (now gone) Twitter account]], which is to say, that was where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions). [[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist. [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1234310665843728385 Even Platinum themselves were not safe from his blocking.]] For a time, he used the account to practice his English skills, but eventually lost patience with his audience and would start to instantly block any reply that isn't in Japanese.

He was also well known for maintaining [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya his Twitter account]], which is to say, that was where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions). [[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist. [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1234310665843728385 Even Platinum themselves were not safe from his blocking.]] For a time, he used the account to practice his English skills, but eventually lost patience with his audience and began to instantly block any reply that isn't in Japanese.

In wake of a massive controversy surrounding Hellena Taylor and her departure from the VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} series (which would see him go on such a massive blocking spree to where he was temporarily restricted by Twitter for a time), he would deactivate his Twitter account on October 16, 2022.

He is also well known for maintaining [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya his Twitter account]], which is to say, that's where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions). [[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist. [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1234310665843728385 Even Platinum themselves were not safe from his blocking.]] For a time, he used the account to practice his English skills, but eventually lost patience with his audience and now instantly blocks any reply that isn't in Japanese.

* {{Heel}}: [[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-08-24-scalebounds-kamiya-why-im-a-twitter-troll Kamiya's twitter persona is basically an act.]] ... At least in part.

* InsultBackfire: When a fan asked Kamiya his feelings about reviewers giving ''The Wonderful 101'' [[ItsHardSoItSucks low scores because its "too hard"]], he responded, "Honor."

* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: While both ''Bayonetta 1'' and ''2'' were widely agreed to be fantastic games, the biggest debate surrounding them is if Hashimoto was a worthy successor or if you miss Kamiya's trademark flair.

** He has several baked-in Twitter responses to people that make specific mistakes. Like when someone refers to Vergil in the first ''Devil May Cry'' as "Nelo Angelo" instead of "Nero Angelo", or if someone spells it as "Platinum Games" instead of "[=PlatinumGames=]", or someone draws Bayonetta without her beauty mark and he responds with an ASCII emoticon pointing out the lack of mark.
* SharedUniverse: According to [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/746620826703691776 this tweet,]] Kamiya believes that all his games take place in the same universe. Overlaps with IntercontinuityCrossover, given that his works prior to ''Bayonetta'' are Capcom [=IPs=]. Interestingly, many of these connections involve ''Devil May Cry'' in some form or another (such as ''Viewtiful Joe''[='s=] Alastor being the spirit of the Devil Arm from ''[=DMC1=]'' or ''Bayonetta''[='s=] many assertions about ''DMC'' lore and use of an information broker named Enzo Ferino) and even Capcom themselves have run with some of these ideas in [[VideoGame/CapcomVs their crossovers]].

** Heavy emphasis on action, and characters designed [[RuleOfCool to exude and revolve around action]] -- hence them usually being described as "character action" games. [[note]]''Resident Evil 2'' was notably [[ActionizedSequel the game]] that started ''Resident Evil'''s shift from survival horror to action horror.[[/note]]

* ''Sol Cresta'' (2021)

** He has several baked-in Twitter responses to people that make specific mistakes. Like when someone refers to Vergil in the first ''Devil May Cry'' as "Nelo Angelo" instead of "Nero Angelo", or if someone spells it as "Platinum Games" instead of "[=PlatinumGames=]", or someone draws Bayonetta without her BeautyMark and he responds with an ASCII emoticon pointing out the lack of mark.

He is also well known for practising his English language skills on his [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya Twitter account,]] which is to say, that's where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions). [[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist. [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1234310665843728385 Even Platinum themselves were not safe from his blocking.]]

%% Though Examples are Not Recent is in play, the verb tense of most examples below have been edited from past tense to present tense on account of the fact that Kamiya is still active at present. Feel free to revert back to past tense if/when appropriate.

* DisownedAdaptation: He disliked the ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' episode where Dante and Bayonetta fought each other, calling it "garbage" on his Twitter feed.

** Some fans believe that Kamiya once stated that Bayonetta would defeat Dante should the two fight. In actuality, he was making a joke about how [[HenpeckedHusband women usually have the final say over men in a relationship]]. Unsurprisingly, this joke has only stoked the flames for fans of {{Crossover Ship}}ping.

** When anyone would ask him something on Twitter, Kamiya is known to not elaborate or be specific about it, which is understandable since he's most probably constantly busy with a project, and has more than enough tweets to respond to.

He is also well known for practising his English language skills on his [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya Twitter account,]] which is to say, that's where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions).[[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist. [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1234310665843728385 Even Platinum themselves were not safe from his blocking.]]

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' (2001)

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilZero'' (2002) - Original designer[[note]]Of the cancelled Nintendo 64 version only. He has no direct involvement in the final released Gamecube version aside from carryover elements.[[/note]]
* ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Gyakuten Saiban 3]]'' (2004) - Voice actor for Godot; Japanese version only.

* AcclaimedFlop: All of his games, sans the original Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 2, were either commercial disappointments (IE Viewtiful Joe and Bayonetta) or outright flops (Okami and The Wonderful 101); yet are called some of the greatest games of their generation.
* AscendedMeme: Wonder Director, a character based on (and voiced by) Kamiya in ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' actually says "Ask your mom" as one of his quotes. Bayonetta also says it in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'', and in her reveal video in ''Super Smash Bros.''.

** ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier'' was one of his favorite games. ''Bayonetta'' and ''The Wonderful 101'' has stages emulating the game.

** People on Website/{{Twitter}} often asked him why he is so awesome. His response:
--> "Lions don't learn how to hunt."
** Following rumors that he took time off for mental health reasons due to problems with Scalebound's development, [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/819094011918970881 he said this]].
--> "And...I took time off for my mental health? ...Me!? No way."
* CapsLock: He would occasionally post tweets in caps only.

** He often responded to "When will we see..." questions with "Next week... in gaming magazines/Nintendo Direct."
** Since nearly all of Platinum's games have been published and owned by an outside company, every time someone asked him to port one of his games to another console, he replied, "Ask [company name]." This also happened when people asked him to make a new ''Viewtiful Joe'', ''Devil May Cry'', or ''Ōkami'' game, as those [=IPs=] are owned by Capcom.
** Several "...or else I'll block you" tweets were often prefixed with "As I've said 10000000000000000000 times...":
--> Repeat for idiots : AS I'VE TOLD YOU 10000000000000000000 TIMES I'M NOT A DIRECTOR OF [=BAYO2=] SO ASK HASHIMOTO OR I'M GONNA FUCKIN' BLOCK YOU. \\

*** Depending on his mood, he could be polite enough to ask for permission first. "May I block you?"

** "To all X idiots: ({{beat}}) I LOVE YOU!" when fans of X game harassed him on Twitter and Kamiya called them idiots, but they eventually allowed him to make a dream come true (like [[https://twitter.com/pg_kamiya/status/610870588647862272 PlatinumGames finally making a StarFox game]] or [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/676896950751469568 Bayonetta's inclusion in Super Smash Bros.]]).
** He often referred to anyone he dislikes as idiots and insects.
** "[X] confirmed!" or some variation, for games that hadn't been announced and were not likely to be released any time soon. Particularly ones he no longer had control over, like ''Viewtiful Joe 3''.

* CreatorCameo: He appeared in ''The Wonderful 101'' as Wonder Director. He also voiced Six Machine in ''Viewtiful Joe'' and Onigiri in ''Ōkami''.[[note]]He also voiced Godot in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'', but otherwise had no involvement in that game.[[/note]]

** [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/379302161101774848 This is all that needs to be said.]] Kamiya had often expressed that he didn't care about how well his games do in terms of sales. All that matters to him was that fans enjoy his games.
** When asked about ''Ōkami'''s relatively straightforward difficulty, Kamiya stated that "[[http://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/622589438028222464 there should be no difficulty when reading folklore]]."
* ForeignLanguageTirade: The last thing you'll see from his account if he decides to block you for being annoying or an [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]].
* FranchiseZombie: Averted by ''Bayonetta'' and especially ''Devil May Cry''. Although Kamiya didn't direct any of their sequels, he didn't hold any hard feelings about it, still offered creative input on ''Bayonetta 2'', and many fans agreed they are as good, if not better than the originals. With his lack of involvement in the later ''Devil May Cry'' games, Kamiya went as far as to claim that [[MyRealDaddy he was only the creator of the first game specifically, rather than the series as a whole]]. He also approved of ''Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble'' for the DS and the series's anime adaptation, as well as the ''Resident Evil 2'' remake. He has no real opinion on ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'', though.

** Some fans believe that Kamiya once stated that Bayonetta would defeat Dante should the two fight. In actuality, he was making a joke about how [[HenpeckedHusband women usually have the final say over men in a relationship.]] Unsurprisingly, this joke has only stoked the flames for fans of CrossoverShipping.

** Kamiya is sometimes thought to hate sequels because he has never directed a sequel to any of his own games. Kamiya actually said he would love to make sequels to every single one of his games and has multiple ideas for them, but various circumstances and scheduling conflicts have prevented it from happening.[[note]]''Devil May Cry 2'' was put into development by Capcom without his awareness. Working on ''The Wonderful 101'' and later ''Scalebound'' prevented him from taking the reins on ''Bayonetta 2''. Developing ''Ōkami'' prevented him from directing ''Viewtiful Joe 2'', and Clover's shutdown ended the chance of him making any more of either series. He WAS set to direct ''Resident Evil 4'', but then his version got retooled into ''Devil May Cry'' and ''4'' was rebooted under Shinji Mikami himself.[[/note]]
* {{Heel}}: [[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-08-24-scalebounds-kamiya-why-im-a-twitter-troll Kamiya's twitter persona is basically an act]]. ...at least in part.
* HypeAversion: Invoked. He and the rest of Platinum Games' staff permanently decided not to develop a potential game adaptation of ''Kill la Kill'' due to the gamers' repeated demands to do so, with [[https://twitter.com/pg_saito/status/619377368101093377 the apparent exception]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' director Kenji Saito. [[HilariousInHindsight Fortunately]], Creator/ArcSystemWorks [[VideoGame/KillLaKillIF would end up taking that problem off their hands.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: He frequently posted profanity on Twitter, yet when people sent him tweets with the word "fuck", he would sometimes tell them, "Don't use F-word, it's rude."
* InsistentTerminology: When people referred to the RecurringBoss of ''Devil May Cry'' as "Nelo Angelo", Kamiya would often say, "Nero is correct."[[note]]"Nero Angelo" is Italian for "Black Angel", with "Nelo" being a mistranslation.[[/note]]

** When anyone would ask him something on Twitter, Kamiya wouldn't elaborate or be specific about it, which was understandable since he's most probably constantly busy with a project, and had more than enough tweets to respond to.
** When asked, "Do you have a favourite [x]", he often answered with, "A lot."
** When asked why his answers tend to be so short, his response was, [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/489993566882500608 "Can you say some long sentence in Japanese?"]][[note]]He's most likely making a reference to the fact that Twitter only allows 140 characters. Japanese is a compact language that allows more to be said within that limit so even if he wanted to say something longer in English, he wouldn't be able to.[[/note]]

** Pretending he's never heard of the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast on purpose, sometimes even acting as though he doesn't know what Sega itself is.[[note]]He's obviously fooling around considering he's a longtime Sega fan and he [[http://f.hatena.ne.jp/twitter3/20100417104459 owns a Dreamcast]].[[/note]]

** Heavy emphasis on action, and characters designed [[RuleOfCool to exude and revolve around action]] - hence them usually being described as "character action" games.[[note]]''Resident Evil 2'' was notably the game that started ''Resident Evil'''s shift from survival horror to action horror.[[/note]]

** A recurring rival who is fought multiple times.[[note]]The Tyrant, Nero Angelo, Alastor, Waka, Jeanne, Prince Vorkken.[[/note]]

** As mentioned under WorldBuilding, the universes of each Kamiya game are surprisingly dense with detail and backstory. Usually you can find and collect diary entries throughout the game (such as the various files in ''[=RE2=]'' and Antonio Redgrave's notebooks in ''Bayonetta'') that help to explain things that happened before the story.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Bayonetta'' was this to ''Devil May Cry'', as Kamiya wished to revisit the style of gameplay that made him famous in order to show how he had evolved as a director. ''The Wonderful 101'' was sometimes thought by fans to be one for ''Viewtiful Joe'', but Kamiya denied this, as the similarities are largely aesthetic and theme-based only.
* StillbornFranchise: Because of its poor sales, ''The Wonderful 101'' was the only Kamiya game to have not yet received a sequel. This ''almost'' happened to ''Okami'' thanks to Clover's shutdown the same year it came out, but it has since had [[VideoGame/{{Okamiden}} a followup]] and multiple rereleases.

* WordOfGod: Aparently does all his games take place in the same universe according to [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/746620826703691776 this]] tweet.
* WorldBuilding: While the stories in most of his games can ([[KudzuPlot for the most part]]) be summed up as "go kill the bad guys and look cool", there is a ''shocking '' amount of detail that goes into the world itself, from lore on every individual enemy and their role in the world, justifications of gameplay mechanics with plausible in-universe explanations, and meticulously followed art directions that even something as innocuous as the menu screens strictly adhere. The main plots may be simple, but they do not sweat the little details that most other games take for granted.

** He [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/663926241687240704 admitted on Twitter]] that every one of his games have turned out very different from the initial concept.
** Kamiya admitted that he was approached about Bayonetta appearing in ''[[VideoGame/ProjectXZone Project X Zone 2]]'', but declined as he wanted his creations Bayonetta and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] to meet on "his terms". However, he later stated he came to regret this decision after realizing how fans would have loved seeing the two finally meet.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Despite the large amount of people who annoy him on Twitter, Kamiya ''mostly'' averts this as he still uses it to interact with his fans. He has even visited his fans on 4chan. He's gone on to state that he actually ''enjoys'' blocking people who he thinks are "idiots". Kamiya often complains and blocks people who do the following:

** Kamiya will not answer Twitter questions regarding games in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series past the first title.[[note]]Due to Capcom's burning bridges with him and most of staff of Clover Studio, as well as the fact that ''DMC'' questions would oversaturate his Twitter feed.[[/note]] He will respond with a terse "whatever," pretending he doesn't know what the asker is talking about. In the case of persistent questioners, Kamiya will curse the asker out and block them, often with a scathing comment in Japanese.

** Anyone who badmouths Capcom. Despite what's happened between them and Kamiya, he still holds respect for Capcom, a.k.a. his "old home".
** However, [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/1016496741074399232 as of July 2018]], Kamiya finally imposed a temporary ban on responding to him in any non-Japanese language, ''including English''. The purpose of this ban, he claims, is to filter out people who don't read his posts before replying to them, with most of those people being non-Japanese. [[SchmuckBait And he knows there are people who are going to hit him up in English anyway.]]

He made his directorial debut in 1996 with ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''; during development, he met veteran producer Shinji Mikami. Eventually, Kamiya would go on to create and direct the original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', which was released in 2001 to critical acclaim. After Kamiya worked on ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' in 2003, the members of his development team would later go on to form Creator/CloverStudio in 2004 with fellow producer Atsushi Inaba serving as CEO. His final directorial project for Capcom would be ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', which was released in 2006 and became an AcclaimedFlop upon its release. That August, Kamiya left Capcom along with Mikami and Inaba. From there, the trio would later go on to found Seeds Inc. One year later, the studio merged with Odd Inc., which was founded by former Capcom developer Tatsuya Minami, to form Creator/PlatinumGames. Kamiya's next project, ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', was released in 2009.

* FaceOfTheBand: Thanks to being the most prominent member of Platinum Games, a lot of people thought he directed all of their games. This is another thing that frequently ticks him off.

Hideki Kamiya (born December 19, 1970) is a Japanese game designer best known for his incredibly blunt, sometimes irritable nature and his critically acclaimed action games, which tend to cram together ludicrous amounts of stylistic insanity and razor sharp action gameplay. Originally from Matsumoto, Nagano, Kamiya began his career in 1994 as a designer for Creator/{{Capcom}}.

* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' (2014) - Supervisor and Writer
* ''Viewtiful Joe 2'' (2004) - Writer
* ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Gyakuten Saiban 3]]'' (2004) - Voice actor for Godot; Japanese version only.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilZero'' (2002) - Original designer[[note]]Of the cancelled Nintendo 64 version only. He has no direct involvement in the final released Gamecube version aside from carryover elements.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' (1996) - Planner

He is also well known for practising his English language skills on his [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya Twitter account,]] which is to say, that's where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions).[[note]]In July 2018, he temporarily banned anyone from responding to him in any non-Japanese language, including English.[[/note]] In fact [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist.

* ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' (2013)
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' (2009)
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' (2006)
* ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' (2003)
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' (2001)
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' (1998)

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilZero'' (2002) - Original designer[[note]]of the cancelled Nintendo 64 version only. He has no direct involvement in the final released Gamecube version aside from carryover elements.[[/note]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Bayonetta'' was this to ''Devil May Cry'', as Kamiya wished to revisit the style of gameplay that made him famous in order to show how he had evolved as a director. ''The Wonderful 101'' was sometimes thought by fans to be one for ''Viewtiful Joe'', but Kamiya denied this, as the similarities are largely aesthetic only.

He made his directorial debut in 1996 with ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''; during development, he met veteran producer Shinji Mikami. Eventually, Kamiya would go on to create and direct the original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', which was released in 2001 to critical acclaim. After Kamiya worked on ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' in 2003, the members of his development team would later go on to form Creator/CloverStudio in 2004 with fellow producer Atsushi Inaba serving as CEO. His final directorial project for Capcom would be ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', which was released in 2006 and became an AcclaimedFlop upon its release. That August, Kamiya left Capcom along with Mikami and Inaba. From there, the trio would later go on to found Seeds Inc. One year later, the studio merged with Odd Inc., which was founded by former Capcom developer Tatsuya Minami, to form Creator/PlatinumGames. Kamiya's next project, ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', was released in 2009.

He made his directorial debut in 1996 with ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''; during development, he met longtime producer Shinji Mikami. Eventually, Kamiya would go on to create and direct the original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', which was released in 2001 to critical acclaim. After Kamiya worked on ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' in 2003, the members of his development team would later go on to form Creator/CloverStudio in 2004 with fellow producer Atsushi Inaba serving as CEO. Kamiya's final directorial project for Capcom would be ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', which was released in 2006 and became an AcclaimedFlop upon its release. That year, Kamiya left Capcom along with Mikami and Inaba. From there, the trio would later go on to found Seeds Inc. One year later, the studio merged with Odd Inc., which was founded by former Capcom developer Tatsuya Minami, to form Creator/PlatinumGames. Kamiya's next project, ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', was released in 2009.

* HypeBacklash: Invoked. He and the rest of Platinum Games' staff permanently decided not to develop a potential game adaptation of ''Kill la Kill'' due to the gamers' repeated demands to do so, with [[https://twitter.com/pg_saito/status/619377368101093377 the apparent exception]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' director Kenji Saito. [[HilariousInHindsight Fortunately]], Creator/ArcSystemWorks [[VideoGame/KillLaKillIF would end up taking that problem off their hands.]]

* HypeBacklash: Invoked. He and the rest of Platinum Games' staff permanently decided not to develop a potential game adaptation of ''Kill la Kill'' due to the gamers' repeated demands to do so, with [[https://twitter.com/pg_saito/status/619377368101093377 the apparent exception]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' director Kenji Saito. [[HilariousInHindsight Fortunately,]] Creator/ArcSystemWorks [[VideoGame/KillLaKillIF would end up taking that problem off their hands.]]

He is also well known for practising his English language skills on his [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya Twitter account,]] which is to say, that's where he trolls his fans mercilessly (and berates and blocks people for asking stupid or repetitive questions).[[note]]In July 2018, he stopped posting tweets in English, since he was personally tired of tweeting in English, mainly because of fans continuously trolling him by trying to get blocked by him to the point that he would automatically block people if people tagged him in English.[[/note]] In fact [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGGeSLCu9o an entire documentary was made about this]] where he personally, happily and proudly admitted that at the time he had blocked over 17,000 people without the use of a blocklist.