Yuuki Satake

Yuuki Satake (佐竹 雄紀, Satake Yuuki) is a programmer for Koei Tecmo's Team NINJA brand. He has been an employee of the company since 2004.

Satake loved playing games ever since he was a child. In his college years, he enjoyed making custom games using Adobe Flash which had been in its infancy at the time. When players complemented his creations, it dawned on him that working for a video game company could be his future. Thus, he joined Tecmo upon hearing of its training system for new recruits.

Being in charge of manipulating graphics through programming, Satake is tasked with making sure the company's games run smoothly while fixing bugs and reducing loading times. Though his assigned tasks are tediously boring, he considers it necessary in order to improve overall quality. He received high praise for making the sweat and dirt adhesions in Dead or Alive 5 work after going through so much trial and error in perfecting them.

While Satake is generally supportive of his co-workers, he occasionally has to step in whenever someone comes up with plans that happen to be unfeasible. According to him, a programmer must be able to think objectively since the ideas of planners and creativity of artists are restricted by cost-effectiveness as well as the limitations of current technology. He wants future programmers to prioritize more on improving their skills so they can stay ahead.

Works

 * Dead or Alive: Ultimate - programmer
 * Dead or Alive 4 - engineer
 * Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 - engineer
 * Ninja Gaiden II - engineer
 * Metroid: Other M - engineer
 * Dead or Alive: Dimensions - lead engineer
 * Dead or Alive 5 - lead graphic engineer
 * Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate - lead engineer
 * Dead or Alive 5: Last Round - engineer
 * Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT - engineer
 * Nioh - lead graphic engineer