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Subscribe to our newsletter Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the creator of the Double Dragon and Kunio-kun (River City) series, has died at the age of 64.

The news was announced by Kishimoto's son Ryūbō on Facebook, who wrote (via machine translation) "I am sorry to inform you that my father has passed to rest on 2nd April 2026.

Thank you very much dad for everything you have done for me during my life."Kishimoto's career began in the early 1980s working on LaserDisc games, which were going through a boom thanks to Dragon's Lair.

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At Data East he created the likes of Cobra Command and Road Blaster, before being headhunted by Technos Japan to work on similar games.But Kishimoto had other ideas.

He accepted an appointment with Technos but pitched them a new style of game that didn't use expensive LaserDisc technology, but told a (very loosely) autobiographical story about a rebellious youth who's constantly getting into fights around his home town ## Editor's Note The implications of this news could be significant for the industry. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/double-dragon-and-kunio-kun-creator-yoshihisa-kishimoto-dies-at-64/)