Akitoshi Kawazu
Akitoshi Kawazu was born on November 5, 1962 in Oguni, a town in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture. Talking about his early life in Oguni, Kawazu said that he was a "rowdy" type who wanted to be in the limelight and did not hesitate to voice his opinion to adults. He studied and graduated from Kumamoto Prefectural High School, then later studied at the Science School of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. During high school and college, he was deeply interested in games; he first became a dedicated player of "Space Invaders", then later developed a love of tabletop role-playing and tabletop strategy games. He was originally scheduled to enter a job with Sony from the Science School, but due to unspecified circumstances in his private life he was forced to drop out.