Game Freak
Masuda has worked at Game Freak since the company's inception in 1989, and has been involved in nearly every title that Game Freak has produced. Masuda was one of the original developers of the "Pokémon" series, beginning with "Pokémon Red" and "Green". He was first hired to compose video game music, where his first game at Game Freak was "Mendel Palace", a 1989 puzzle game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. After "Mendel Palace", he worked on "Yoshi", the company's first collaboration with Nintendo.