Nob Ogasawara

Nobuyuki ”Nob” Ogasawara (Japanese: 小笠原伸幸 Ogasawara Nobuyuki; born February 27, 1962) is a freelance translator. He is most famous for translating the text of every game in the core series up until .
==Pokémon game credits==
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* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
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* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
===Other===
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorer's Guide (uncredited)
==Trivia==
* Nob Ogasawara's birthdate, February 27, is the same date on which were first released in Japan.
* In Gold, Silver, , Ruby, Sapphire, , HeartGold, SoulSilver, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, there are s named Nob. Additionally, in and Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, there is a named Nob on . Nob confirmed via Twitter that his name was assigned to NPC trainers not by him, but by Nintendo of America staff as a reference to him.
* Nob is a known member of the forums with the username of Douglas Dinsdale. He also uses the alias Douglas Dinsdale or Doug Dinsdale on other social media. The alias is derived from the names of characters .
* Nob coined the English names for the Pokémon , , , , , and . He had also suggested the names "Scaribou" for and "Phantomb" for , although neither of them were accepted.
* Nob had expressed apprehension over 's English name. The name was chosen by Nintendo of America staff during the localization work for , and Nob stated that he was worried that the name would cause trouble if gender mechanics were to be introduced later down the line.
* The English names of the Old Chateau and Old Gateau were coined by Nob, intending to preserve the pun in the original Japanese text. According to Nob, he was able to keep the Old Chateau/Old Gateau pun in part due to him being able to give more input in the localization process from Generation III onward.
* According to Nob, he first saw the term Eeveelution "on AGNP (alt.games.nintendo.pokemon; a group) or a spin-off chatroom", and decided to adopt it for his translations because he deemed it useful. Also according to Nob, the Pokémon English localization team adopted the abbreviation for "Pokémon" from a Chinese bootleg copy of .
* The Game Boy Pocket used by Nob Ogasawara was auctioned off in a charity auction for TheSpeedGamers's June 2014 Pokémon marathon. The auction was won by Bulbagarden webmaster .
==References==
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on February 9, 2022.
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on August 20, 2021.
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on January 14, 2023.
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on February 23, 2022.
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on September 13, 2020.
Interview with Nob Ogasawara by TheSpeedGamers (Part 1). Livestreamed on June 21, 2014; recording posted on YouTube on August 7, 2014.
Interview with Nob Ogasawara by TheSpeedGamers (Part 2-1). Livestreamed on June 24, 2014; recording posted on YouTube on August 7, 2014.
Interview with Nob Ogasawara by TheSpeedGamers (Part 2-2). Livestreamed on June 24, 2014; recording posted on YouTube on August 7, 2014.
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on April 24, 2021.
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on April 18, 2021. (archive)
Tweet by Dr. Lava's Lost Pokemon (@DrLavaYT). Posted on December 8, 2020.
Lets Break PKMN Blue Thread Bits - SomethingAwful Forums
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on June 7, 2020.
Tweet by Nob Ogasawara (@DougDinsdale). Posted on January 18, 2021.
Interview with Nob Ogasawara by ANMTV. Posted on YouTube on September 28, 2022.
==External links==
* Nob Ogasawara's Twitter
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