REAL THE POKÉMON MASTER The Story of Satoshi Tajiri

Gotta Catch Them All

orn on August 28th, 1965 in Machida, Tokyo which at that time still maintained a rural feel, Satoshi Tajiri had a peculiar hobby, he loved collecting bugs out in the gardens and forests nearby. Known as Dr. Bug around the schoolyard, Tajiri would spend hours upon hours hunting down bugs while his fellow schoolmates played sports or did art. Sadly as the urban areas of Japan and especially Tokyo started to spread, the forest and gardens Tajiri would spend hours in disappeared as the urban areas took over. This also meant that Tajiri’s one true passion was also gone. As a teenager, however, Tajiri found a new passion, that of video games. The young man became addicted to Space Invaders, a game he would play constantly throughout his teenage years, even if his parents saw him as a delinquent for doing so. That