The studio Miracle Kidz! introduced on Saturday that its president Mitsuhiro Yoshida handed away abruptly on August 30. Miracle Kidz! describes Yoshida because the “father” of the Downtown Nekketsu franchise, finest identified in English for the River City Ransom entry on the Nintendo Leisure System. The studio added that Yoshida was working onerous on a brand new title up till his passing.

Yoshida served as a director for such titles as Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball-Bu (reworked in English as Tremendous Dodge Ball) and Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (reworked as River City Ransom) at Technōs Japan from the late Eighties to the Nineties. He based Miracle Kidz! in 2008, and launched such video games as Downtown Dodgeball da yo Zenin Shūgō!! (River City Dodge Ball All Stars!!), Downtown Gekitotsu Dodgeball! (Downtown Smash Dodgeball), and Downtown Nekketsu Dodgeball for Wii and different platforms.

Sources: Miracle Kidz! through Hachima Kikō, Famitsu