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'''Junichi Masuda''' (Japanese: '''増田順一''' ''Masuda Jun'ichi'', born January 12, 1968 in Yokohama) is one of the founding members of [[Game Freak]] and the current Chief Creative Fellow at [[The Pokémon Company]]. He is best known as a game director and composer for the [[Pokémon games]].

He runs his [http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir Director's Columns] on [[Game Freak]]'s website, with many of the entries [http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english translated into English]. In it, he has talked about why he has done his work in the [[Pokémon]] franchise the way he has and also has given out news about the games he is working on. It was through this column that the [[Masuda method]], a method of obtaining [[Shiny Pokémon]] more easily, was first documented.