Osamu Tezuka | Takashi Murakami | Takashi Miike | Takashi Takeuchi | Takashi Shimura | Kunimitsu Tezuka | Takashi Yanase | Takashi Sugiura | Takashi Okazaki | Takashi Ohno | Takashi Koshimoto | Takashi Kawamura | Takashi Gojobori | Takashi Tokita | Takashi Suzuki | Takashi Ono | Takashi Nagayama | Takashi Nagasako | Takashi Nagai | Takashi KondÅ | Takashi Kojima | Takashi Ishii | Takashi Hosokawa |
In an interview about the development of Super Mario Sunshine with producer Takashi Tezuka and directors Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kenta Usui, it was mentioned that the game's development began with the idea of gameplay involving a water pump.
It grew into an original project under the direction of Takashi Tezuka, with a story and script created by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kensuke Tanabe.