Double Dragon, River City Creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto Passes Away At 64
in newsletterKotaku · 2026-04-06 · 5 min read · culture
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of Double Dragon and the Kunio-kun series that spawned River City Ransom, has died at 64. His 1986 arcade brawler Renegade defined the scrolling beat-em-up genre and influenced Street Fighter and fighting games broadly.
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