Profile:

The Japanese cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, author and film director Makoto Wada (b. 1936) was born in Osaka. He trained at the Tama College of Art in Tokyo and later joined the staff of the Ligh Publicity Co. In 1965 he founded and served as art director of Hanashi no Tokushu, a magazine of political satire. He has also written and illustrated numerous books and articles and, since 1984, directed several theatrical films.
(source: http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9811/stage.html)

Attention: I am not 100% sure whether this is the Makoto Wada that has designed the characters for Punch-Out!! Can you help??

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Videography:

PilotWings 64 (1996, Nintendo, source: http://n64.mobygames.com/home/)