The creator of Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri has stopped rumors of his death amidst the devastating disaster in Japan last week and assured the public through his Facebook account that he is well and fine.

According to Digitaljournal, Tajiri has been caught up in death hoax following a message from a Twitter user @xCyrusAndLovato that said: "The creator of Pokemon died today in the #tsunami, #Japan. RIP: Satoshi Tajiri. #prayforjapan".

And this message had since then stirred some trends on Tajiri’s death on Twitter according to Digitaljournal.com

Tajiri then put a stop to the rumors by posting his own message on his Facebook account, said GamingUnion.Net.

Tajiri said, “"Dear Hummingbirds, what's this nonsense about me being dead?”.
The Pokemon creator also clarified tweets that he is working for a company called, Nintendto Japan.

He added on his Facebook status, “Also, I don't work at Nintendo Japan, I'm the CEO of Game Freak (everybody is fine).”

Tajiri then called on to concerned groups and individuals to provide any form of assistance to Japan when he said: “More importantly, if you can, help Japan."

Along with the 45-year old Pokemon creator is “Hello Kitty” character creator Yuko Yamaguchi who was also confirmed alive after being reported dying amidst the devastating quake in Japan.

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