Pokemon creator reported OK after tsunami

March 15, 2011 (WPVI) -- Internet rumors that creators of one of Japan's biggest pop culture icons was killed in the tsunami have been refuted.

A story making the rounds, mainly on the social networking site Twitter, was that Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri had been killed in the quake and resulting tsunami. However, Nintendo America, the U.S. arm of the company that produces video games based on Pokemon, posted a Tweet reading that "During the earthquake no one at Nintendo in Japan was injured and there was no apparent structural damage."

In addition, people who work at the company "Game Freak" of which Tajiri is CEO, have posted online comments that Tajiri is in fact alive.

RELATED: Search the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) site to see if loved ones in the quake zone have checked in to say they are okay

RELATED: To help, visit www.redcross.org and donate to Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami. You can also text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to the recovery effort

RELATED: Watch videos of the earthquake and tsunami as they happened in Japan

Emergency Information

For emergency information, assistance, and locating family in connection with earthquake in Japan: http://www.facebook.com/l/6b2e3a9CLMNbUwBsOw1jOL8d5aw/www.jhelp.com

Phone numbers in US and Japan:

202 559 4683
800 373 1110
0570 000 911
011 81 90 7170 4769
011 81 90 3080 6711

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