During Tokyo Game Show 2009 held last week, Microsoft announced that a number of high profile Japanese developers, as well as high profile developers and publisher in general, had signed up to experiment (and create something) with the company’s new gesture and facial recognition technology, Project Natal.

Amongst the well-known Japanese developers said to be working with the tech are Capcom’s Keiji Inafune (Mega Man and Dead Rising), Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi (Super Monkey Ball), and Konami’s Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid).

In the video below, Xbox’s Major Nelson (also occasionally going by the moniker ‘Larry Hryb’) lets us know a little bit more about Microsoft’s collaboration with these developers:

Additionally, you can watch four interviews with important developers working at a variety of Japanese studios who express their excitement for the Project Natal technology, and hint at what kinds of games and experiences they would like to create:

TGS 09: Namco Bandai General Manager Yozo Sakagami Interview

TGS 09: From Software Managing Director Masanori Takeuchi Interview

TGS 09: Konami producer Naoki Maeda Interview

TGS 09: Sega R&D Creative Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi Interview