I thought the creator of Metroid was behind from all of Wrecking Crew, but then Miyamoto told him to use Mario as the main character since he is easy to draw and that was the whole story I heard about. And researching more about Hiroji, wikipedia states that Samus was also a creation of his.Interesting find: According to the Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream, Hiriji Kiyotake is the creator of Foreman Spike
And some with Lord CrumpA character named Cid from Final Fantasy 4 had a similar design to the foreman himself: