GAME DESIGNER

Eiji Aonuma

1963 - Today

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Eiji Aonuma (Japanese: 青沼 英二, Hepburn: Aonuma Eiji; born March 16, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer at Nintendo. He is a senior officer within their Nintendo EPD division and serves as the producer of the Legend of Zelda franchise. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eiji Aonuma is the 35th most popular game designer (down from 27th in 2019), the 1,566th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,292nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Eiji Aonuma ranks 35 out of 77. Before him are Yoko Taro, Yu Suzuki, Peter Molyneux, Kazunori Yamauchi, Roberta Williams, and Hideki Kamiya. After him are Chris Taylor, John Romero, Yuji Horii, Tetsuya Nomura, Dave Arneson, and Yuji Naka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Eiji Aonuma ranks 350. Before him are Blanca Portillo, Walter Thurnherr, Guido Crosetto, Oleh Kuznetsov, S. Shankar, and Laurene Powell Jobs. After him are Diosdado Cabello, Frank Whaley, Davi Cortes da Silva, Wendell Pierce, Rocky Carroll, and Johan Theorin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eiji Aonuma ranks 1,566 out of 6,245. Before him are Anri (1961), Sakai Toshihiko (1871), Kazushi Kimura (1958), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953), and Akihiro Nishimura (1958). After him are Kyohei Ueda (1999), Asuka (1981), Genichi Takahashi (1980), Rokurō Naya (1932), Takashi Imoto (1976), and Hiromi Hara (1958).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Eiji Aonuma ranks 18. Before him are Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Yoko Taro (1970), Yu Suzuki (1958), Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), and Hideki Kamiya (1970). After him are Yuji Horii (1954), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Yuji Naka (1965), Yoshinori Kitase (1966), Goichi Suda (1968), and Koji Igarashi (1968).

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