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Hideki Kamiya

1970 - Today

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Hideki Kamiya (神谷 英樹, Kamiya Hideki; born December 19, 1970) is a Japanese video game designer and director. He began his career in 1994 with Capcom, where he directed Resident Evil 2 (1998), Devil May Cry (2001), Viewtiful Joe (2003), and Ōkami (2006). From 2004 to 2006, he worked for the Capcom subsidiary Clover Studio. After leaving Capcom, Kamiya and other former staff members founded PlatinumGames in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Hideki Kamiya is the 34th most popular game designer (down from 32nd in 2024), the 1,532nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,409th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Hideki Kamiya ranks 34 out of 77. Before him are Masahiro Sakurai, Yoko Taro, Yu Suzuki, Peter Molyneux, Kazunori Yamauchi, and Roberta Williams. After him are Eiji Aonuma, Chris Taylor, John Romero, Yuji Horii, Tetsuya Nomura, and Dave Arneson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Hideki Kamiya ranks 220. Before him are Jørn Lier Horst, Jonathan Stroud, Chris Cuomo, Kim Do-hoon, Vladimir Medinsky, and Michael Shanks. After him are Mayumi Omatsu, Pernilla Wiberg, David Weir, Dmitri Radchenko, Samantha Mathis, and Jamie Kennedy.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideki Kamiya ranks 1,531 out of 6,245. Before him are Ryoko Uno (1975), So Yamamura (1910), Hitoyoshi Satomi (1983), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), and Kotono Mitsuishi (1967). After him are Aya Kitō (1962), Yoshimasa Hayashi (1961), Yōichi Masuzoe (1948), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Mayumi Omatsu (1970), Junji Goto (1971), and Akira Kubota (1973).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Hideki Kamiya ranks 17. Before him are Naoto Ohshima (1964), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Yoko Taro (1970), Yu Suzuki (1958), and Kazunori Yamauchi (1967). After him are Eiji Aonuma (1963), Yuji Horii (1954), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Yuji Naka (1965), Toshihiro Nagoshi (1965), and Yoshinori Kitase (1966).

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