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Hideo Kojima

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Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫, Kojima Hideo; born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer. Regarded as one of the pioneering auteurs of video games, he developed a strong passion for film and literature during his childhood and adolescence, which in turn has had a significant influence on his games. In 1986, Kojima joined Konami, for which he directed, designed, and wrote Metal Gear (1987) for the MSX2, the game that laid the foundations for the stealth genre and the Metal Gear franchise, his best known and most acclaimed work. At Konami, he also produced the Zone of the Enders series, as well as designing and writing Snatcher (1988) and Policenauts (1994), graphic adventure games regarded for their cinematic presentation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hideo Kojima is the 5th most popular game designer (down from 2nd in 2019), the 370th most popular biography from Japan (down from 250th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Hideo Kojima ranks 5 out of 77. Before him are Gary Gygax, Shigeru Miyamoto, Lizzie Magie, and Markus Persson. After him are Ralph H. Baer, Jeff Kinney, Alexey Pajitnov, Satoru Iwata, Gunpei Yokoi, Gabe Newell, and Toru Iwatani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Hideo Kojima ranks 48. Before him are Geert Wilders, Yair Lapid, Lars Ulrich, Emmanuelle Béart, Elisabeth Shue, and Til Schweiger. After him are Brigitte Nielsen, Helen Hunt, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Peter Bosz, Lolo Ferrari, and Félix Tshisekedi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideo Kojima ranks 370 out of 6,245. Before him are Maeda Toshiie (1538), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Setsuko Hara (1920), Emperor Go-Saga (1220), Kakuei Tanaka (1918), and Emperor Tenmu (631). After him are Minoru Kobata (1946), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Shunichi Kumai (1910), Sachi Kagawa (null), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), and Hōjō Tokimune (1251).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Hideo Kojima ranks 2. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto (1952). After him are Satoru Iwata (1959), Gunpei Yokoi (1941), Toru Iwatani (1955), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Masayuki Uemura (1943), Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962), Shinji Mikami (1965), Naoto Ohshima (1964), and Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974).

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