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Shigesato Itoi

1948 - Today

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Shigesato Itoi (糸井 重里, Itoi Shigesato; born November 10, 1948) is a Japanese copywriter, essayist, lyricist, game designer, and actor. Itoi is the editor-in-chief of his website and company Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun ("Almost Daily Itoi Newspaper"). He is best known outside Japan for his work on Nintendo's Mother series of games, as well as his self-titled bass fishing video game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shigesato Itoi is the 18th most popular game designer (down from 15th in 2019), the 1,030th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,007th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Shigesato Itoi ranks 18 out of 77. Before him are Toru Iwatani, John Carmack, Satoshi Tajiri, Sid Meier, Todd Howard, and Steve Jackson. After him are Masayuki Uemura, Klaus Teuber, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Shinji Mikami, Naoto Ohshima, and Hidetaka Miyazaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Shigesato Itoi ranks 337. Before him are Enrique Vila-Matas, Efraim Zuroff, Robert Holdstock, Selda Bağcan, Luis Rodríguez, and Alfonso Cano. After him are Kyung Wha Chung, Eddy Grant, Armando Calderón Sol, Nana Jorjadze, Wayne Kramer, and Marisol.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigesato Itoi ranks 1,030 out of 6,245. Before him are Unkei (1151), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Nakahama Manjirō (1827), and Kazuo Sakamaki (1918). After him are Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Takeo Arishima (1878), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), Masayuki Uemura (1943), and Takeshi Obata (1969).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Shigesato Itoi ranks 7. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Hideo Kojima (1963), Satoru Iwata (1959), Gunpei Yokoi (1941), Toru Iwatani (1955), and Satoshi Tajiri (1965). After him are Masayuki Uemura (1943), Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962), Shinji Mikami (1965), Naoto Ohshima (1964), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), and Masahiro Sakurai (1970).

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