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Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Hideo Kojima is the creator, writer, director and producer of a number of hugely successful video games and is recognized as one of the most influential game designers in the industry. He began designing video games during a time when the medium was still relatively new, and many of his friends and colleagues discouraged him from exploring these untested waters. Although his early career was…
Known for
- THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN — Self2026
- Satellites II2026
- Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds — Self2023
- Memories of Kenji Eno — Self2023
- Copenhagen Cowboy — Hideo2023
- Vivant2023
- From Bedrooms to Billions: The PlayStation Revolution2020
- Death Stranding: Inside Kojima Productions — Self2019
- Too Old to Die Young — Yakuza Executioner (uncredited)2019
- Burnie Vlog — Self2017
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1963-08-24 ) August 24, 1963 (age 62) , Tokyo , Japan
- Occupations
- Video game designer writer director producer
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Employer s
- Konami (1986–2015), Kojima Productions (2015–present)
- Known for
- Metal Gear , Death Stranding
- Website
- kojimaproductions .jp
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hideo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Occupation
- game designer
- Employer
- Kojima Productions
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Notable work
- Death Stranding
- Field of work
- video game design
- Official website
- www.kojimaproductions.jp
- Image
- Kojima Hideo.jpg
- Residence
- Kawanishi
- Represented by
- WME Group
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- hashtag
- hideokojima
- date of birth
- 1963-08-24
- Commons category
- Hideo Kojima
- topic's main category
- Category:Hideo Kojima
- name in kana
- こじま ひでお
- name in native language
- 小島秀夫
- official blog URL
- www.kjp.konami.jp/gs/hideoblog_e
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫, Kojima Hideo; born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer, writer, director, producer, and internet personality. He is best known for the Metal Gear franchise, which remains his most famous and acclaimed work, as well as Death Stranding and its sequel. His games are noted for being highly cinematic, the result of a passion for film and literature which began during his childhood, and he is regarded as a pioneering auteur of video games.
Upon joining Konami in 1986, Kojima directed, designed, and wrote Metal Gear (1987) for the MSX2. The game laid the foundation for the stealth game genre and the renowned Metal Gear franchise, which he continued to direct for 28 years up to the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015). During his time at Konami, he created the Boktai series as well as producing the Zone of the Enders series and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. He also designed and wrote Snatcher (1988) and Policenauts (1994), which were graphic adventure games that came to be regarded for their cinematic presentation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hideo Kojima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.