Game Designer

Yoko Taro

video game director, writer and designer

1970 - today

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Yoko Taro

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Yoko Taro is the 29th most popular game designer (up from 52nd in 2024), the 1,441st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,943rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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55.38

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

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+21k

Yoko Taro climbed 21,420 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #79,506 to #58,191.

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Among Game Designers

Among game designers, Yoko Taro ranks 29 out of 91. Before him are Naoto Ohshima, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Reiner Knizia, Carol Shaw, Will Wright, and Masahiro Sakurai. After him are Yu Suzuki, Peter Molyneux, Kazunori Yamauchi, Roberta Williams, Hideki Kamiya, and Eiji Aonuma.

Most Popular Game Designers in Wikipedia

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Naoto Ohshima
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 23
Hidetaka Miyazaki
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 24
Reiner Knizia
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 25
Carol Shaw
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 26
Will Wright
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 27
Masahiro Sakurai
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 28
Yoko Taro
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 29
Yu Suzuki
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 30
Peter Molyneux
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 31
Kazunori Yamauchi
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 32
Roberta Williams
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 33
Hideki Kamiya
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 34
Eiji Aonuma
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 35

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Yoko Taro ranks 187. Before him are Saulius Skvernelis, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Abelardo Fernández, Zack de la Rocha, Daniel Lewin, and Masahiro Sakurai. After him are Davide Pagliarani, Karen Mulder, Regine Velasquez, Alexander Pschill, JR Bourne, and Jimmy Sheirgill.

Others Born in 1970

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Saulius Skvernelis
POLITICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 181
Nobuhiro Watsuki
COMIC ARTIST
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 182
Abelardo Fernández
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 183
Zack de la Rocha
SINGER
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 184
Daniel Lewin
MATHEMATICIAN
1970 - 2001
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 185
Masahiro Sakurai
GAME DESIGNER
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 186
Yoko Taro
GAME DESIGNER
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 187
Davide Pagliarani
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 188
Karen Mulder
SINGER
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 189
Regine Velasquez
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 190
Alexander Pschill
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 191
JR Bourne
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 192
Jimmy Sheirgill
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 193

In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoko Taro ranks 1,441 out of 6,943. Before him are Gackt (1973), Takeshi Shimizu (1975), Akio Kaminaga (1936), Emiko Kubo (1966), Megumi Ogata (1965), and Tetsuo Hamuro (1917). After him are Katsutoshi Naito (1895), Takashi Kageyama (1977), Kazuo Hasegawa (1908), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (1955), and Takao Kawaguchi (1950).

Others born in Japan

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Gackt
MUSICIAN
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,435
Takeshi Shimizu
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,436
Akio Kaminaga
ATHLETE
1936 - 1993
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 1,437
Emiko Kubo
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 1,438
Megumi Ogata
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 1,439
Tetsuo Hamuro
ATHLETE
1917 - 2005
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 1,440
Yoko Taro
GAME DESIGNER
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 1,441
Katsutoshi Naito
WRESTLER
1895 - 1969
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 1,442
Takashi Kageyama
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 1,443
Kazuo Hasegawa
ACTOR
1908 - 1984
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 1,444
Akira Yamaoka
COMPOSER
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 1,445
Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
NOBLEMAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 1,446
Takao Kawaguchi
MARTIAL ARTS
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 1,447