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Fumito Ueda

1970 - Today

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Fumito Ueda (上田 文人, Ueda Fumito, born April 19, 1970) is a Japanese video game designer. Ueda is best known as the director and lead designer of Ico (2001) and Shadow of the Colossus (2005) while leading Team Ico at Japan Studio, and The Last Guardian (2016) through his own development company GenDesign. His games have achieved cult status and are distinguished by their usage of minimal plot and scenario using fictional languages, and use of overexposed, desaturated light. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fumito Ueda has received more than 704,042 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Fumito Ueda is the 88th most popular designer, the 1,565th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,446th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Fumito Ueda ranks 88 out of 104. Before her are Chiara Ferragni, Norman Bel Geddes, Yvonne Blake, Matthew Carter, Bill Moggridge, and Virgil Abloh. After her are Jenny Beavan, Jean Louis, Yusaku Maezawa, Luc Luycx, Tony Esposito, and Sandy Powell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Fumito Ueda ranks 294. Before her are Nia Long, Arijan Komazec, Alex Garland, Randa Kassis, Cobi Jones, and Leah Remini. After her are Sander Boschker, Erkan Petekkaya, Dero Goi, Payman Maadi, Javi Gracia, and Sajida al-Rishawi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fumito Ueda ranks 1,565 out of 6,245. Before her are Koto Matsudaira (1903), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Takao Sakurai (1941), Hiroshi Mikitani (1965), Takuma Asano (1994), and Seiji Ueda (1952). After her are Rumi Utsugi (1988), Yoshioka Yayoi (1871), Takashi Yokoyama (1913), Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886), Yahiro Kazama (1961), and Takayoshi Yamano (1955).

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Among DESIGNERS In Japan

Among designers born in Japan, Fumito Ueda ranks 3. Before her are Eiko Ishioka (1938), and Yuko Shimizu (1946). After her are Yusaku Maezawa (1975), and Nicola Formichetti (1977).

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