GAME DESIGNER

Hideo Kojima

1963 - Today

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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 first 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hideo Kojima has received more than 8,440,978 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Hideo Kojima is the 2nd most popular game designer (up from 4th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Japan (up from 266th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Hideo Kojima ranks 2 out of 77. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto. After him are Alexey Pajitnov, Markus Persson, Ralph H. Baer, Jeff Kinney, Gunpei Yokoi, Gabe Newell, Satoru Iwata, Satoshi Tajiri, Lizzie Magie, and Klaus Teuber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Hideo Kojima ranks 38. Before him are Lisa Kudrow, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ulf Kristersson, Dunga, Emmanuelle Béart, and Peter Bosz. After him are Mike Powell, Harold Perrineau, Matti Nykänen, Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, Míchel, and Til Schweiger.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hideo Kojima ranks 250 out of 6,245. Before him are Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Ken Noritake (1922), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Ko Yong-hui (1952), and Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596). After him are Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Yoshio Okada (1926), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), and Masaru Ibuka (1908).

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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 Gunpei Yokoi (1941), Satoru Iwata (1959), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Shinji Mikami (1965), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962), Toru Iwatani (1955), Masayuki Uemura (1943), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), and Yu Suzuki (1958).

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