Game Designer

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Japanese video game designer (born 1962)

1962 - today

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His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Hironobu Sakaguchi is the 21st most popular game designer (down from 17th in 2024), the 1,176th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,113th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi's biography spans 29 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 57.60.

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Among Game Designers

Among game designers, Hironobu Sakaguchi ranks 21 out of 91. Before him are Sid Meier, Todd Howard, Steve Jackson, Shigesato Itoi, Masayuki Uemura, and Klaus Teuber. After him are Shinji Mikami, Naoto Ohshima, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Reiner Knizia, Carol Shaw, and Will Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Hironobu Sakaguchi ranks 211. Before him are MC Hammer, José Cura, Nick Rhodes, Natalya Lisovskaya, David Lagercrantz, and Stefano Gabbana. After him are David Baker, Ari Folman, Branko Đurić, Seiko Matsuda, Michael Ball, and Rosie O'Donnell.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hironobu Sakaguchi ranks 1,176 out of 6,943. Before him are Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Akira Ifukube (1914), Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892), and Masaaki Kato (1958). After him are Akihito Kusunose (1986), Takeshi Okada (1956), Shigeo Arai (1916), Tsukasa Hojo (1959), Masako Yoshida (1957), and Shinji Mikami (1965).

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Among Game Designers In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Hironobu Sakaguchi ranks 9. Before him are Satoru Iwata (1959), Gunpei Yokoi (1941), Toru Iwatani (1955), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Shigesato Itoi (1948), and Masayuki Uemura (1943). After him are Shinji Mikami (1965), Naoto Ohshima (1964), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Yoko Taro (1970), and Yu Suzuki (1958).

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