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Hironobu Sakaguchi

1962 - Today

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Hironobu Sakaguchi (坂口 博信, Sakaguchi Hironobu, born November 25, 1962) is a Japanese game designer, director, producer, and writer. Originally working for Square (later Square Enix) from 1983 to 2003, he departed the company and founded independent studio Mistwalker in 2004. He is known as the creator of the Final Fantasy franchise, in addition to other titles during his time at Square. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hironobu Sakaguchi has received more than 1,455,911 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Hironobu Sakaguchi is the 17th most popular game designer, the 1,113th most popular biography from Japan (down from 992nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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  • 28

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  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Hironobu Sakaguchi ranks 17 out of 77. Before him are Lizzie Magie, Klaus Teuber, Sid Meier, Shinji Mikami, Shigesato Itoi, and Gary Gygax. After him are Toru Iwatani, Masayuki Uemura, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Peter Molyneux, Reiner Knizia, and Dave Arneson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Hironobu Sakaguchi ranks 190. Before him are Titus Welliver, Magdalena Georgieva, Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Federico Franco, Quim Torra, and Lisa Ono. After him are Suzy Amis Cameron, David Bryan, Richard Roxburgh, Seiko Matsuda, Hakainde Hichilema, and Olli Rehn.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hironobu Sakaguchi ranks 1,113 out of 6,245. Before him are Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Ikue Ōtani (1965), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), and Hiromi Kawakami (1958). After him are Sunao Tawara (1873), Sanpei Shirato (1932), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Ogata Kenzan (1663), Nozu Michitsura (1840), and Yasuhito Endō (1980).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Hironobu Sakaguchi ranks 8. Before him are Hideo Kojima (1963), Gunpei Yokoi (1941), Satoru Iwata (1959), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Shinji Mikami (1965), and Shigesato Itoi (1948). After him are Toru Iwatani (1955), Masayuki Uemura (1943), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Yu Suzuki (1958), Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), and Eiji Aonuma (1963).

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