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Koji Igarashi

1968 - Today

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Koji Igarashi (Japanese: 五十嵐 孝司, Hepburn: Igarashi Kōji, born March 17, 1968) is a Japanese video game producer, programmer, writer, and creative director. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time. Often credited as IGA, he began his career by joining Konami in 1990 as a programmer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koji Igarashi has received more than 629,693 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Koji Igarashi is the 47th most popular game designer (down from 41st in 2019), the 1,685th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,517th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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  • 630k

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  • 38.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Koji Igarashi ranks 47 out of 56. Before him are Chris Taylor, Carol Shaw, David Cage, Jens Bergensten, Yoshinori Kitase, and Tim Schafer. After him are Todd Howard, Michel Ancel, Michael Morhaime, Jordan Mechner, Mark Cerny, and John Tobias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Koji Igarashi ranks 452. Before him are Patrick Gallagher, Pat O'Brien, Yoo Nam-kyu, Ali Benarbia, Emanuele Naspetti, and Javier Sánchez. After him are Troy Davis, Michael Herbig, Atticus Ross, Guinevere Turner, Ivan Sokolov, and Ioan Sabău.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koji Igarashi ranks 1,685 out of 6,048. Before him are Kengo Nakamura (1980), Hitomi (1976), Yukie Nakama (1979), Shohei Ohtani (1994), Kyogo Furuhashi (1995), and Sōichirō Hoshi (1972). After him are Emiko Kubo (1966), Jin Akanishi (1984), Naoko Takahashi (1972), Yoshinori Muto (1992), Katsura Hoshino (1980), and Sakon Yamamoto (1982).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Koji Igarashi ranks 22. Before him are Yuji Horii (1954), Yuji Naka (1965), Hideki Kamiya (1970), Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), Naoto Ohshima (1964), and Yoshinori Kitase (1966).

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