GAME DESIGNER

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. Over the next ten years, he moved into a senior role within the company, working on Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as a programmer, writer, and assistant director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koji Igarashi has received more than 625,281 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Koji Igarashi is the 47th most popular game designer, the 1,870th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,681st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Koji Igarashis by language

Over the past year Koji Igarashi has had the most page views in the with 59,203 views, followed by Japanese (10,425), and Chinese (6,771). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (567.19%), Malagasy (24.27%), and Egyptian Arabic (23.64%)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Koji Igarashi ranks 47 out of 77. Before him are Yuji Horii, Todd Howard, Jordan Mechner, Tim Schafer, Yoshinori Kitase, and Chris Taylor. After him are Amy Hennig, Al Lowe, Jens Bergensten, Neil Druckmann, Yoko Taro, and Naoto Ohshima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Koji Igarashi ranks 486. Before him are Momoko Kikuchi, Kazuya Maekawa, Tania Bruguera, Bryan Burk, Rena Sofer, and Hisashi Kurosaki. After him are Philippe Falardeau, Danny Jacobs, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Leonid Agutin, Fernando Escartín, and Shinichiro Tani.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koji Igarashi ranks 1,870 out of 6,245. Before him are Rika Fukami (1963), Nobuhiko Okamoto (1986), Sakura Ando (1986), Hisashi Kurosaki (1968), Koichi Hashiratani (1961), and Yoko Takahagi (1969). After him are Cornelius (1969), Marina Inoue (1985), Kaoru Nagadome (1973), Yuki Abe (1981), Tomoko Kawakami (1970), and Kazunari Ninomiya (1983).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Koji Igarashi ranks 21. Before him are Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Hideki Kamiya (1970), Yuji Naka (1965), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Yuji Horii (1954), and Yoshinori Kitase (1966). After him are Yoko Taro (1970), Naoto Ohshima (1964), Goichi Suda (1968), Yoshiaki Koizumi (1968), and Hidemaro Fujibayashi (1972).

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