Hideo Kojima

The native form of this personal name is Kojima Hideo. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Hideo Kojima
小島 秀夫
Kojima in 2018
Born (1963-08-24) August 24, 1963 (age 61)[1]
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
Years active1986–present
Notable workMetal Gear, Snatcher, Policenauts, Zone of the Enders, Death Stranding
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Children1
Websitekojimaproductions.jp
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Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫, Kojima Hideo, born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer. He is regarded as one of the first auteurs of video games.[2] 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 he 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. At Konami, he also produced the Zone of the Enders series, as well as designing and writing Snatcher (1988) and Policenauts (1994), graphic adventure games regarded for their cinematic presentation.

Kojima founded Kojima Productions within Konami in 2005,[1][3] and he was appointed vice president of Konami Digital Entertainment in 2011.[4] Following his departure from Konami in 2015, he refounded Kojima Productions as an independent studio; his first game outside Konami, Death Stranding, was released in 2019.[5]

  1. ^ a b "IGN: Hideo Kojima Biography". Archived from the original on November 16, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
  2. ^ "Hideo Kojima – video gaming's first auteur – Screen Robot". Screen Robot. July 2014. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Announcement of Personnel Changes (March 17, 2009)" (Press release). Konami. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
  4. ^ "Hideo Kojima becomes VP of Konami Digital Entertainment". March 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "Death Stranding Release Date For PS4 Revealed In New Gameplay Trailer". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.