Hideo Kojima
aka:
H. Kojima,
小島 秀夫
Moby ID: 50433
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Hideo Kojima was born on August 24, 1963 in Setagaya, Tokyo. Kojima joined Konami in 1986 as a planner. In 1987, his first title Metal Gear was released.
He and his title were well received, causing a big impact. He also directed Snatcher, Policenauts and released Metal Gear Solid in 1998, which sold over six million copies worldwide. This title made him famous internationally.
In 2001, he directed Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the sequel to Metal Gear Solid. Newsweek chose him as the one of "10 most influential people to shape the future". He also served as the producer of Zone of the Enders.
He is also known as a big movie fan, publicly commenting on and reviewing movies.
Hideo Kojima became Vice President of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. in 2011.
He is currently CEO & CTO of Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. since 15 December 2015.
Biography last updated: January 25, 2019
Awards
- The Game Awards
- 2016 – Industry Icon Award
Credited on 98 games
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Goat Simulator 3 (2023, Windows Apps) | Special Thanks to |
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (2023, Xbox Series) | Special Appearance |
Death Stranding: Director's Cut (2022, Windows) | Written by |
Horizon II: Forbidden West (2022, PlayStation 5) | Special Thanks - Kojima Productions |
Control: Ultimate Edition (2021, PlayStation 5) | Special Thanks |
Super Meat Boy Forever (2020, Windows) | Super Special Thanks |
Cyberpunk 2077 (2020, Windows) | Special Appearance |
Death Stranding (2019, PlayStation 4) | Written by |
Control (2019, Windows) | Special Thanks |
What Never Was (2019, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Old School Musical (2018, Windows) | The one who had absolutely no involvement in developing the game |
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - M∀RS (2018, Windows) | Planning |
Framed Collection (2018, Windows) | Thanks |
Hunt Down the Freeman (2018, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Framed 2 (2017, iPhone) | 👍 |
Horizon: Zero Dawn (2017, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
Aragami (2016, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
Furi (2016, Windows) | Very Special Thanks to |
2064: Read Only Memories (2015, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015, Windows) | Written by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 44 games with Kazuki Muraoka
- 35 games with Hajime Yashiro
- 34 games with Yoji Shinkawa
- 33 games with Yoshikazu Matsuhana
- 32 games with Masashi Watanabe
- 32 games with Ken-Ichiro Imaizumi
- 26 games with Motoyuki Yoshioka
- 26 games with Takahiro Omori
- 26 games with Ryoji Makimura
- 26 games with Masao Tomosawa
Companies
- 44 games with Konami Corporation
- 31 games with Konami Computer...
- 31 games with Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
- 21 games with Roppongi Monitoring Centre Inc
- 20 games with Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH
- 16 games with Kojima Productions Co., Ltd.
- 15 games with Valve Corporation
- 9 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 8 games with Konami Digital...
- 8 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
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