Hideo Kojima

• Name: Hideo Kojima

• Notable creations and work: Metal Gear Series, Boktai Series, Zone of the Enders Series, Snatchers, Policenauts

• Born: August 23, 1963

• Died: ---

Biographical Summary

Hideo Kojima was born in Tokyo, Japan, later moving to Kobe at a young age and growing up there.. Hideo had aspired to be an artist when he was younger, but it looked down upon because of its unstability as a job. Instead, he shifted his interests to writing short stories and films. Even though he wanted to be a film-maker, he set his sights on the video game industry at the end of his final year at university.

He joined Konami in 1986 in the MSX division. Though, Hideo wanted to work with the NES instead, because of its wider range of a color pallete. Through his early years in Konami, he was wrought with failures and being overlooked by his superiors but finally got to his big break by working on Metal Gear. This brought him success and praise that would follow him up to present day and is now looked upon as one of the top game designers in the industry.

Work

Hideo Kojima best known work is the Metal Gear series, along with other noteable series like the Boktai and Zone of the Enders series. His love for film influenced his work on games, most noticeably in Metal Gear's use of cinematics. Metal Gear has gained him recognition for it's well thought out gameplay as well as level design and writing. After releasing Metal Gear, Hideo made a game called Snatchers, wihch was heavily influenced by the moviem Blade Runners. He also used innovative ideas with the Boktai Series, where one has to charge their weapon by using the sun's light, forcing the player to sit in the sunlight to advance through the game. In addition, he produced the Zone of the Enders, a sci-fi tale that had Mecha and animated cutscene sequences that gained moderate success.

Project

Metal Gear Series

• • Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand – Game Design/Producer

  • Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django – Producer

  • Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack – Producer

  • Lunar Knights – Producer

Zone of the Enders Series

• • Zone of the Enders - Producer

  • Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – Producer

Snatchers

• • Snatcher – Writer/Director

  • SD Snatcher – Original Writer

  • Snatcher CD-ROMantic – Writer/Director

References

• • http://www.freebase.com/view/en/hideo_kojima

  • http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463620/

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Kojima

  • http://stars.ign.com/objects/963/963391_biography.html