Biography for
Hideo Kojima (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

24 August 1963, Tokyo, Japan

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Biography

Hideo Kojima was born August 24th, 1963 in Setagaya, Tokyo, later moving to Kobe and growing up there. His love of Americana gave him his major two interests of writing and creating film, which are the causes of why he is so well known today. During the mid 1980's, his interests pushed him to pursue looking for a career in film making, but a chance discovery of Nintendo's Entertainment System gave him an interest in videogames. Searching for a job at one of the many games companies in Japan, he ended up being hired by Konami Entertainment and shunted to work on the MSX home computer department. While this may have been a blow for the willing game planner, he took the opportunity to create a handful of games for the MSX such as Metal Gear (1987) (VG) and Snatcher (1988) (VG). During the early 1990's Kojima worked on various games which have become instant classics such as various other versions of Snatcher, and Policenauts for the PC, 3D0, Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, along with some various other work with two Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series games in 1997 and 1998. However he had some plans for another sequel to Metal Gear which he had been quietly working away on with a few others since working on Policenauts. First shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Metal Gear Solid (1998) (VG) looked to being a major hit with many people. With each subsequent showing of the game due for release on PlayStation during 1998 caused more interest. To date Metal Gear Solid has sold over 5.5 Million copies and Kojima is widely recognized as a videogaming god, more so than the few who ever saw his previous work. Kojima himself is a very humble man, never letting his work effect his public attitude. He works long hours to strive for his goals, and always takes the time to talk to the press, sign autographs, or stay for an entire gaming show. He is always interested in the views his fans have of his work, and believes in anyone being able to create their dreams. With Zone of the Enders (2001) (VG) and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (VG), one of the most anticipated games ever, the world looks set to see more of Hideo's dreams come to life.

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Spouse

?	(? - present) 1 child

Trade Mark

His games often revolve around nuclear weapons and genetic manipulations

His games frequently feature characters that are influenced from famous Hollywood movie characters. For example, Solid Snake from Metal Gear is based on the character Snake Plisken from Escape from New York, Gillian Seed from Snatcher looks similar to Rick Deckard from Blade Runner and Jonathan Ingram and ED Brown from Policenauts look like Riggs and Murtaugh from the Lethal Weapon series.

Trivia

Approached by the Watchowski Brothers to work in the production team of "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions"

An avid F. Paul Wilson fan. He has had meetings with Wilson regarding creating a game based on the popular Repairman Jack character from Wilsons novels.

He always needs Scott Dolph with him whenever he's having an interview in English because Kojima does not speak English well enough to communicate. Dolph helps interprets everything the interviewers say to Kojima.

Personal Quotes

The human body is supposed to be 70 percent water. I consider myself 70 percent film.