Hideo Kojima

Hideo Kojima

male, 46 years old
Japanese video game designer, Video Game Director, Video Game Producer, Computer and video game producer, Computer and video game director, fourth wall…Japanese computer and video game designer, Japanese
is a Japanese video game designer at Konami. Formerly the vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, he is currently the head of Kojima...
Hide

Hide

male, deceased (1998)
cause of death disputed, musician, from Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Yokosuka, X Japan, X Japan member…Japanese, Japanese phonology
was a popular Japanese musician. More commonly known by his stage name Hide (pronounced, given in all-lowercase letters by the artist), he is...
Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

male, deceased (1998)
Academy Honorary Award recipient, Légion d'honneur, BAFTA winner, death by stroke, César Award winner, film producer…Japanese
was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first credited film ("Sugata Sanshiro") was released in 1943; his last...
Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki

male (Tokyo)
miramax, World Masterpiece Theater series, manga, titanic, Anime director, studio ghibli…Japanese, the Japanese Walt Disney
Born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most famous and well-respected creators of anime. He has three brothers, he...
Employment: …director of Japanese
Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

female, 76 years old
Japanese, The Beatles, Performance artist, The Beatles' wife, Japanese musician, musician…Japanese American, Japanese-American
Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 "Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko)", born February 18 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. She gained international fame becau...
Joi Ito

Joi Ito

male
Japanese, venture capitalist, Digital Garage, Mozilla Foundation, Six Apart, Creative Commons…Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Joi Ito , an activist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, has received much recognition for his role as an entrepreneur of Internet and...
Daisuke Matsuzaka

Daisuke Matsuzaka

male, 29 years old (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
Boston Red Sox player, Starting Pitcher, Boston Red Sox, gyroball, 2007 World Series, From japan…Japanese
is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He previously played for the Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League. He was selected the MVP...

Jim Breen

male, 62 years old
Lexicographer, Monash University faculty, Academic, kanji, JMDict, WWWJDIC…Japanese, Japanese language
James William Breen (born 1947) is a Research Fellow at Monash University in Australia, where he was a professor before his retirement in 2003. He...
Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto

male, 57 years old
Game designer, nintendo, Wii, super mario bros., mario, the legend of zelda…Japanese video game designer, Japanese, Japanese computer and video game designer
is a Japanese video game designer. He is the creator of the "Mario", "Donkey Kong", "The Legend of Zelda", "Star Fox", "Nintendogs", "Wave Race",...
Kenji Ito

Kenji Ito

male
video game music composer, Square Co., video game music, Japanese, Freelance musician, square enix
Kenji Ito is a video game music composer. He is best known for his work on the SaGa series. In 2001 he left Square Co. to become a freelance...