Curated playlist
Japanese video game producers
- Hideo KojimaKonami reportedly barred Hideo Kojima from The Game Awards 2015, where his Metal Gear Solid V won two prizes.
- Motoi OkamotoMotoi Okamoto went from Mario and Zelda games to leading Silent Hill.
- Shinji HashimotoKingdom Hearts began with an elevator conversation in Tokyo. Shinji Hashimoto met a Disney executive there.
- Akira NishitaniAfter leaving Capcom, Akira Nishitani's studio Arika still made Street Fighter EX games for it.
- Yoshinori KitaseYoshinori Kitase set Final Fantasy X in Southeast Asia to widen what "fantasy" could mean.
- Hiroyuki ItoHiroyuki Ito began at Square in 1987 as a debugger hunting bugs in Final Fantasy.
- Takashi NishiyamaThe Hadouken in Street Fighter took its energy blast from an anime spaceship's cannon. Takashi Nishiyama borrowed it.
- Shigeru MiyamotoDonkey Kong began as a way to use up unsold arcade machines.
- Hironobu SakaguchiHironobu Sakaguchi named his film's heroine after his mother, who died in a house fire.
- Naoki YoshidaIn December 2010, Naoki Yoshida took over the troubled Final Fantasy XIV as director and first-time producer.
- Satoru IwataSatoru Iwata walked onto the stage at E3 in 2005 and lifted the Wii above his head, so the audience could see for themselves how small and light it was. It was a fitting gesture for the man who ran Nintendo as its fourth president while…