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Konami people
- Hideo KojimaHideo Kojima was born in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo on the 24th of August 1963. His father Kingo worked as a pharmacist and traveled frequently for business.
- Motoi OkamotoMotoi Okamoto joined Nintendo in 1999 as a programmer. His first task involved providing library support for Luigi's Mansion, which released in 2001.
- Masahiro ItoIn 1999, the survival horror game Silent Hill arrived on shelves with a distinct visual identity. Masahiro Ito served as both background and creature…
- Keiichiro ToyamaKeiichiro Toyama entered the world in 1970 within Miyazaki Prefecture. His early years unfolded far from the neon lights of video game development centers.
- Takayoshi SatoTakayoshi Sato began his formal artistic journey in 1992 at Tama Art University. He studied oil painting and received a bachelor's degree in that field by…
- Akira YamaokaAkira Yamaoka was born in Niigata on the 6th of February 1968. He initially sought to become a designer rather than a musician.
- Yoshitaka MurayamaYoshitaka Murayama finished his computer programming studies at the University of Tokyo in the summer of 1992. He walked into Konami's newly opened Tokyo…
- Yoji ShinkawaYoji Shinkawa was born in Hiroshima on the 25th of December 1971. He grew up in a city that had witnessed immense destruction decades earlier, yet he found…
- Rika MuranakaRika Muranaka left her native Tokyo as a teenager to study jazz piano with Alan Swain in Chicago. She began writing music at the age of 16, but initially…
- David HayterDavid Hayter began acting at the age of nine. His father, Stephen, worked in the pharmaceutical industry. He spent most of his childhood living around the…