Hideo Kojima acquired his father’s eye for detail, but was only able to observe so much – Kingo Kojima died suddenly when Hideo was in middle school. ‘You should always make these fine lines black like this,’ he’d say.” “My father also made plastic models, like of warships and castles” recalls Hideo Kojima, “He’d say, ‘Watch me carefully, Hideo,’ and take a magic marker and paint the connecting pieces in the stone walls around the castle, then wipe them with paint thinner from the top. Kingo was a keen fan of literature, a sculptor and artist, although his biggest regret was never joining the navy: the war ended when he was 15 and Kingo Kojima felt the moment had passed. “I wasn’t allowed to go to bed till the film had finished: the opposite of how it is for most children”, Hideo recalls. He traveled a lot on business and watched a lot of movies, a trait he impressed on young Hideo Kojima. Kingo Kojima, a pharmacist, named his son based on the most common name among the doctors he met. Hideo Kojima has said that early on in his life he often had to deal with death, as he lost his father, Kingo Kojima, at a young age. He is also well known for a quirky and somewhat irreverent sense of humor, and his frequently disarming and powerful plot twists.īorn in Setagaya, Tokyo in 1963, Hideo Kojima moved to western Japan at the age of three. Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear series contains elements of magic realism and often breaks the fourth wall. In 2008, Next-Gen placed him #7 in their list of "Hot 100 Developer 2008." Newsweek named Hideo Kojima as one of the top ten people of 2002. Hideo Kojima is consistently named by fans and industry experts alike as being one of the most influential and innovative video game directors and writers of all time, as well as being on many all time director top ten lists. He is the creator and director of a number of successful games, including the Metal Gear series, Snatcher, and Policenauts. Formerly the vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, and the head of Kojima Productions, Kojima left Konami in October 2015. Hideo Kojima ( 小島 秀夫, Kojima Hideo ?, born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer who was originally employed at Konami.
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