Who is Hideo Kojima ?
Hideo Kojima is one of the famous Buryat Video game designers. He established Kojima Productions in the year 2005 and started as a director. He served as the vice president of Konami Digital entertainment. Some of the video games written and directed by Kojima are snatcher, Policenauts and Metal gear. Some of the games that he has produced are Boktai, Castlevania and Zone of Enders series.
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Quick Bio
| Name | Hideo Kojima |
| Born | 24 August 1963 (57 years old) |
| Gender | Male |
| Profession | Japanese video game designer, writer, director and producer |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Country | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Height | 5 feet 8 inches 173 cm 1.73 m |
| Weight | 55 kg 144 lbs |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Father | Kingo |
| Mother | N/A |
| Spouse | Unmarried |
| Children | N/A |
| Net Worth | $ 35 million |
| Profiles | Instagram, Official Site |
Career
What is Hideo Kojima famous for?
Hideo is a Japanese national born and brought up in Tokyo, Japan. He wanted to do something in the field of art or illustration. After that, he started creating short stories and got them published in Japanese magazines. He would spend majority of his free time playing video games. Sometimes he would devote his time to learn economics. After completing his fourth year in college he wanted to start a career as a video game designer.
He was deeply inspired by Super Mario Bros and he began his career at a very young age. He is not yet married and stays with his mother supporting her and playing video games.
He made several attempts to get into the video game industry and started as a designer and planner in MSX’s home computer division. He was also assigned the task of assistant director for the Antarctic adventure’s sequel. He also got to develop Lost world for MSX. However, it was rejected by Konami.
In 1987, he became the senior associate with Metal gear. He even worked on one of the graphic adventure games called the Snatcher.
he sore to fame globally after he released Play station’s Metal Gear Solid. This got him a lot of fame in the video gaming world. Since then, he has released several games such as Boktai, Boktai 2 and other sequels of Metal gear.
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Personal Information
What is the height and weight of Hideo Kojima?
Hideo will turn 58 years old on 24th August this year. He is a tall man with a height of 1.73m and weighs about 55kg.
Relationship
Who is the wife of Hideo Kojima?
Hideo did not get married and thus, has no kids. He still lives with his mother and supports her while pursuing his passion to play games and create them.
Net Worth
What is the Net worth of Hideo Kojima?
The current net worth of Hideo Kojima is calculated to be 35 million USD. He has amassed this wealth as a professional game developer. He is presently one of the highest-paid developers across the globe. He has created several games during his career and has sore to fame.
Trivia
- He was one among the top 100 developers of 2008.
- He also secured a position in the top 10 people by Newsweek.
- He is the recipient of Lifetime achievement awards given by the MTV game awards.
