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| --Hideo Kojima--Producer |
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born on August 24,1963 in Setagaya, Tokyo.
Joins Konami in 1986 as a planner. In 1997, his first title METAL GEAR is released.
He and his title were well received with amazement, causing a big impact. He also directed SNATCHER, POLICENAUTS and released METAL GEAR SOLID in 1998, which sold over six million copies worldwide. This title made him famous internationally.
In 2001, he directed METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY, the sequel to METAL GEAR SOLID. Newsweek chose him as the one of "10 most influential people to shape the future". He is working hard not only on his titles he directs but also serves as producer of ZONE OF THE ENDERS. Now he is involved in several projects including METAL GEAR SOLID 2:SUBSTANCE.
He is also known as a big movie fan, publicly commenting on and reviewing movies.
He is currently Vice President of Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. |
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| --Yoji Shinkawa--Mechanical Design |
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Born on December 25, 1971 in Hiroshima.
Kojima noticed his remarkable talent of designing. he is invited to participate in the project POLICENAUTS PRIVATE COLLECTION in 1994 as soon as he joined Konami. He was also in charge of the character and mechanical design of METAL GEAR SOLID. His other works are: ZONE OF THE ENDERS (2001, mechanical design), METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY (character and mechanical design/art director).
Although people know of his delicate but often dynamic touch using blush-tipped pen, his designs are becoming more detailed due to the improvement of expression capabilities of consoles.
His art can be seen in "The Art of Metal Gear Solid" (1999, Konami) and "The Art of Metal Gear Solid 2" (2002, Konami) |
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| --Nobuyoshi Nishimura--Character Design 2D Animation Supervisor |
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Born on February 18, 1963 in Nagasaki.
Joined STUDIO DOVE in 1983. After working as an animator, he participated as graphic supervisor and character designer. His works include: MOBILE NEW CENTURY GUNDAM X (Kidou Shin-seiki Gundam X), NEW MOBINE CHRONICLE GUNDAM W (Shin Kidou Senki Gundam W), ZETTAI MUTEKI RAIJIN-OH, MOBILE POLICE PATLABOR, etc. He has taken part in the production of a lot of TV animation series, for which Robot animation titles are what he is best known.
He joined the ZONE OF THE ENDERS project as character designer/demo part director. |
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| --Tsubasa Masao--Original Character Design |
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Born on May 5, 1974 in Saitama.
Joined Konami Computer Entertainment Japan in 1997 and worked on the 2D animation of console titles KEYBOARD MANIA and GUITAR FREAKS. He was also the design leader of the handy phone version of BEATMANIA.
His dynamic but cool works can be seen in the characters and costumes of ZONE OF THE ENDERS THE 2nd RUNNER. |
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| --Shuyo Murata--Game Design/Scenario/Director |
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Born on December 30, 1970 in Tokyo.
He has spent a lot of his school days on making original movies. Joined Konami in 1995. He has worked on game projects since 1999 after working on over 50 drama CD projects including CLICK & DEAD NETWAY SWEEPERS, and METAL GEAR SOLID as a supervisor and scenario director. He was the assistant scenario director and rendering demo supervisor for ZONE OF THE ENDERS.
He also wrote the bonus drama scenario of METAL GEAR GHOST BABEL (Game Boy Color), "IDEA SPY 2.5" and "The Shocking Conspiracy behind Shadow Moses", a story on the Shadow Moses incident which appears as a short story within METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY. ZONE OF THE ENDERS THE 2nd RUNNER is his first original work as director. |
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