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Birth and occupation
Hideo Kojima (小島 秀夫) born August 24, 1963 in Kyoto-Japan. Is a Japanese video game designer, writer, and producer originally employed at Konami. -
Sadness
He was moved to western Japan at the age of three. He said that early on in his life he often had to deal with death, with his father passing away when he was only 13. -
Konami work
He joined video game publisher Konami's MSX home computer division in 1986 as a designer and 'planner'. Initially, he was disappointed with his assignment, and desired to work on Nintendo Entertainment System and arcade games instead. -
Metal Gear
The first game of Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear, released in 1987 with great success among critics, for the personal computer MSX 2. -
Create Snatcher
Snatcher (スナッチャー) is a cyberpunk-themed graphic adventure game directed and written by Hideo Kojima and produced by Konami. It was originally released in Japan for the NEC PC-8801 and MSX2 computer platforms in 1988. -
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid was the first in the Metal Gear series to use 3D graphics and voice acting, for a more cinematic game experience. MGS was well received by its well designed gameplay, and the story and characters -
Create Metal Gear Solid 2
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (メタルギアソリッド2 サンズ・オブ・リバティ) is an action-adventure stealth video game directed by Hideo Kojima, originally developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. -
Work in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (メタルギアソリッド ザ・ツインスネークス) is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by Silicon Knights and published by Konami for the Nintendo GameCube video game console in 2004. -
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (メタルギアソリッド3 スネークイーター) is an action-adventure stealth video game directed by Hideo Kojima. Snake Eater was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 -
Kojima Productions
He is the director of Kojima Productions and a former vice president of Konami Digital Entertainment, a position he held since early 2011. -
Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (メタルギアソリッド4 ガンズ・オブ・ザ・パトリオット) is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by Kojima Productions exclusively for the PlayStation 3 console. It was the sixth Metal Gear game directed by Hideo Kojima and is set nine years after the events of Metal Gear Solid and five years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Guns of the Patriots made it -
Metal Gear 5 Finally on September 2015
In March 2015, reports began to surface that Kojima would part ways with long time publisher Konami after the release of The Phantom Pain. Konami later stated that they were auditioning for new staff for future Metal Gear titles and removed Kojima's name from the series.