About

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Birthday:
1970-08-03
Place of birth:
Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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Masahiro Sakurai

Overview

Masahiro Sakurai is a Japanese video game director and game designer best known as the creator of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series. Apart from his work on those series, he also led the design of Meteos in 2005 and directed Kid Icarus: Uprising in 2012. Formerly an employee of HAL Laboratory, he founded Sora Ltd. in 2005, a company he still leads. He is also an author of a weekly column for Famitsu magazine, and has done voice acting work in some of his games.

Known for

Acting
2022 Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Actor Masahiro Sakurai N/A
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2017 Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert Actor Himself N/A
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2016 Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert Actor Self N/A
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Writing
2009 Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo Writing Characters N/A
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2005 Kirby: Fright to the Finish! Writing Characters N/A
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2001 Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Writing Characters 68
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1993 Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video Writing Characters 59
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