Masahiro Sakurai
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Masahiro Sakurai (桜井 政博 Sakurai Masahiro) was born on August 3, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a well known Japanese video game director and designer, most famous for the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. franchise. He previously worked for HAL Laboratory, a subsidiary of Nintendo. He left the company in 2003 and started his own company called Sora Ltd. In 2009 after the huge success with Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he returned to Nintendo and created a joint subsidiary called Project Sora. Sakurai recently worked on Kid Icarus: Uprising, the long-awaited sequel to the Kid Icarus game.
Games Designed
- Kirby's Dream Land (1992) - Director
- Kirby's Adventure (1993) - Director
- Kirby Super Star (1995) - Director
- Super Smash Bros. (1999) - Director
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) - Director
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002) - Director
- Kirby Air Ride (2003) - Director
- Meteos (2005) - Designer
- Kouchuu Ouja: MushiKing-- Greatest Champion e no Michi (2005) - Designer
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Director
- Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012) - Director, Scenario Writer
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (2014) - Director
External Links
| Kid Icarus series | |
|---|---|
| Main Series | Kid Icarus • Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters • Kid Icarus: Uprising |
| Remakes | 3D Classics: Kid Icarus |
| Related Games | Super Smash Bros. Brawl • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
| Related Media | Captain N: The Game Master • Kid Icarus 3D Anime |
| Key People | Toru Osawa • Yoshio Sakamoto • Masahiro Sakurai • Hirokazu Tanaka • Gunpei Yokoi |
