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Masahiro Sakurai (b. 1970)

Birthplace:
Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan

Born:
August 3, 1970

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Characters:
1993  Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video
2005  Kirby: Fright to the Finish!
2009  Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo

Writer:
1993  Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video
2000  Kirby of the Stars Pilot
2005  Kirby: Fright to the Finish!
2009  Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Characters:
2001  Kirby: Right Back at Ya!

Creator:
2001  Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
2022  Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

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