The People Behind the Games

Creators

134 directors, designers, composers and producers whose work fills the museum

A game is a studio's work — but its shape, its feel, its voice belong to people. Here are the ones we've profiled. Follow any name to their story — or see how they're all connected.

Directors 17

Takashi Tezuka 14 games in the museum
Hideo Kojima 6 games in the museum
Masahiro Sakurai 5 games in the museum
Shinji Mikami 5 games in the museum
Takashi Tokita 4 games in the museum
Yoshinori Kitase 4 games in the museum
Eiji Aonuma 3 games in the museum
Hiroyuki Ito 3 games in the museum
Michel Ancel 3 games in the museum
Shinichi Shimomura 3 games in the museum
Takashi Iizuka 3 games in the museum
Hiroji Kiyotake 2 games in the museum
John Romero 2 games in the museum
Keiichiro Toyama 1 game in the museum
Masayoshi Kikuchi 1 game in the museum
Tom Hall 1 game in the museum
Toshiro Tsuchida 1 game in the museum

Designers 19

Shigeru Miyamoto 35 games in the museum
Gunpei Yokoi 13 games in the museum
Koichi Ishii 7 games in the museum
Yuji Horii 6 games in the museum
Akitoshi Kawazu 4 games in the museum
Satoshi Tajiri 4 games in the museum
Yoshiaki Koizumi 4 games in the museum
Yoshio Sakamoto 4 games in the museum
Hiroshi Minagawa 3 games in the museum
Yu Suzuki 3 games in the museum
Ed Boon 2 games in the museum
Hiromichi Tanaka 2 games in the museum
Kazunori Yamauchi 2 games in the museum
Masanobu Endo 2 games in the museum
Akihiko Matsui 1 game in the museum
Genyo Takeda 1 game in the museum
Koji Igarashi 1 game in the museum
Ron Gilbert 1 game in the museum
Masayuki Uemura View profile

Composers 87

Koji Kondo 22 games in the museum
Nobuo Uematsu 17 games in the museum
Hirokazu Tanaka 13 games in the museum
Koichi Sugiyama 9 games in the museum
Yuzo Koshiro 8 games in the museum
David Wise 7 games in the museum
Motoi Sakuraba 7 games in the museum
Norio Hanzawa 7 games in the museum
Yoko Shimomura 7 games in the museum
Hitoshi Sakimoto 6 games in the museum
Jun Ishikawa 6 games in the museum
Kazumi Totaka 6 games in the museum
Fumie Kumatani 5 games in the museum
Grant Kirkhope 5 games in the museum
Hirokazu Ando 5 games in the museum
Junichi Masuda 5 games in the museum
Kenji Ito 5 games in the museum
Kenji Yamamoto 5 games in the museum
Masaharu Iwata 5 games in the museum
Robin Beanland 5 games in the museum
Yuka Tsujiyoko 5 games in the museum
Eveline Fischer 4 games in the museum
Graeme Norgate 4 games in the museum
Hajime Wakai 4 games in the museum
Hidenori Maezawa 4 games in the museum
Kinuyo Yamashita 4 games in the museum
Minako Hamano 4 games in the museum
Naofumi Hataya 4 games in the museum
Noriyuki Iwadare 4 games in the museum
Tatsuyuki Maeda 4 games in the museum
Tsukasa Tawada 4 games in the museum
Yasunori Mitsuda 4 games in the museum
Akito Nakatsuka 3 games in the museum
Frank Klepacki 3 games in the museum
Howard Drossin 3 games in the museum
Jun Senoue 3 games in the museum
Kazuo Sawa 3 games in the museum
Keiichi Suzuki 3 games in the museum
Kenichi Tokoi 3 games in the museum
Kenta Nagata 3 games in the museum
Kohei Tanaka 3 games in the museum
Konami Kukeiha Club 3 games in the museum
Kozue Ishikawa 3 games in the museum
Manami Matsumae 3 games in the museum
Michiru Yamane 3 games in the museum
Miki Higashino 3 games in the museum
Naoki Kodaka 3 games in the museum
Shinobu Tanaka 3 games in the museum
Shusaku Uchiyama 3 games in the museum
Toru Minegishi 3 games in the museum
Toshiaki Sakoda 3 games in the museum
Toshihiko Horiyama 3 games in the museum
Akira Yamaoka 2 games in the museum
Dan Forden 2 games in the museum
Harumi Fujita 2 games in the museum
Hidenori Shoji 2 games in the museum
Hiroki Kikuta 2 games in the museum
Jeff van Dyck 2 games in the museum
Jeremy Soule 2 games in the museum
Jun Funahashi 2 games in the museum
Junichi Nakatsuru 2 games in the museum
Junko Tamiya 2 games in the museum
Keiji Yamagishi 2 games in the museum
Kouji Murata 2 games in the museum
Makoto Tomozawa 2 games in the museum
Mari Yamaguchi 2 games in the museum
Masanobu Tsukamoto 2 games in the museum
Masato Nakamura 2 games in the museum
Motohiro Kawashima 2 games in the museum
Peter Connelly 2 games in the museum
Ryuichi Nitta 2 games in the museum
Ryuji Iuchi 2 games in the museum
Shoji Meguro 2 games in the museum
Sonic Mayhem 2 games in the museum
Soyo Oka 2 games in the museum
Stuart Chatwood 2 games in the museum
Takayuki Nakamura 2 games in the museum
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi 2 games in the museum
Takeo Miratsu 2 games in the museum
Tamayo Kawamoto 2 games in the museum
Toshiharu Yamanishi 2 games in the museum
Tsukasa Masuko 2 games in the museum
Yoshihito Yano 2 games in the museum
Yoshito Hirano 2 games in the museum
Yuko Takehara 2 games in the museum
Yutaka Minobe 2 games in the museum
Robert Prince 1 game in the museum

Producers 5

Hironobu Sakaguchi 11 games in the museum
Kazuhiko Aoki 3 games in the museum
Katsuya Eguchi 2 games in the museum
Masafumi Miyamoto 1 game in the museum
Hiroshi Yamauchi View profile

Programmers 2

Graeme Devine 1 game in the museum
Satoru Iwata View profile

Artists 2

Akira Toriyama 6 games in the museum
Ken Sugimori 1 game in the museum