The People Behind the Games

Creators

27 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 8

Takashi Tezuka 13 games in the museum
Masahiro Sakurai 4 games in the museum
Shinji Mikami 3 games in the museum
Yoshinori Kitase 3 games in the museum
Eiji Aonuma 2 games in the museum
Hideo Kojima 1 game in the museum
Keiichiro Toyama 1 game in the museum
Masayoshi Kikuchi 1 game in the museum

Designers 8

Shigeru Miyamoto 29 games in the museum
Yoshiaki Koizumi 4 games in the museum
Gunpei Yokoi 3 games in the museum
Yuji Horii 3 games in the museum
Satoshi Tajiri 2 games in the museum
Yoshio Sakamoto 2 games in the museum
Kazunori Yamauchi 1 game in the museum
Yu Suzuki 1 game in the museum

Composers 8

Koji Kondo 13 games in the museum
Nobuo Uematsu 7 games in the museum
Koichi Sugiyama 5 games in the museum
Hirokazu Tanaka 4 games in the museum
Kazumi Totaka 3 games in the museum
Kenji Yamamoto 2 games in the museum
Kinuyo Yamashita 1 game in the museum
Yasunori Mitsuda 1 game in the museum

Producers 2

Hironobu Sakaguchi 6 games in the museum
Katsuya Eguchi 2 games in the museum

Programmers 1

Satoru Iwata View profile