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Masahiro Sakurai

Born August 3, 1970 · Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan (age 56)

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 F…

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Kirby: Fright to the Finish!Kirby: Fright to the Finish! · 2005
Kirby: Fright to the Finish!
2005
MovieAnimationFantasy
Kirby battles a fleet of mysterious spaceships that have the effrontery to attack Dream Land. The pint-sized hero embarks on a nerve-shattering journey into deep space, where he must confront his ultimate nightmare: the diabolical eNeMeE. Will Kirby emerge unscathed and victorious?
Mario Kirby Masterpiece VideoMario Kirby Masterpiece Video · 1993
Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video
★ 6.01993
MovieAnimation
An educational short starring Mario and Kirby that teaches Japanese Kanji to young children.
Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster EbizoKirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo · 2009
Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo
★ 6.02009
MovieAnimationAction
3D animated short based on Kirby: Right Back at Ya! which features the never-before-seen monster named Lobzilla. as King Dedede tries to ruin Kirby's latest media endeavor
Kirby of the Stars PilotKirby of the Stars Pilot · 2000
Kirby of the Stars Pilot
2000
MovieAnimation
Pilot for Kirby: Right Back At Ya! The short begins with a mysterious pink creature, Kirby, crash landing his starship on a foreign planet, Popstar.
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!Kirby: Right Back at Ya! · 2001
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
★ 6.82001
SeriesAnimationComedy
A diminutive pink creature orbiting in space named “Kirby” crash lands into Dream Land. Once getting acquainted with the citizens who live there in Cappy Town, he begins to defend the town from the monsters that King Dedede, the self-proclaimed ruler of Cappy Town, orders from the evil Nightmare Enterprises.
Kid IcarusKid Icarus · 2012
Kid Icarus
2012
SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure
An angelic warrior named Pit defends humanity against Medusa’s revived forces, battling monsters across a world ruled by gods and ancient myths.
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating GamesMasahiro Sakurai on Creating Games · 2022
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
★ 10.02022
Series
Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he reflects on his work in the games industry and offers insightful and easy-to-understand advice about game development. The goal? To try and help make games around the world a little more fun!

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