History Creator / HideoKojima

* OlderThanTheyLook: Look at him again. No way the guy looks in his 50s. This is joked by fans that he had nanomachines implanted in him.

Hideo Kojima (born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game developer best known as the [[FaceOfTheBand creative mind]] behind Creator/{{Konami}}'s ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series.

* DoingItForTheArt: He originally planned to pursue a career in filmmaking before deciding to switch to game design. This was met with demands for reconsideration by his peers and family, as video games were a largely [[UnbuiltTrope infantile]] industry at the time. WhosLaughingNow

* TheOner: Featured in cutscenes that are filmed ENTIRELY as one shot in Metal Gear Solid 5 and has even used this in a couple of times in ''Death Stranding''.

* HumongousMecha

* TheOner: Featured in cutscenes that are filmed ENTIRELY as one shot in Metal Gear Solid 5 and has even used this in a couple of times in Death Stranding.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kojima teaming up with Guillermo Del Toro, Norman Reedus, and JUNJI ITO to create [[VideoGame/SilentHills the next entry]] in the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' franchise. Due to Kojima's falling out with Konami, all that ever materialized of the project was a playable teaser and a short trailer. Said playable teaser was widely considered one of the scariest things most people had ever played and is now [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only available on the PS4s that still haven't uninstalled it.]]

* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'', [[https://ameblo.jp/kp-blogcast/entry-10390666999.html he wrote a blog post of the story of him meeting Kinoko Nasu and getting a signed copy of the first volume]].

Kojima's creative career properly kicked off in 1986, when he joined entered video game publisher Creator/{{Konami}} (doing so because it was the only games developer listed on the Japanese stock exchange). By Kojima's own admission, he became involved with video games because he was not able to enter the movie industry. His works feature frequent discussions about science, history, politics and culture as well as shameless references to films -- primarily American action movies, of which he is a huge fan. His games often glorify, deconstruct, reference, or pastiche Hollywood tropes -- from {{theme naming}} his cast after movie characters to copying action sequences motion-for-motion. Most of his stories fit into the category of MagicRealism, featuring {{Humongous Mecha}}s and magical {{Super Soldier}}s within the context of real-world settings and events.

As a teenager, Kojima tried his hand at writing novels and wound up writing several "short" stories and sending to various publications. However, none of them were ever published as his stories often exceeded 400 pages.

* ''Death Stranding 2''

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[Music/DavidBowie The Man]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Who]] [[TrollingCreator Trolled]] [[MemeticMutation The World.]]'']]

In his youth, Kojima developed a strong interest in film. His parents were quite found of European cinema, especially Westerns and horror, and had a family tradition of watching a film together each night (with Kojima not allowed to go to bed until it had finished), and never really imposed any limits on what films their children were allowed to watch. Kojima would later proudly proclaim that "70% of [his] body is made of movies".

* TheMuse: Creator/MadsMikkelsen has recently became one to him, judging by the sheer amount of gushing Kojima did on Mikkelsen on his official Twitter account.

* VerySpecialEpisode: Episode 6 of [=HideoTube=] guest stars Mads Mikkelsen.

* NiceHat: His Twitter account reveals him to be a fan of sombreros.

In 2020, he is set to receive a UsefulNotes/{{BAFTA}} Fellowship for his artistry and contributions to the video game industry.

* GothRock: He is a fan of goth rock acts such as Music/TheCure and Sisters of Mercy.

In his youth, Kojima developed a strong interest in film. His parents were quite found of European cinema, especially Westerns and horror, and had a family tradition of watching a film together each night (with Kojima not allowed to go to bed until it had finished), and never really imposed any limits on what films their children were allowed to watch. Kojima would later proudly proclaim that "70% of [his] body is made of movies". As a teenager, he tried his hand at writing novels and wound up writing several "short" stories and sending to various publications. However, none of them were ever published as his stories often exceeded 400 pages.

The young Kojima developed a strong interest in film from childhood. His parents were quite found of European cinema, especially westerns and horror, and had a family tradition of watching a film together each night, and never really imposed any limits on what films their children were allowed to watch. Kojima would later proudly proclaim that "70% of my body is made of movies".

As a teenager, Kojima tried his hand at writing novels. He would end up writing several "short" stories and sent them to various publications. However, none of them were ever published as his stories often exceeded 400 pages.

Kojima's creative career properly kicked off in 1986, when he joined entered video game publisher Creator/{{Konami}} (doing so because it was the only games developer listed on the Japanese stock exchange). By Kojima's own admission he became involved with video games because he was not able to enter the movie industry. His works feature frequent discussions about science, history, politics and culture as well as shameless references to films -- primarily American action movies, of which he is a huge fan. His games often glorify, deconstruct, reference, or pastiche Hollywood tropes -- from {{theme naming}} his cast after movie characters to copying action sequences motion-for-motion. Most of his stories fit into the category of MagicRealism, featuring {{Humongous Mecha}}s and magical {{Super Soldier}}s within the context of real-world settings and events.

He is also dedicated to giving his games [[DevelopersForesight an utterly enormous level of world detail]] in terms of character backstories, politics, history, culture, and science. As a direct result, his games feature so much information that it is almost impossible to find every bit on a first playthrough, starting with an absolutely gigantic in-game encyclopedia detailing the world of ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', and carrying on throughout the ''Metal Gear'' series.

!He has written and directed the following games:[[index]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: He hates it when trailers spoil the story, so he deliberately makes totally misleading trailers. He took this to its absolute limit with ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', where the fact that Snake isn't even the main character was completely, totally obscured.

-->Yes, because Kojima is God!

As a teenager, he had also tried his hand at writing novels; having put together several multiple "short" stories and sent them to various publications. However, none of them were ever published as his stories often exceeded 400 pages. His works feature frequent discussions about science, history, politics and culture as well as shameless references to films -- primarily American action movies, of which he is a huge fan. His games often glorify, deconstruct, reference, or pastiche Hollywood tropes -- from {{theme naming}} his cast after movie characters to copying action sequences motion-for-motion. Most of his stories fit into the category of MagicRealism, featuring {{Humongous Mecha}}s and magical {{Super Soldier}}s within the context of real-world settings and events.

Kojima's creative career properly kicked off in 1986, when he joined entered video game publisher Creator/{{Konami}} (doing so because it was the only games developer listed on the Japanese stock exchange). By Kojima's own admission he became involved with video games because he was not able to enter the movie industry.

Kojima's creative career properly kicked off in 1986, when he joined entered video game publisher Creator/{{Konami}} (doing so because it was the only games developer listed on the Japanese stock exchange). By Kojima's own admission he became involved with video games because he was not able to enter the movie industry. Kojima had also tried his hand at writing novels, but found himself unable to attract the interest of a publisher. As a teenager, he wrote multiple "short" stories and sent them to various publications. However, none of them were ever published as his stories often exceeded 400 pages. His works feature frequent discussions about science, history, politics and culture as well as shameless references to films -- primarily American action movies, of which he is a huge fan. His games often glorify, deconstruct, reference, or pastiche Hollywood tropes -- from {{theme naming}} his cast after movie characters to copying action sequences motion-for-motion. Most of his stories fit into the category of MagicRealism, featuring {{Humongous Mecha}}s and magical {{Super Soldier}}s within the context of real-world settings and events.

Kojima's creative career properly kicked off in 1986, when he joined entered video game publisher Creator/{{Konami}} (doing so because it was the only games developer listed on the Japanese stock exchange). By Kojima's own admission he became involved with video games because he was not able to enter the movie industry. As a teenager, he wrote multiple "short" stories and sent them to various publications. However, none of them were ever published as his stories often exceeded 400 pages. His works feature frequent discussions about science, history, politics and culture as well as shameless references to films -- primarily American action movies, of which he is a huge fan. His games often glorify, deconstruct, reference, or pastiche Hollywood tropes -- from {{theme naming}} his cast after movie characters to copying action sequences motion-for-motion. Most of his stories fit into the category of MagicRealism, featuring {{Humongous Mecha}}s and magical {{Super Soldier}}s within the context of real-world settings and events.

The young Kojima developed a strong interest in film from childhood. His parents were quite found of European cinema, especially westerns and horror, and had a family tradition of watching a film together each night, and never really imposed any limits what films their children were allowed to watch. Kojima would later proudly proclaim that "70% of my body is made of movies".

Kojima's creative career properly kicked off in 1986, when he joined entered video game publisher Creator/{{Konami}} (doing so because it was the only games developer listed on the Japanese stock exchange). By Kojima's own admission he became involved with video games, because he was not able to enter the movie industry. As a teenager, he wrote multiple "short" stories and sent them to various publications. However, none of them were ever published as his stories often exceeded 400 pages. His works feature frequent discussions about science, history, politics and culture as well as shameless references to films -- primarily American action movies, of which he is a huge fan. His games often glorify, deconstruct, reference, or pastiche Hollywood tropes -- from {{theme naming}} his cast after movie characters to copying action sequences motion-for-motion. Most of his stories fit into the category of MagicRealism, featuring {{Humongous Mecha}}s and magical {{Super Soldier}}s within the context of real-world settings and events.

Kojima's creative career properly kicked off in 1986, when he joined entered video game publisher Creator/{{Konami}} (doing so because it was the only games developer listed on the Japanese stock exchange(. By Kojima's own admission he became involved with video games, because he was not able to enter the movie industry. As a teenager, he wrote multiple "short" stories and sent them to various publications. However, none of them were ever published as his stories often exceeded 400 pages. His works feature frequent discussions about science, history, politics and culture as well as shameless references to films -- primarily American action movies, of which he is a huge fan. His games often glorify, deconstruct, reference, or pastiche Hollywood tropes -- from {{theme naming}} his cast after movie characters to copying action sequences motion-for-motion. Most of his stories fit into the category of MagicRealism, featuring {{Humongous Mecha}}s and magical {{Super Soldier}}s within the context of real-world settings and events.