Masahiro Sakurai
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About
Known for creating the Super Smash Bros. and Kirby video games, he also voiced characters in several of the games in these popular series.
Before Fame
In his late teens, he began working for the Japanese HAL Laboratory, Inc. video game company. He later worked for Q Entertainment and created his own companies, Project Sora and Sora Ltd.
Trivia
He directed such Nintendo DS games as Kid Icarus: Uprising and Meteos.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. He married Michiko Sakurai.
Associated With
He and Final Fantasy developer Hironobu Sakaguchi both had successful careers in the Japanese and international video game industries.