Masahiro Sakurai

Masahiro Sakurai

Actor · Writer

Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
August 3, 1970

Biography

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 Famitsu magazine, and has done voice acting work in some of his games.

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Representative Works

Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert
Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert
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/ Japanese
Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert
Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert
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/ Japanese
Kirby: Fright to the Finish!
Kirby: Fright to the Finish!
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Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo
Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo
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/ Japanese
Kirby of the Stars Pilot
Kirby of the Stars Pilot
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Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video
Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video
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/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert
2017Nominee

Best Performance

Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert

Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert
2016Nominee

Best Performance

Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert

Kirby: Fright to the Finish!
2005Nominee

Best Writing

Kirby: Fright to the Finish!

Career Highlights

Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo
2009Highlight

Best Writing

Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Carapace Monster Ebizo

Kirby of the Stars Pilot
2000Highlight

Best Writing

Kirby of the Stars Pilot

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