Masahiro Sakurai

Born: 1970-08-03

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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Fire Emblem Festival Love & Courage 25th Anniversary Concert

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Released: 2016-02-24

25th Anniversary of Love and Courage: Fire Emblem Festival was an orchestral concert which was...

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Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert

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Released: 2017-12-20

In July 2017 the "Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert" was held in Tokyo. The charming...

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Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

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First aired: 2022-08-24

Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he...

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