Masahiro Sakurai made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Masahiro Sakurai as Japanese video game designer (born 1970).
Masahiro Sakurai was born at Hino in 1970. His recorded nationality is Japan.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
He worked as screenwriter, seiyū and computer scientist.
His affiliations include Sora Ltd. and HAL Laboratory.
His principal work is Super Smash Bros.. Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His recorded fields of work are video game.
His work was formally recognised with the Japan Game Awards Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award.
Working from Japan shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Masahiro Sakurai is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Notable work: Super Smash Bros.
- Affiliated with Sora Ltd. and HAL Laboratory
- Worked as screenwriter, seiyū and computer scientist
