Masahiro Sakurai

Masahiro Sakurai born on August 3, 1970 in Tokyo, Kantō region is a Japanese video game designer, the creative force behind both the Kirby and the Super Smash Bros. series on Nintendo platforms.One of Sakurai's earliest experiences in the video game industry began when he worked for HAL Laboratory.Sakurai completed development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008. He developed the game, despite personnel borrowed from 19 different developer studios being put in charge of preliminary development of it.Brawl was released on January 31, 2008 in Japan, and on March 9, 2008 in North America. Sakurai and his company, Sora Ltd. alongside Nintendo have started a new first-party studio, Project Sora, which is 72% owned by Nintendo and 28% owned by Sora Ltd.Games designed
1992 - Kirby's Dream Land
1993 - Kirby's Adventure
1993 - Kirby's Pinball Land
1996 - Kirby Super Star
1999 - Super Smash Bros.
2001 - Super Smash Bros. Melee
2002 - Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
2003 - Kirby Air Ride
2005 - Meteos
2008 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl