Hideo Kojima?? ??Kojima Hideoborn August 24, 1963 is a Japanese video game designer (game designer) originally employed at Konami. Formerly the vice president of Konami Computer Entertainment Japancite weburl=Hideo Kojima Biographyaccessdate=2008-03-12, he is currently the Executive Corporate Officer Director of Kojima Productions.cite weburl=of Personnel Changes (March 17, 2009)accessdate=2009-08-11date=2009-03-17publisher=Konami He is the creator and director of a number of successful games, including the Metal Gear (Metal Gear (series)) series, Snatcher, and Policenauts and also produced both the Zone of the Enders and Boktai series. Kojima is consistently named by fans and industry experts alike as being one of the most influential and innovative video game directors and writers of all time. Newsweek named Hideo Kojima as one of the top ten people of 2002. In 2008, Next-Gen (Next Generation Magazine) placed him #7 in their list of "Hot 100 Developer 2008." In early 2009, IGN placed him sixth in their Top 100 Game Creators of All Time list. He has also been awarded the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award handed to a game designer at the 2008 MTV Game Awards and was also honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Game Developers Conference.cite weburl=09: Kojima To Receive Lifetime Achievement Awardaccessdate=2009-06-02date=2009-02-17