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Hidetaka Miyazaki

Hidetaka Miyazaki, Japanese video game designer and executive

Born
September 19, 1974
Age in 2026
52
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1974

About Hidetaka Miyazaki

Hidetaka Miyazaki is a Japanese video game director, designer, writer, and president of the game developer FromSoftware. He joined the company in 2004 and was a designer for the Armored Core series before receiving wider recognition for creating the Dark Souls series. Miyazaki was promoted to company president in 2014 and also serves as its representative director. Other similar games he has directed include Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring. Miyazaki was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards. Upon learning about what later became Demon's Souls, Miyazaki became excited at the prospect of a fantasy action role-playing game and offered to help. Once exposed to video games, Miyazaki became a fan of Ico, the early Dragon Quest games, The Legend of Zelda, and the King's Field series, all of which he cited as influences. As Miyazaki was unable to give his thanks before they left the area, he wondered whether the last person in the line had made it to their destination as he was unlikely to ever meet them again.

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Hidetaka Miyazaki timeline

  1. Miyazaki was promoted to company president in 2014 and also serves as its representative director.
  2. Miyazaki was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards.

The world when Hidetaka Miyazaki was born

Hidetaka Miyazaki was born in 1974. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1974

  • #1 song"The Way We Were" – Barbra Streisand
  • Top movieThe Godfather Part II
  • Top TV showAll in the Family
  • Best-selling bookJaws – Peter Benchley

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's all-time home run record (715)
  • Top headlinePresident Nixon resigns from office
  • Technology milestoneUniversal Product Code (UPC barcode) scanned for the first time
  • Defining fadStreaking
  • Notable inventionPost-it Note bookmark prototype
  • World population4.01 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon / Gerald Ford
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population213.9M

1974 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Hidetaka Miyazaki's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19742026
Gas$0.53$3.45/gal
Average home$25,200$435,000
Average income$14,200$67,500
Minimum wage$2.00$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.87$11.95
Postage stamp$0.10$0.73
Population213.9M341 million

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