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Keiji Inafune

Japanese video game designer
Person human Q731559

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
May 8, 1965
Place of birth
Kishiwada
Country of citizenship
Japan[8]
Occupation
computer scientist, painter, video game developer, screenwriter, video game director, film director[3][4][5][6][7][9]
Educated at
専門学校大阪デザイナー・アカデミー[10]
Notable work
Proto Man, Doctor Wily[11][12]
Genre
manufacturer[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Japanese[16]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[20]
Given name
Keiji[15]
Name in kana
いなふね けいじ[18]
Name in native language
稲船敬二[17]
P14750
E9AD-8A59-0D16-EC4D-1204[21]
Start of work period
1987[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Keiji Inafune ar كيجي اينافون de Inafune de Inafune Keiji fa کیجی اینفونه hu Inafune Keidzsi ja 稲船敬二 ko 이나후네 케이지 ru Инафунэ, Кейдзи ru Инафунэ, Кэйдзи ru Кэйдзи Инафунэ sv Inafune zh 稻船敬二
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000377400072
VIAF cluster ID
255273400
GND ID
1357694156
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Keiji Inafune 2007.jpg ↗
Allcinema person ID
484287
Anime News Network person ID
25375
AnimeClick author ID
5517
Bgm.tv person ID
10304
CiNii Research ID
1140845216742379904
Douban personage ID
27548385
Europeana entity
agent/base/152785
FanCons.com guest ID
4170
Show all 24 identifiers +12
Film.ru person ID
keiji-inafune
Freebase ID
/m/04_mvx
IMDb ID
nm0408345
MangaSeek person ID
15308
MusicBrainz artist ID
835eafe0-89b2-413f-a0aa-5369c444e604
MyAnimeList people ID
42045
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA17477664
NDL Authority ID
01231368
Plex person key
5d7768a0594b2b001e691427
TMDB person ID
995035
VGMdb artist ID
50256
Visual Novel Database ID
s14536

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🔗 Connections
← Producer 33
Dead Rising, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Mega Man 8, Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10, Mega Man X4 +25 more
Occupation 5
film director, painter, screenwriter, computer scientist, video game developer
← Creator 3
Zero, Doctor Wily, Proto Man
← Designed by 3
Mega Man 4, Mega Man X, Soul Sacrifice
Notable work 2
Doctor Wily, Proto Man
Country of citizenship 1
Japan
Films written 1
Mighty No. 9
Founded entities 1
Level-5 Comcept
Genre 1
manufacturer
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Japanese
Place of birth 1
Kishiwada
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Samakova
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Summary

Keiji Inafune's place of birth was Kishiwada[1]. He was born on May 8, 1965[2]. He worked as a computer scientist[3], painter[4], video game developer[5], screenwriter[6], and video game director[7].

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Works and Contributions

Notable works include Proto Man[11], a fictional robot[22] and Doctor Wily[12], a fictional human[23].

FAQs

Where was Keiji Inafune born?

Keiji Inafune was born in Kishiwada[1].

What did Keiji Inafune do for work?

Keiji Inafune worked as computer scientist[3], painter[4], video game developer[5], screenwriter[6], and video game director[7].

Where did Keiji Inafune go to school?

Keiji Inafune was educated at 専門学校大阪デザイナー・アカデミー[10].

Related Entities

computer scientist Dead Rising Japan Level-5 Comcept video game developer

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  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 1357694156
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56442|batch #56442]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 8w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person ID → 484287
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Allcinema person ID: 484287, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/322369047|稲船敬二 (#322369047)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8395|Allcinema person]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → E9AD-8A59-0D16-EC4D-1204
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46470|batch #46470]]: HAND ID (9)"
  4. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Douban personage ID → 27548385
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Douban personage ID: 27548385, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785062790133"
  5. 18w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VGMdb artist ID → 50256
    Plex person key → 5d7768a0594b2b001e691427
    Ndl authority id → —
    Imdb id → —
    + 70 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Visual Novel Database ID: s14536, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259958|batch #259958]]"
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