Ken Sugimori

Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director

Person human Q457871

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: January 27, 1966
Place of birth: Fukuoka
Country of citizenship: Japan^[8]
Occupation: illustrator, mangaka, graphic designer, film director, character designer, screenwriter^[9]
Field of work: game design^[10]
Notable work: Pokémon^[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese^[16]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[19]
Described by source: MicroGroup Game Review Volume 14^[15]
Family name: Sugimori^[13]
Given name: Ken^[14]
Name in kana: すぎもりけん^[18]
Name in native language: 杉森建^[17]
P14470: People/Ken_Sugimori^[24]
P14750: E961-7EA1-1F88-C17E-B02C^[25]
Social media followers: 77k (52k–77k, n=4)^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 46

ISNI: 0000000367651142
VIAF cluster ID: 233328780
Library of Congress authority ID: no2017152828
AniDB person ID: 10181
AniList staff ID: 107479
Anime News Network person ID: 9800
AnimeClick author ID: 7427
Bgm.tv person ID: 15438
BookBrainz author ID: 8fa92621-f39d-40cb-bd33-96e9aa419aa5
Bulbapedia article ID: Ken_Sugimori
Cinematografo.it name or company ID (new): ken-sugimori-m8er5ok8
Discogs artist ID: 2721341

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Douban personage ID: 35323972
Europeana entity: agent/base/65134
Fandom article ID: pokemon:Ken_Sugimori
Film.ru person ID: ken-sugimori
Freebase ID: /m/02q1nn
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme): 3040-91884
Goodreads author ID: 6876600
IMDb ID: nm2242949
Internet Game Database person ID (archived): ken-sugimori
Japan Search name ID: 杉森建
MYmovies person ID: 186817
MangaSeek person ID: 3137
Media Arts Database ID: C55727
Metacritic ID: person/ken-sugimori
MobyGames person ID: 80810
Movieplayer person ID: 183881
MusicBrainz artist ID: 8a425ab0-caa1-4e1e-990b-760efdd858c4
MyAnimeList people ID: 12479
NDL Authority ID: 00163674
Namuwiki ID: 스기모리 켄
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX5183791
Official blog URL: www.gamefreak.co.jp
Open Library ID: OL10122275A
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID: 杉森建
Plex person key: 5dce6bc2bcc29a001fcfff59
Prabook ID: 1875312
Rotten Tomatoes ID: celebrity/ken_sugimori
TMDB person ID: 1292138
Topic's main category: Category:Ken Sugimori
VGMdb artist ID: 40377
WikiTree person ID: 杉森-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJr83K8cvVjVF7bwwXJ4bd
X (Twitter) username: SUPER_32X
ČSFD person ID: 72378

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Occupation 6

film director, screenwriter, mangaka, illustrator, graphic designer, character designer

Films directed 2

Pulseman, Drill Dozer

Country of citizenship 1

Japan

Field of work 1

game design

Films written 1

Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction

Founded entities 1

Game Freak

Given name 1

Ken

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Japanese

Notable work 1

Pokémon

Place of birth 1

Fukuoka

Sex or gender 1

male

← Character designer 1

Pokémon Red and Blue

← Creator 1

Cyndaquil

← Designed by 1

Mewtwo

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Summary

Ken Sugimori was born on January 27, 1966^[1], in Fukuoka^[2]. He has worked as an illustrator^[3], mangaka^[4], graphic designer^[5], film director^[6], and character designer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Ken Sugimori born?

Ken Sugimori was born in Fukuoka^[2].

What did Ken Sugimori do for work?

Ken Sugimori worked as an illustrator^[3], mangaka^[4], graphic designer^[5], film director^[6], and character designer^[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ken Sugimori — place of birth (P19): Fukuoka. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ken Sugimori — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ken Sugimori — country of citizenship (P27): Japan. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ken Sugimori — field of work (P101): game design. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ken Sugimori — occupation (P106): illustrator. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ken Sugimori — occupation (P106): mangaka. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ken Sugimori — occupation (P106): graphic designer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ken Sugimori — occupation (P106): film director. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ken Sugimori — occupation (P106): character designer. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ken Sugimori — occupation (P106): screenwriter. Retrieved 2023-09-14. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ken Sugimori — date of birth (P569): January 27, 1966. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ken Sugimori — family name (P734): Sugimori. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ken Sugimori — given name (P735): Ken. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ken Sugimori — notable work (P800): Pokémon. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ken Sugimori — described by source (P1343): MicroGroup Game Review Volume 14. plaguevonkarmabeta.weebly.com. Retrieved 2023-09-28. plaguevonkarmabeta.weebly.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ken Sugimori — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Japanese. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ken Sugimori — name in native language (P1559): 杉森建. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ken Sugimori — name in kana (P1814): すぎもりけん. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ken Sugimori — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-12-07. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ken Sugimori — social media followers (P8687): 56,009. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ken Sugimori — social media followers (P8687): 52,265. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ken Sugimori — social media followers (P8687): 72,236. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ken Sugimori — social media followers (P8687): 77,492. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ken Sugimori — P14470 (P14470): People/Ken_Sugimori. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ken Sugimori — P14750 (P14750): E961-7EA1-1F88-C17E-B02C. wikidata.org.

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Described by source → MicroGroup Game Review Volume 14

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