# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazuhisa-hashimoto
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:19:02.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazuhisa-hashimoto"
name: "Kazuhisa Hashimoto"
slug: "kazuhisa-hashimoto"
description: "Kazuhisa Hashimoto  was a Japanese video game developer, best known for having created the Konami Code, a cheat code used in numerous video games typically granting the player extra lives or other benefits, and which has become often used as an Easter egg in popular culture."
tagline: "Video game developer and inventor of the Konami Code"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1958-11-15"
deathDate: "2020-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.37
  momentum:             0.0690846286701209
  historical:           8.287654666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5026938/"
    handle:    "nm5026938"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%92%8C%E4%B9%85"
    title: "桥本和久"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "كازوهيسا هاشيموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhisa_Hashimoto"
    title: "Kazuhisa Hashimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhisa_Hashimoto"
    title: "Kazuhisa Hashimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhisa_Hashimoto"
    title: "Kazuhisa Hashimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhisa_Hashimoto"
    title: "Kazuhisa Hashimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A9%8B%E6%9C%AC%E5%92%8C%E4%B9%85"
    title: "橋本和久"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhisa_Hashimoto"
    title: "Kazuhisa Hashimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashimoto_Kazuhisa"
    title: "Hashimoto Kazuhisa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86502649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump