# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koji-kondo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:37:52.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koji-kondo"
name: "Koji Kondo"
slug: "koji-kondo"
description: "Koji Kondo  is a Japanese composer and senior executive at the video game company Nintendo. He is best known for his contributions for the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, with his Super Mario Bros. theme being the first piece of music from a video game included in the American National Recording Registry. Kondo was hired by Nintendo in 1984 as its first dedicated composer and is currently a Senior Officer at its Entertainment Planning & Development division."
tagline: "Japanese composer and pianist (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koji_Kondo_E3_2006_(3x4_cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1961-08-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  239
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump