# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kotaro-uchikoshi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:06:46.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kotaro-uchikoshi"
name: "Kotaro Uchikoshi"
slug: "kotaro-uchikoshi"
description: "Kotaro Uchikoshi  is a Japanese video game director and writer. He is known for his work on visual novel games, including the Infinity and Zero Escape series. His writing style often incorporates elements of science fiction with various scientific and philosophical themes, and makes heavy use of plot twists."
tagline: "Japanese video game director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kotaro_Uchikoshi_at_Anime_Expo_2016%2C_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1973-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.176333333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Uchikoshi_Eng"
    handle:    "Uchikoshi_Eng"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kotaro.uchikoshi"
    handle:    "kotaro.uchikoshi"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2458225/"
    handle:    "nm2458225"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%93%E8%B6%8A%E9%8B%BC%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E"
    title: "打越鋼太郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "كوتارو أوشيكوشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BF_%CE%9F%CF%85%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B9"
    title: "Κοτάρο Ουτσικόσι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotaro_Uchikoshi"
    title: "Kotaro Uchikoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D_Uchikoshi"
    title: "Kōtarō Uchikoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotaro_Uchikoshi"
    title: "Kotaro Uchikoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%93%E8%B6%8A%E9%8B%BC%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E"
    title: "打越鋼太郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EC%B9%98%EC%BD%94%EC%8B%9C_%EC%BD%94%ED%83%80%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "우치코시 코타로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotaro_Uchikoshi"
    title: "Kotaro Uchikoshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11075968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2719004"
    title: "Kotaro Uchikoshi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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