# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shinji-mikami
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:23:26.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shinji-mikami"
name: "Shinji Mikami"
slug: "shinji-mikami"
description: "Shinji Mikami  is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer. Starting his career at Capcom in 1990, he has worked on many of the company's most successful games. He directed the first installment of the Resident Evil series in 1996 and the first installment of the Dino Crisis series in 1999, both survival horror games. He returned to Resident Evil to direct the remake of the first game in 2002 and the survival horror third-person shooter Resident Evil 4 in 2005. In 2006, he directed his final Capcom game God Hand, a beat 'em up action game. Mikami founded PlatinumGames in 2006 and directed the third-person shooter Vanquish in 2010. That same year, he left the studio and founded a new studio Tango Gameworks and directed the survival horror game The Evil Within in 2014. He has also served the roles of producer and executive producer for many games. In 2023, he left Tango Gamesworks and founded a new studio Unbound Co., Ltd in 2022."
tagline: "Japanese video game designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shinji_Mikami_April_2013_3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1965-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.94
  momentum:             15
  historical:           23.19371866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  229
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "shinji_mikami"
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    handle:    "nm0586353"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tangogameworks.com"
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    title: "三上真司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "სინძი მიკამი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shinji Mikami"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Миками, Синдзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ශින්ජි මිකාමි"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikami_Shinji"
    title: "Mikami Shinji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1957104"
    title: "Shinji Mikami"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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