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  1. Michiko Sakurai (née Takahashi (高橋)) is a video game graphic designer and the wife of Masahiro Sakurai. She started in HAL Laboratory, but later left and established Sora Ltd. with Masahiro. She is the main responsible of the characteristic menus and UI featured in many of the games directed by Masahiro Sakurai, including all of the Super Smash Bros. titles. Kirby's Star Stacker (1998 ...

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  2. Formerly an employee of HAL Laboratory, Sakurai left the company in 2003 and in 2005 with his wife Michiko Sakurai (also ex-HAL Laboratory) founded their company Sora Ltd. [a], under which they work on a freelance basis.

  3. Michiko Sakurai. Masahiro Sakurai ( 桜井政博 ), born August 3, 1970, is a Japanese game developer, creator, writer, and voice actor. His most notable creations as a game developer include the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series, both of which he created and developed during his tenure with HAL Laboratory, a second-party developer for Nintendo.

  4. Aug 28, 2023 · Masahiro Sakurai was born on August 3, 1970, in Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan. Early experiences with games in the arcades of Japan helped spark an interest in video games from an early age. This interest was further fueled by his fascination with computers, which was unusual in Japan at that time. In his formative years, Sakurai spent much of ...

  5. Sora Ltd. (有限会社ソラ, Sora Limited) is an independent Japanese video game company founded by Masahiro Sakurai and his wife Michiko Takahashi. It is used as an agency for both to manage contracts with publishers.

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  7. r/Nintendo is a community to discuss Nintendo-related gaming and news. Michiko Sakurai's History in Gaming. What fans hear: "Before we go, I'd like to show off the main menu." What Sakurai hears: "Before we go, I'd like to show off my wife's work." This is exactly what I was thinking, I probably should have pointed it out myself!

  8. Sometime later, on September 30, 2005, Sakurai announced that he had formed his own company, which he called Sora. Sakurai’s wife, Michiko Sakurai, has worked on the graphical user interface of their games, including Kirby Air Ride, Meteos and the Super Smash Bros. series.

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