Kazunori Yamauchi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kazunori Yamauchi
Occupation	Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Aug 5, 1967(1967-08-05)
Age	57
Birthplace	Kashiwa
Country	Japan
Birth City	Chiba Prefecture
Horoscope	Leo

Kazunori Yamauchi Biography

Kazunori Yamauchi is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on August 5, 1967 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

He became the president of Polyphony Digital after designing his first game Motor Toon Grand Prix, a cartoon-inspired racing title similar to Mario Kart. Motor Toon Grand Prix later spawned a sequel, Motor Toon Grand Prix 2, which was the only game in the franchise released outside Japan. Since then, Yamauchi has fulfilled his dream of creating realistic driving simulators with his massively successful Gran Turismo series. He has also expressed interest in broadening out to other game genres; in 1999 Polyphony Digital released Omega Boost, a shoot ’em up title set in space, which has since proven to be Yamauchi’s only foray outside of racing game development.

Kazunori Yamauchi also competed as one of the four drivers of the #96 Spoon Sports FD2 Honda Civic Type R during the 25 Hours of Thunderhill in 2009, which was his first time driving in a US road course. Their race was plagued by penalties such as having to modify the exhaust tip for exceeding noise regulations and a penalty for improper fueling, which forced the team to spend almost an hour in the pits. The car itself didn’t have any problems though, and placed 7th out of 17 cars in its class, and 23rd overall out of 66 cars, after completing 617 laps.

Kazunori Yamauchi Net Worth

Kazunori Yamauchi is one of the richest Game Designer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kazunori Yamauchi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kazunori Yamauchi (山内 一典 , Yamauchi Kazunori, born August 5, 1967) is a Japanese game designer and professional racing driver. He is CEO of Polyphony Digital and producer of the Gran Turismo video game series.

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Yamauchi joined the SP9 class for the 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving Schulze Motorsport’s Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3. Although the team managed to lead the first qualifying session overall for over 40 minutes, multiple reliability problems in the race put them down to 165th place overall at one point, but the team managed to recover to 135th position overall at the checkered flag.

Facts & Trivia

Georgios Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Kazunori Yamauchi celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

A documentary focusing on Gran Turismo and Yamauchi called Kaz: Pushing the Virtual Divide, was released on January 22, 2014 on Hulu.

Top Facts about Kazunori Yamauchi

1. Kazunori Yamauchi is a Japanese game designer and professional racing driver.
2. He is CEO of Polyphony Digital and producer of the Gran Turismo video game series.
3. He designed his first game Motor Toon Grand Prix, a cartoon-inspired racing title similar to Mario Kart.
4. His favorite car design is the Ford GT and he owns two in real life.
5. He has worked with Nissan to design the multifunction display found in the R35 GT-R.
6. He joined the World Car Awards team participating the SP8 class in race 8 of VLN piloting a Lexus IS-F on the Nürburgring.
7. He took part in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill in 2009.
8. He joined the SP9 class for the 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving Schulze Motorsport’s Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3.
9. In 2013, Yamauchi had a street named in his honor in the city of Ronda.
10. In 2015, he was awarded the “Grand Prize of Creativity” at the 30th International Automobile Festival in Paris.
11. In 2017, he was awarded an honorary degree in vehicle engineering from University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

Who is CEO of Gran Turismo?

Recent issues with the latest Gran Turismo 7 update and the subject of Gran Turismo 7 microtransactions have been addressed in a new letter by Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi. Gran Turismo 7 is the latest game in the long-running Gran Turismo franchise.

Who made Gran Turismo?

Polyphony Digital

Is Gran Turismo like Forza?

Both games, Gran Turismo 7 & Forza Horizon 5, are based on two very distinct styles of racing. Forza Horizon 5 is an open-world game where the players are free to drive wherever they choose so, on-road or off-road. However, Gran Turismo 7 is centered around proper race circuits that you see in professional sports.

Is Gran Turismo 7 Coming to PC?

Although many players are wondering when the Gran Turismo 7 PC version will be released, there may be a different solution. This solution is emulator. However, we regret to say that we will not be able to play this game on PC as PS4 and PS5 emulators are not available at the moment.

What does GT mean in cars?

CARS.COM — Short for “ grand touring ,” the GT’s roots stretch back at least to the middle of the last century, with the earliest examples coming from Europe.