Koichi Nakamura
- January 8, 2024
- Video Game Designer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Koichi Nakamura |
| Occupation | Video Game Designer |
| Date Of Birth | Aug 15, 1964(1964-08-15) |
| Age | 60 |
| Birthplace | Kagawa Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Koichi Nakamura Biography
| Name | Koichi Nakamura |
| Birthday | Aug 15 |
| Birth Year | 1964 |
| Place Of Birth | Kagawa Prefecture |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Koichi Nakamura is one of the most popular and richest Video Game Designer who was born on August 15, 1964 in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
From that experience, spring break of his first year in high school found Nakamura porting the arcade game Space Panic as ALIEN Part II, published in the May 1981 issue. The program was released on cassette tape and brought in royalty income of ¥200,000. Then in the January 1982 issue, Scramble (later renamed to Attacker due to legal issues) was also released on cassette, earning royalties of ¥1 million. Furthermore, the port of River Patrol called River Rescue was published in the Maikon Game Book 4 special edition of I/O, bringing Nakamura’s total high school earnings from submissions to I/O to over ¥2 million. Due to his activities with I/O, he became preeminent among young PC enthusiasts.
In 1983, Nakamura moved to Tokyo and entered the University of Electro- Communications. Porting his prize-winning Door Door to various PC platforms, his annual royalties as a university student exceeded ¥10 million. After that, Nakamura released his 2nd PC game Newtron and founded the 5-person-strong Chunsoft on April 9, 1984, during spring break of his 2nd year of university. He started to work out of a room in a condominium in Chōfu, Tokyo. The first Chunsoft release was the 1985 PC-6001 version of Door Door mkII. Following that, joining Enix on the Famicom, Chunsoft began development on home video game consoles. While the PC version had sold 80,000 copies, the Famicom version recorded sales of 200,000 copies, leading subsequent development to focus on home consoles. From that, fellow Enix program contest winner Yuji Horii joined Nakamura in collaborating on the Famicom port of The Portopia Serial Murder Case.
Koichi Nakamura Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Video Game Designer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Koichi Nakamura is one of the richest Video Game Designer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Koichi Nakamura 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Koichi Nakamura (中村 光一 , Nakamura Kōichi, born August 15, 1964) is a Japanese video game designer. A programming prodigy, Nakamura gained fame while still in high school; in 1982, he entered Enix’s national programming contest and claimed first place with his entry, Door Door. In 1984, he founded the video game company Chunsoft, where he remains its president.
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Komal Ranked on the list of most popular Video Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Koichi Nakamura celebrates birthday on August 15 of every year.