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Hirokazu Hamamura

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Hirokazu Hamamura (浜村 弘一, Hamamura Hirokazu, born February 8, 1961), former Weekly Famitsu chief editor, now is president of Enterbrain.[1] He is also the director of Kadokawa Group Holdings, Kadokawa Group Publishing, Kadokawa Games and Walker Books. His pen name is Hamamura Tsūshin (浜村通信).

Career

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Hamamura was born in Osaka Prefecture. He went on to study at Osaka Prefectural Tondabayashi Junior and Senior High School [ja] and then at Waseda University Literature Department [ja]. During his enrollment, he worked part-time at Sofmap and Comptiq.[2][3] After graduating in 1985, he joined ASCII Corporation editing for LOGiN [ja] and Famitsu. He was appointed vice editor-in-chief in 1990 and later editor-in-chief in 1992.

In 1996 due to internal discord within ASCII management, Hamamura's predecessor as editor-in-chief Fumitaka Kojima [ja] and others resigned to establish Axela [ja], though Hamamura decided to remain with ASCII. In 2000, he became president of Enterbrain. In 2002, he handed over the editorship of Famitsu to Katsuaki Katou [ja], but he continued to have a strong influence with his personal column printed at the back of the magazine. He also often appears as a commentator in economic articles when news media covers the game industry.

Hamamura often appears as a guest character in various video games, regardless of genre. In 2008, Capcom's Monster Hunter Frontier Z held an event called Hamamura Souken Monogatari.[4] In 2019, Hamamura appeared in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding, providing his likeness for the character of the Collector.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Playstation 3: Hirokazu Hamamura analysiert" (in German). gamezone.de. 2007-04-15. Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  2. ^ "ファミコンって"自作ゲーム"みたいだったよね――元ファミ通編集長・浜村弘一が目撃したゲーム業界の「カオスな時代」:RPGアツマール". RPGアツマール:ブロマガ - ニコニコチャンネル. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  3. ^ "ゲームの周りに凄い才能が集まっていた――日本のコンテンツ業界を振り返る「ゲーマーはもっと経営者を目指すべき!」第12回は,KADOKAWA代表取締役社長・佐藤辰男氏がゲスト". 4gamer.net. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  4. ^ "浜村双剣物". Archived from the original on 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2023-06-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Oloman, Jordan (July 14, 2020). "Death Stranding cameos: all celebrity cameos in Death Stranding | PC Gamer". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 4, 2023.