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Satoshi Tajiri

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Inventor

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    (August 28, 1965- )
    Created the video game 'Pocket Monsters' (Pokemon)
    Founded Japanese video game development house 'Game Freak'

Why he might be annoying:

    If parents knew what he was responsible for, they might be calling for his head.
    He loved to collect insects as a child.
    He is quiet.
    In the Japanese version of the Pokemon games, the main character is named Satoshi after him.
    The character Satoshi has a rival called Shigeru, named after Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Mario and Zelda games.
    He sometimes doesn't get much sleep.
    When he was young, he was a huge Space Invaders fan.
    Like Harry Potter, Pokemon has been accused of spreading occult messages and ideas to children.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He based the idea of collecting Pokemon around his memories of collecting insects.
    As a boy, he was made fun of by his peers for his hobby.
    He came up with the idea of trading Pokemon after seeing a Game Boy link cable and imagining living things going back and forth across it.
    Unlike some other game designers, he prefers to keep a low public profile.
    At eighteen, before creating the company Game Freak, he started publishing his own game tips magazine called Game Freak.
    At sixteen, he won first prize in a Sega-sponsored contest for a video game idea.
    He wasn't responsible for the huge focus and popularity of the Pikachu character.
    He looks up to Shigeru Miyamoto and sees him as a mentor.
    He dislikes violence in video games.
    He described Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling as seeming 'really nice.'
    He is a hard worker.
    At first, Nintendo didn't believe that the Pokemon games would be successful. However, the huge success of the Pokemon games helped save Nintendo's Game Boy system from extinction.
    Almost all of the Pokemon games consistently sell extremely well.

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 80 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 144 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 217 Votes: 62.21% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 228 Votes: 52.19% Annoying