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lang="ja">久夛良木健</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kutaragi Ken</i></span>, born 2 August 1950)</span> is a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Engineering_technologist" title="Engineering technologist">engineering technologist</a> and businessman. He is the former chairman and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Sony_Interactive_Entertainment" title="Sony Interactive Entertainment">Sony Interactive Entertainment</a> (SIE), the video game division of <a href="/wiki/Sony_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Corporation">Sony Group Corporation</a>, and current president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. He is known as "The <a href="/wiki/Father_of" class="mw-redirect" title="Father of">Father of</a> the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation" title="PlayStation">PlayStation</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as he oversaw the development of the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_(console)" title="PlayStation (console)">original console</a> and its successors and spinoffs, including the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Portable" title="PlayStation Portable">PlayStation Portable</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>. He departed Sony in 2007, a year after the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a> was released. </p><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ken Kutaragi</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ken_Kutaragi_-_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_2014_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ken_Kutaragi_-_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Ken_Kutaragi_-_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="415" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ken_Kutaragi_-_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Ken_Kutaragi_-_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ken_Kutaragi_-_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Ken_Kutaragi_-_Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="944"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kutaragi with his Lifetime Achievement Award at the <a href="/wiki/Game_Developers_Choice_Awards" title="Game Developers Choice Awards">Game Developers Choice Awards</a> 2014</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-08-02</span>) </span>2 August 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span><br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dt%C5%8D,_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōtō, Tokyo">Kōtō, Tokyo</a>, Japan</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Electro-Communications" title="University of Electro-Communications">University of Electro-Communications</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Engineering technologist, businessman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PlayStation" title="PlayStation">PlayStation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Interactive_Entertainment" title="Sony Interactive Entertainment">Sony Interactive Entertainment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cellius" title="Cellius">Cellius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>He had also designed the <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_S-SMP" class="mw-redirect" title="Nintendo S-SMP">sound processor</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Super Nintendo Entertainment System">Super Nintendo Entertainment System</a>. With Sony, he designed the <a href="/wiki/Very-large-scale_integration" title="Very-large-scale integration">VLSI</a> chip, which works in conjunction with the PS1's <a href="/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing" class="mw-redirect" title="Reduced instruction set computing">RISC</a> CPU to handle the graphics rendering. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_years"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early years</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Assessment_by_industry_analysts"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Assessment by industry analysts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Seventh_generation_game_consoles"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Seventh generation game consoles</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Kutaragi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Kutaragi was born in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, Japan, in 1950. His parents, although not wealthy by Japanese standards, still managed to own their own business, a small printing plant in the city. As Kutaragi grew into childhood, they actively encouraged the young boy to explore his mechanical abilities in the plant, and he worked after school there. Aside from his duties in his parents' factory, Kutaragi was a studious, high-level student.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kutaragi always had the desire to "tinker", often taking apart toys as a child rather than playing with them.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This curiosity carried from childhood, leading him as a teenager to learn the intricacies of electronics. Eventually, in fact, his love of electronics led to him enrolling in <a href="/wiki/University_of_Electro-Communications" title="University of Electro-Communications">University of Electro-Communications</a>, where he acquired an Electronics degree in the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Immediately after graduation, Kutaragi began working for <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> in their digital research labs in the mid-1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although at the time it was considered a radical decision, Kutaragi felt that Sony was on the "fast track". He quickly gained a reputation as an excellent problem solver and a forward-thinking engineer, earning that reputation by working on many successful projects, including early <a href="/wiki/Liquid_crystal_displays" class="mw-redirect" title="Liquid crystal displays">liquid crystal displays</a> (LCDs) and <a href="/wiki/Digital_camera" title="Digital camera">digital cameras</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Kutaragi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>In 1983, he was watching his two-year-old son play a <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">Famicom</a> and realized the potential that existed within video games.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that particular time, Sony's executives had no interest in video games.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, when <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> expressed the need for a <a href="/wiki/Sound_chip" title="Sound chip">sound chip</a> for its upcoming new <a href="/wiki/16-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="16-bit">16-bit</a> system, Kutaragi accepted the offer.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Working in secret, he designed the chip, the <a href="/wiki/SPC700" class="mw-redirect" title="SPC700">SPC700</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When they found out, Sony's executives were furious.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only with Sony <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a> <a href="/wiki/Norio_Ohga" title="Norio Ohga">Norio Ohga</a>'s approval was Kutaragi able to complete the chip and keep his job.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even while working with Nintendo, within Sony, gaming was still regarded as a fad.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this hostile atmosphere to video games, Kutaragi managed to persuade Ohga into working with Nintendo to develop a CD-ROM add-on for the Super NES that would be released alongside a Sony branded console that could play both Super NES cartridges and CD games.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These efforts resulted in a device called the "<a href="/wiki/Nintendo_PlayStation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nintendo PlayStation">Play Station</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, the partnership between Sony and Nintendo faltered due to licensing disagreements, but Kutaragi and Sony continued to develop their own console. He wanted to utilize Sony's access to the latest technology in creating the most powerful home console available, unlike Nintendo, which used primitive, outdated technology to create their consoles. He also noticed that Nintendo focused mainly on children, so he wanted Sony's console to target older adult gamers, as he felt it was a market not yet tapped by any of the available home consoles.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kutaragi later recalled staying up all night working on the console design for several nights in a row "because our work was so interesting."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite being considered a risky gamble by other Sony executives, Kutaragi once again had the support of Ohga and several years later the company released the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_(console)" title="PlayStation (console)">original PlayStation</a>. The success of the PlayStation led to him heading up the development of successor consoles, the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a> and <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>. </p><p>The commercial success of the PlayStation franchise makes <a href="/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Computer Entertainment">Sony Computer Entertainment</a> the most profitable business division of Sony. Despite being an upstart in the console market against veterans Nintendo and <a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a>, the first PlayStation displaced them both to become the most popular console of that era. The PlayStation 2 extended Sony's lead in the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_generation_of_video_game_consoles" title="Sixth generation of video game consoles">following generation</a>, at one point holding a 65% <a href="/wiki/Market_share" title="Market share">market share</a> with 100 million units shipped.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kutaragi was recognized by many financial and technological publications for this success, most notably when he was named one of the 100 most influential people of 2004 in <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">TIME</a> magazine<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the "<a href="/wiki/Johann_Gutenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Johann Gutenberg">Gutenberg</a> of Video Games". </p><p>In 1997 Kutaragi was appointed CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, and accordingly moved to <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1997, Kutaragi had been favoured to become the next Sony president. He enjoyed a close relationship with Ohga.<sup id="cite_ref-cringely_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cringely-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ohga's successor <a href="/wiki/Nobuyuki_Idei" title="Nobuyuki Idei">Nobuyuki Idei</a> promoted Kutaragi to Deputy Executive President, Sony-Global chief operating officer, and Vice-<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">Chairman</a> in 2003. </p><p>On 30 November 2006, Kutaragi was replaced as president of Sony Computer Entertainment by <a href="/wiki/Kazuo_Hirai" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazuo Hirai">Kazuo Hirai</a>, the President of SCE America. In addition to other management changes, Kutaragi was promoted to chairman of SCEI, and retained his position as chief executive officer of the group.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 April 2007, it was announced that Kutaragi would retire and instead take up the role of Honorary Chairman. Taking over his position would be then Hirai, who would eventually be promoted to president and CEO of Sony.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 June 2011, following the reshuffling of management, Sony announced that on 28 June 2011, Kutaragi had stepped down as honorary chairman of SCEI. Kutaragi relinquished active management of the business he created and built in 2007, when he stepped down as executive chairman and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has remained at Sony as senior technology advisor. </p><p>Ken Kutaragi later became president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment, Inc. He also serves on the boards of <a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Group_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadokawa Group Holdings">Kadokawa Group Holdings</a>, Inc., Nojima Corporation, and <a href="/wiki/Rakuten" title="Rakuten">Rakuten</a>, Inc. In 2009, he became a visiting professor of <a href="/wiki/Ritsumeikan_University" title="Ritsumeikan University">Ritsumeikan University</a>. In 2020, Kutaragi became CEO of Tokyo-based AI and robotics startup Ascent Robotics, after serving on its Board of Directors since 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assessment_by_industry_analysts">Assessment by industry analysts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Kutaragi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Assessment by industry analysts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Although Kutaragi's leadership of consumer electronics was not successful, analysts also suspect that outgoing Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei had set up Kutaragi to fail, given that both men had a cool working relationship. Idei assigned Kutaragi the tedious task of turning around the consumer division, which had already been falling behind competitors such as <a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> in the LCD market.<sup id="cite_ref-cringely_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cringely-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kutaragi's rival for the top position, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Stringer" title="Howard Stringer">Howard Stringer</a>, was given the less difficult assignment of the content business and his success at <a href="/wiki/Sony_BMG_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony BMG Music Entertainment">Sony BMG Music Entertainment</a> resulted in his promotion. </p><p>Sony Interactive Entertainment, which Kutaragi had been heading since its inception, had a weaker year in 2004 after several years of solid growth.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During that same year, Sony's game sales fell to $7.5 billion from $8.2 billion, and its operating income slid to $650 million from $1 billion, losing $25 million in Q4 of 2004. This can be attributed partially to the over-saturation of the video game market and price wars that caused the PS2 to lose the top sales position for a time.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seventh_generation_game_consoles">Seventh generation game consoles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Kutaragi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Seventh generation game consoles" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Kutaragi has labelled the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> as "just an Xbox 1.5" and stated that it was "only going after PlayStation 2".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, SCE Executive Tetsuhiko Yasuda did not consider <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> to be a competitor, and has said that they might consider working on games together.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2006 Kutaragi admitted that the shortage of PlayStation 3 consoles to North America and Japan as well as the postponing of the console's debut in Europe put Sony's strength in hardware in decline.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> 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hreflang="es" data-title="Ken Kutaragi" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C" title="کن کوتاراگی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کن کوتاراگی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kutaragi" title="Ken Kutaragi – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ken Kutaragi" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BF%A0%ED%83%80%EB%9D%BC%EA%B8%B0_%EC%BC%84" 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interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kutaragi" title="Ken Kutaragi – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ken Kutaragi" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%85%E5%A4%9B%E8%89%AF%E6%9C%A8%E5%81%A5" title="久夛良木健 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="久夛良木健" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kutaragi" title="Ken Kutaragi – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ken Kutaragi" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt 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