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Submitted by -Mezzo- 287d ago | news

Konami Employee Wins Gold Medal at Olympics

IGN - Have you been watching the Olympics? Here’s something you might not know about the gold medal winner in men’s individual all-around gymnastics: he works for Konami. Uchimara is an employee of Konami Sports & Life Co., a subsidiary of Konami that aims at “providing you an enjoyable and valuable time within your daily life through health and fitness,” according to message from the program’s representative director. (Culture, Konami)

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NastyLeftHook0 + 287d ago | Funny

! Its a nanomachine

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ATi_Elite + 286d ago

I do one of those same routines everynight as I splash down in my bathtub.

True Story!

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Septic + 286d ago

So this is the guy who did all the motion capture scenes for Raiden.

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shutUpAndTakeMyMoney + 286d ago

Solid Gold!!

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PoSTedUP + 286d ago

god holy ****, i wonder how many dips this guy could do.

Kojima Team are BEASTS. congrats.

epic song too!!!

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flankhim + 286d ago

I bet you he knows the konami code.

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GunzBlazing09 + 287d ago

NANOMACHINES!

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-Mezzo- + 287d ago

Cool, that's what you call a Multi-Talented guy.

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Batzi + 287d ago

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Kojima should have won the medal.

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Nate-Dog + 286d ago

Um, what?

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Mainsqueeze + 286d ago

Kojima couldnt even dream of doing what this guy does sorry. Hes a good game maker but this dude here is nuts.

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mafiahajeri + 286d ago

Are you implying if Kojima put all his time and effort into this sport he wouldnt be able to do it? How can you possibly know? Sorry but comparing them dosent make sense. Its like telling some guy who hasent ever played basket ball " Theres no way you can dunk the ball like Lebron James".

Also that comment was obviously a joke, you should have just laughed and moved on...

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Mainsqueeze + 286d ago

I honestly don't think it was a joke, people take their Kojima pretty seriously. No i'm not implying that if he put all his time and effort into this that he couldn't do it, they guy said "Kojima should have won the medal". And no he shouldn't of, not in a million years. Even if Kojima did put all his time and effort into gymnastics he couldn't do what this dude did...he just won an Olympic gold dude.

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cruxito + 286d ago

shutup.. both guys are in totally different jobs..is like saying HOPE SOLO wont ever win an Oscar as NIcole KIdman

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Nate-Dog + 286d ago

@mafiahajeri: Well Kojima is over 50 years old I believe so...

But seriously if Mainsqueeze is like me he's probably sick to death of all the massive Kojima fanboys on this site that say (and would probably believe) stuff like this.

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guitarded77 + 286d ago

Kojima is a gold medalist in making games :D

I would rather have Kojima's career than Uchimara's.

Other topic: I don't think most of the comments in this post understand that Uchimara works for a completely different division of Konami that deals with fitness/sports... not gaming.

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yewles1 + 287d ago

Outstanding! Congratz!

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maniactadpole + 286d ago

Medal Gear Solid :P

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mastemikegee + 286d ago

Medal Gold Solid ;)

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Red_Orange_Juice + 286d ago

Sportsman hired by Konami rather than employee who's good at sports

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Dogswithguns + 286d ago

He was the guy did all the stunts in the cutscenes?!

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Jadedz + 286d ago

Congrats!
This just boosted Konami's cred, imo.

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SilentNegotiator + 286d ago

"Uchimara is an employee of Konami Sports & Life Co"

Okay, so the title is more than a little deceptive, then.

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mafiahajeri + 286d ago

" A SUBSIDIARY of Konami that aims at “providing you an enjoyable and valuable time within your daily life through health and fitness,”

Yes its a subsidiary. They made it seem like he was doing the graphics on MGS4. If journalists were truthful the title would have been "Konami Subsidiary Sports &.co employee wins Olympic medal" but good hit seeking article nevertheless...

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SilentNegotiator + 286d ago

'If journalists were truthful' IGN wouldn't have made an article about such a non-gaming matter and it wouldn't have been posted on N4G.

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