Masahiro Sakurai
is a fictional character in Nintendo's "Kirby" video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. He first appeared in the 1993 video game "Kirby's Adventure" as a nameless character, remaining unnamed until the game "Kirby's Avalanche". The character also appears in several "Kirby" comic books, in the , and in the "Super Smash Bros." series.