Masahiro Sakurai
Kirby appears in the "Super Smash Bros." series of games as a playable character, which is also created by Masahiro Sakurai. He is the sole "Kirby" series representative in "Super Smash Bros." and "Super Smash Bros. Melee", and has been one of three (the others being Meta Knight and King Dedede) as of "Super Smash Bros. Brawl". He reprises his role as a playable character in "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U" and "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate", the latter of which features him playing a starring role in the "World of Light" story mode in which he survives Galeem's massacre on all the fighters.