Hirokazu Hamamura

, former Weekly Famitsu chief editor, now is president of Enterbrain. He is also the director of Kadokawa Group Holdings, Kadokawa Group Publishing, Kadokawa Games and Walker Books. His pen name is .

Career Hamamura was born in Osaka Prefecture. He went on to study at and then at . During his enrollment, he worked part-time at Sofmap and Comptiq. After graduating in 1985, he joined ASCII Corporation editing for and Famitsu. He was appointed vice editor-in-chief in 1990 and later editor-in-chief in 1992.

In 1996 due to internal discord within ASCII management, Hamamura's predecessor as editor-in-chief and others resigned to establish , though Hamamura decided to remain with ASCII. In 2000, he became president of Enterbrain. In 2002, he handed over the editorship of Famitsu to , but he continued to have a strong influence with his personal column printed at the back of the magazine. He also often appears as a commentator in economic articles when news media covers the game industry.

Hamamura often appears as a guest character in various video games. In 2008, Capcom's Monster Hunter Frontier Z held an event called Hamamura Souken Monogatari. In 2019, Hamamura appeared in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding, providing his likeness for the character of the Collector.