Henk Rogers

Henk Rogers is one of those quiet kingmakers I find endlessly fascinating. A Dutchman who studied in Hawaii, built Japan's first major RPG with The Black Onyx, and then had the nerve and instinct to chase down the worldwide Tetris rights, he sits at the crossroads of code and commerce that almost no one navigates well. What impresses me most isn't any single hit but the pattern: he repeatedly spotted cultural value before anyone else and turned it into something durable. I read his career as proof that taste and timing matter as much as talent, and I'd love to know how he keeps backing the right horse.

Name (English)

Henk Rogers

Name (Japanese)

ヘンク・ブラウアー・ロジャース

Reading

へんく・ぶらうあー・ろじゃーす

Born

December 24, 1953 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Occupation

programmer / entrepreneur / video game developer

University

University of Hawaiʻi System

• Official sitehttps://henkrogers.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/henkrogers/
• Xhttps://x.com/henkrogers
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henk%20Rogers
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291549

Tags

• North Holland
• programmer
• entrepreneur
• video game developer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.