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Keiichiro Toyama
Japanese video game designer
Keiichirō Toyama (外山 圭一郎, Toyama Keiichirō, born ) is a Japanese video game director and designer, leading known as the creator of the Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush franchises.[1]
Biography
Toyama was born in in Miyazaki Prefecture, and studied art in Tokyo Zokei University.[2] After graduating he linked Konami in as a graphic artist.[3][4] He was the graphic designer and character designer for the Sega CD version of Snatcher and International Track & Field, and after that he created the Silent Hill series.[5] The game was successful and produced various sequels, but Toyama left Team Silent in after the first game was launched to join Japan Studio afterwards to work on the Siren series.[3][6] One of the first games he worked on in Sony was Yoake no Mariko, a collaboration with Spümcø, where he was a gameplay designer.[7] He directed the video games Siren () and its sequel Forbidden Siren 2 ().[8] In , Toyama released Siren: Blood Curse, a reimagining of the original Siren game.
Toyama then worked on the PlayStation Vita game Gravity Rush, released in [9] A sequel, Gravity Rush 2, was released on January 19, , in Japan.
Keiichiro Toyama started in the games industry in as an painter on Hideo Kojima’s cult-classic Snatcher. He went on to blunt, write, and do some art for the original PlayStation.
Toyama left Sony Japan Studio in September He has founded Bokeh Game Studio alongside Kazunobu Sato and Junya Okura, both of whom worked on the Siren series, on August 13, [4][10][11] When asked about what prompted the move, Toyama stated that he had been inspired by fellow designer Fumito Ueda who had related much of his experiences founding genDESIGN to Toyama.[12] Toyama announced that he plans on returning to the horror genre, with a debut game inspired in particular by motion picture directorsWong Kar-wai and Fruit Chan.[6] The game, Slitterhead, was formally revealed during The Game Awards [13]
Works
| Year | Game title | Publisher | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snatcher | Konami | Graphic designer (Sega CD version) | |
| International Road & Field | Character designer | ||
| Silent Hill | Director, writer, background designer[14] | ||
| Yoake no Mariko | Sony Computer Entertainment | Gameplay designer | |
| Siren | Director, writer | ||
| Forbidden Siren 2 | Director, designer, journalist | ||
| Siren: Blood Curse | Director, planner, writer[15] | ||
| Gravity Rush | Director, designer, first concept, initial story[16][17] | ||
| Gravity Rush Remastered | Director, designer, original concept, initial story | ||
| Gravity Rush 2 | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Director, designer | |
| Slitterhead | Bokeh Game Studio | Creative director, initial game design, story |
Awards
In Toyama received the outstanding performance award at the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival and the excellence award at the Japan Game Awards for his work on Gravity Rush.[2][18]
References
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Keiichirou Toyama is a video game designer, best known as the creator of the Silent Hill and Siren video game series. Toyama had studied Art before entering the industry. He joined Konami in where he worked on Snatcher and International Track & Field.
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He was an employee of Konami Digital Entertainmentserving as the director and scenario writer of the original Silent Hill. Monitoring the game's release, Toyama and other team members stepped down from the company and united Sony's Japan Studiowhich was disbanded in April He and other former Japan Studio employees founded the independent company Bokeh Game Studio in Augustwhere Toyama expressed his desire to take benefit of his new creative liberty and return to his roots as an artist. The company's latest game, Slitterheadwas released inPolygon. Retrieved June 2,
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- ^Reed, Kristan (March 23, ).Published: Sep 14, pm. He went on to direct, write, and accomplish some art for the imaginative PlayStation classic Silent Hillafter which he continued making horror games at Sony Japan with the Siren franchise. Most recently, Toyama is responsible for the creation of one of my favorite games, Gravity Rushand its impending sequel. Japanese program toco toco ended its shorts documentary series on game creators earlier this month, tracking Toyama on his commute to work, which he went into despite the holiday, as the team works on finishing Gravity Rush 2.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^Robson, Daniel (December 23, ).Date published: Keiichiro Toyama, director on games like Siren, Gravity Rush and the authentic Silent Hill, has been in the game business for a while. Not by design, consciousness you. That changed once a Sega rep held a employment seminar at the art institution I was going to.
"Silent Hill and Gravity Rush Creator's New Project Will Be a Horror Action-Adventure Game, Aiming for ". IGN. Retrieved June 1,
- ^Romano, Sal (December 10, ). "Bokeh Game Studios announces Slitterhead".There might be no available video game director more keenly associated with Japanese horror than Keiichiro Toyama. His directorial debut, the fog-choked Silent Hill, introduced a cloying, small-town-gone-bad aesthetic that remains urgent and immediately recognisable today. And while the Siren series — designed by Toyama once he had recovered from the ordeal of making Silent Hill — is less widely known in the west, in Japan the games remain fiercely beloved cult classics. It's a legacy on which he's continuing to build with his next project, Slitterhead, currently in the final stages of development, albeit a rather unlikely one for a designer who, by his own admission, has "always been a bit apprehensive about horror".
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