Game Designer
Year of death: 2024
A Japanese game designer, who is best known as the creator of the Suikoden series (1995-2002) and, more recently, the Eiyuden Chronicles (2022-2024). Fresh out of university, Yoshitaka Murayama began his games career at Konami in 1992. He left in 2002 to set up his own company, Blue Moon Studio, which released 10,000 Bullets (2005). He teamed up with other former Suikoden creatives at Rabbit & Bear Studios in 2020, where he served as president and CEO and led the creation of Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising (2022) and Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (2024).
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