Yu Suzuki
Game designer, Video Game Designer
1958 –
Who is Yu Suzuki?
Yu Suzuki is a Japanese game designer and producer who has spent his entire career with Sega Enterprises. Often referred to as Sega's answer to Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, he has been responsible for the creation of many of Sega's most important arcade games, including Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner, and pioneering 3D games such as Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA, and Virtua Cop, as well as the Shenmue series of open world adventure games for the Dreamcast. In 2003, Suzuki became the sixth person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. IGN listed him at #9 in their Top 100 Game Creators of All Time list.
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- Born
- Jun 10, 1958
Kamaishi - Also known as
- シェンムー
- Suzuki Yū
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Employment
- Sega
- Lived in
- Iwate Prefecture
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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