Keiichiro Toyama

Keiichirō Toyama (外山 圭一郎?)
Born Japan
Occupation game director, writer, game producer
Years active 1999–present

Keiichirō Toyama (外山 圭一郎 Toyama Keiichirō?) is a video game designer, best known as the creator of the hit survival horror video game Silent Hill (1999).[1] He directed the game, as well as worked in the animation department as background designer.

The game was successful and produced various sequels, but Toyama left Team Silent afterwards to work on the Siren series, another survival horror video game. He directed the video games Siren (2003) and its sequel Forbidden Siren 2 (2006). Toyama worked along fellow Team Silent members Naoko Sato (monster designer for Silent Hill) and Isao Takahashi. In 2008, Toyama released Siren: Blood Curse, a reimagining of the original Siren game.

Works

Game Release Date Role
Gravity Daze TBA 2012 Creative director
Siren Blood Curse 2008 Director
Forbidden Siren 2 2006 Director,story (with Naoko Sato )
Siren 2003 Director,story (with Naoko Sato )
Silent Hill 1999 Director,story

References

  1. ^ Perron, Bernard; Barker, Clive (2009-10-07). Horror video games: essays on the fusion of fear and play. McFarland. pp. 15–. ISBN 9780786441976. 

External links

A Q&A session with Keiichirō Toyama.

Installments
Silent Hill • 2 • 3 • 4 • Origins • Homecoming • Downpour
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