Native name 外山 圭一郎 Employer SCE Japan Studio Role Video Game Designer | Name Keiichiro Toyama Years active 1994–present | |
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Gravity Rush Remastered Official Keiichiro Toyama Interview
Keiichirō Toyama (外山 圭一郎, Toyama Keiichirō), born August 17, 1978 (age 38), is a video game designer, best known as the creator of the survival horror video games Silent Hill (1999) and Siren series.
He was studying art as a student and joined Konami in 1994 as a graphic artist. He was the graphic designer and character designer of Snatcher and International Track & Field, after that he created the Silent Hill series. The game was successful and produced various sequels, but Toyama left Team Silent in 1999 after the first game was launched to join SCE Japan Studio afterwards to work on the Siren series. He directed the video games Siren (2003) and its sequel Forbidden Siren 2 (2006). In 2008, Toyama released Siren: Blood Curse, a reimagining of the original Siren game. Toyama then worked on the PlayStation Vita game Gravity Rush, released in 2012. Toyama's most recent game, Gravity Rush 2, was released on January 19, 2017 in Japan.
