Goichi Suda

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Gōichi Suda ( Japanese 須 田 剛 一 , Suda Gōichi ; born January 2, 1968 in Nagano ), also known as Suda51 , is a Japanese video game designer. Out of his titles released outside of Japan, some of the better known are killer7 , No More Heroes , Lollipop Chainsaw and Killer Is Dead .

Prior to working in the video game industry, Suda was employed in a morgue - a job he didn't like. He successfully applied for a job advertisement from the video game developer Human Entertainment and initially worked on the scenario for the title Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3: Final Bout from the Fire Pro Wrestling series . He later developed the titles of the Sydrome series. In 1998 he left Human and founded his own company, Grasshopper Manufacture , to implement his ideas , the first title of which, Silver Jiken ( シ ル バ ー 事件 , Shirubā Jiken ), was published in October 1999. Grasshopper currently has 48 employees (as of March 2008) and Suda is still the Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ).

Gōichi Suda also often spells his name in the form Suda51 , which is a play on words: gō is close to go (with a short o), the Japanese word for five , and ichi is the Japanese word for one .

Trademark

• References to pop culture , film, and music.
• Characters with strange last names (Travis Touchdown, Kess BloodySunday).
• Assassin as the main character (Flower, Sun, and Rain, killer7, No More Heroes).
• Lots of dialogues with different meanings and interpretations.
• A narrative style that differs from that of other games, for example the camera work in killer7 .

various

• Suda's favorite game is Another World .
• Suda's favorite movie is Paris, Texas .
• Suda is a fan of Lucha Libre and promoted killer7 with a mask that is common for wrestling.
• Suda's favorite author is Franz Kafka .
• It is quoted as saying that one day he intends to "create a character who will be cuter than Mario ".
• The text of the song "The Virgin Child Makes Her Wish Without Feeling Anything" (in German: "The untouched child expresses his wish without feeling anything") from the game No More Heroes was written by him.

Play with his participation

game	console	publication	role
Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout	Super famicom	Japan (1993)
Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special	Super famicom	Japan (1994)
Twilight Syndrome: Search	PlayStation	Japan (1996)
Twilight Syndrome: Investigation	PlayStation	Japan (1996)
Moonlight Syndrome	PlayStation	Japan (1997)
Silver Jiken	PlayStation	Japan (1999)
Hana to Taiyō to Ame to	PlayStation 2	Japan (2001)
Michigan: Report from Hell	PlayStation 2	Japan (2004), Europe
killer7	GameCube , PlayStation 2	Japan, North America and Europe (2005)	Concept and responsible designer
Silver Jiken 25-ku	i-mode , Yahoo! Keitai	Japan (2005)
Samurai Champloo : Sidetracked	PlayStation 2	Japan (2006) and North America
Contact	Nintendo DS	Japan (2006), North America and Europe	producer
Blood + One Night Kiss	PlayStation 2	Japan (2006)
No More Heroes	Wii	Japan (2007), North America and Europe (2008)	Concept and responsible designer
Hana to Taiyō to Ame to - Owaranai Rakuen	Nintendo DS	Japan (2008)
Shadows of the Damned	Playstation 3 , Xbox 360	North America and Europe (2011)	Executive director
Kurayami	PlayStation 3	intended
Zero - Gesshoku no Kamen	Wii	In development
Silver Jiken	Nintendo DS	In development
Silver Jiken 25-ku	Nintendo DS	In development
Guild 01: Liberation Maiden	Nintendo 3DS , Apple iOS	May 31, 2012	Concept and creative director
Lollipop chainsaw	Xbox 360 / Playstation 3	June 15, 2012
Killer is Dead	Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 / Windows	August 30, 2013

Awards

For killer7

• RESET (Sweden). Besta manus 2006
• EDGE (England). The Edge Awards 2005: Best Visual Design , Best Audio Design
• IGN.com (USA). The Best Of 2005: Best Adventure Game , Best Story , Best Game No One Played
• GameSpot (USA). Best Of 2005: Best New Character Most Innovative Game
• Shūkan Famitsū (Japan). 2005 Gēkoroteki Best Of Year

Interviews

• 51 Ways to Die. An interview with Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda. In: Game Developer , September 2006, p. 31. (English)
• February 2007 with IGN: Suda Interview. (English)
• April 2007 with kotaku.com: Chattin 'with Goichi Suda about Punks ... (English)
• April 2007 with gametrailers.com: Interview as MOV file
• April 2007 with Computer and Video Games: Suda Interview ( Memento from July 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). (English)
• July 2007 with Gamasutra: Die Without Regret. (English)

Web links

• Killer 7 biography at Gamespy ( Memento from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Article about Suda 51 at 1UP ( Memento from January 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
• Minutes of a keynote speech 2007 at Gamasutra
• Suda 51 on the IMDB

Individual evidence

1. ^ " Right before I started making games, I worked at a funeral home. “From 51 Ways to Die. An interview with Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda. In: Game Developer , September 2006, p. 31.
2. ↑ IGN: Interview: Suda 51 on No More Heroes ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.gpara.com/news/04/09/news200409266145.htm (Japanese speaking)
4. ↑ Gamasutra - Die Without Regret: An Interview With Goichi Suda