Goichi Suda | |
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Goichi Suda in 2008
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Born |
Nagano, Japan |
January 2, 1968
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | Suda51 |
Occupation | CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture, Video game director |
Notable work |
Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special The Silver Case Killer7 No More Heroes Shadows of the Damned Lollipop Chainsaw Killer Is Dead |
Goichi Suda (須田 剛一 Suda Gōichi?, born January 2, 1968), also known as Suda51, is the CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture and a former designer at Human Entertainment. The "51" in his nickname Suda51 is a pun on his given name. In Japanese, "Go" means 5 and "ichi" means 1. His works include Moonlight Syndrome, The Silver Case, Flower, Sun and Rain, Michigan, Killer7, the No More Heroes series, Shadows of the Damned and most recently, Lollipop Chainsaw and Killer is Dead. He has been called an "auteur" video game director.
Suda and his studio also frequently collaborate with other developers, including creating the story sequences for the Wii title Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, Suda's involvement in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (his nickname "Suda51" appears in the credits for the game's "Subspace Emissary" mode), and a radio drama prequel to Snatcher with Hideo Kojima titled Sdatcher.