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Goichi Suda

1968 - Today

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Goichi Suda (須田 剛一, Suda Gōichi; born January 2, 1968), known by his alias Suda51, is a Japanese video game director, designer, and writer. Affiliated with Human Entertainment from 1994 to 1998, he founded Grasshopper Manufacture in 1998 with a number of other Human Entertainment staff to produce their own titles. His best-known work has come from Grasshopper Manufacture, including The Silver Case (1999), Killer7 (2005), the No More Heroes series, and Lollipop Chainsaw (2012). Suda is from Nagano Prefecture, moving to Tokyo at the age of 18 and eventually being hired by Human Entertainment after having a number of other jobs including as an undertaker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Goichi Suda is the 56th most popular game designer (up from 58th in 2024), the 2,184th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,013th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Goichi Suda ranks 56 out of 77. Before him are Ed Boon, Neil Druckmann, Yoshinori Kitase, Al Lowe, David Cage, and Jordan Mechner. After him are Mark Cerny, Éric Chahi, Keiichiro Toyama, John Tobias, Michel Ancel, and Amy Hennig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Goichi Suda ranks 492. Before him are Tim Commerford, Éric Vuillard, Michael Bartels, Michael Romeo, Atticus Ross, and Fabio Baldato. After him are Maxim Fadeev, Steven Waddington, Naoya Ogawa, Néstor Fabbri, Axelle Red, and Igor Kolyvanov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Goichi Suda ranks 2,181 out of 6,245. Before him are Motohiro Yamaguchi (1969), Hideo Ishikawa (1969), and Yui (1987). After him are Yui Aragaki (1988), Koji Onishi (1988), Ryuichi Dogaki (1988), Haruka Ayase (1985), Akihiro Nagashima (1964), Naoya Ogawa (1968), Tomoki Hidaka (1980), Yuko Takeuchi (1980), and Mahiro Maeda (1963).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Goichi Suda ranks 24. Before him are Eiji Aonuma (1963), Yuji Horii (1954), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Yuji Naka (1965), Toshihiro Nagoshi (1965), and Yoshinori Kitase (1966). After him are Keiichiro Toyama (1970), Tetsuya Takahashi (1966), Koji Igarashi (1968), Yoshiaki Koizumi (1968), Hidemaro Fujibayashi (1972), and Hajime Tabata (1971).

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