Yu Suzuki

Suzuki joined Sega in 1983 and created motion-cabinet arcade games beginning with Hang-On (1985), followed by Out Run and After Burner. In 1993 he developed Virtua Fighter, the first 3D fighting game, and in 1999 released Shenmue for the Dreamcast. He founded Ys Net in 2008 and launched Shenmue III via Kickstarter in 2015.

Born

1958

Roles

Game designer / Producer / Director / Programmer

Affiliations

Sega / Ys Net

Notable works

Hang-On · Space Harrier · Out Run · After Burner · Virtua Racing · Virtua Fighter · Shenmue · Shenmue II · Shenmue III

• G-0011994

  Sega Saturn

  Virtua Fighter

  バーチャファイター

  Release

  JP 1994.11.22

  Dev

  Sega AM2

  Genre

  Fighting

• G-0021999

  Dreamcast

  Shenmue

  シェンムー 一章 横須賀

  Release

  JP 1999.12.29

  Dev

  Sega AM2

  Genre

  Action-adventure / Simulation