Keiichiro Toyama

Keiichirō Toyama (外山 圭一郎, Toyama Keiichirō) is a video game designer, best known as the creator of the survival horror video game Silent Hill (1999). The game was successful and produced various sequels, but Toyama left Team Silent to join SCE Japan Studio afterwards to work on the Siren series. He directed the video games Siren (2003) (in which he also voiced the character Shibito) and its sequel Forbidden Siren 2 (2006). In 2008, Toyama release... More

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