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is a Japanese game designer, director and producer who helmed Sega's AM2 team for 18 years. He has been responsible for the creation of Sega's biggest global arcade hits, including pseudo-3D sprite-scaling games such as ''Hang-On'', ''Space Harrier'', ''Out Run'', and ''After Burner'', and pioneering polygonal 3D games such as ''Virtua Racing'' and ''Virtua Fighter'',〔 which are credited with popularizing 3D graphics in video games,〔 as well as the critically acclaimed ''Shenmue'' series of open world adventure games.〔〔 As a hardware engineer, he led the development of various arcade system boards, including the Sega Space Harrier, Model 1, Model 2,〔 and Model 3,〔 and was involved in the development of the Dreamcast console and its corresponding NAOMI arcade hardware.〔 In 2003, Suzuki became the sixth person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. IGN listed him at #9 in their Top 100 Game Creators of All Time list.〔 In 2011, he received the Pioneer Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards.〔〔 ==Career== Suzuki was born and raised in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, the older of two children to parents who were elementary school teachers. Suzuki's father was Yuzuru, and his mother, Taka, taught piano. Suzuki has one younger sister named Yuka, who became a dance teacher. Yu Suzuki's interests were wide-ranging as a child. At a young age, he was encouraged by his father to have an interest in music and the arts on which it would end up staying with him for the rest of his life. He also enjoyed building numerous model cars, wooden miniature houses, and robots made of plastic blocks, as well as a passion for drawing. Before entering college, Suzuki flirted with the idea of going into education, having been influenced by his parents. After a while, he thought of becoming an illustrator and then a dentist; however, the latter dream was short-lived, as he didn't pass the required entry exam for dental school. Ever resourceful, Suzuki began to play the guitar, but he stated in an interview with G4TV that, "No matter how much I practiced, I never got that much better." Seeing the similarities between the plastic blocks he played with as a child and the architecture of electronic design, Yu Suzuki decided to pursue computer programming at the Okayama University of Science. He graduated from there in the early 1980s. He was also interested in music. He played guitar at Music club called "Muscat" at Okayama Ridai. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yu Suzuki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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