Yoshitaka Murayama

Yoshitaka Murayama was a Japanese game designer, game director and game producer. He was the creator of the Suikoden series of role-playing video games, which he produced and directed for Konami until his departure in 2002 before the release of Suikoden III. Soon after leaving Konami, Murayama set up his own company, Blue Moon Studio, the developer of the video game Tsukiyo ni Saraba.

He died on 6 February 2024 at the age of 55, due to complications from an ongoing illness.