Goichi Suda (須田剛一, Suda Goichi^?, born January 2, 1968), is the CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture. The "51" in his nickname, SUDA51, is a pun on his given name. "Go" means 5 and "ichi" means 1. His works include Moonlight Syndrome for the PlayStation, The Silver Case, Michigan and most recently, his first game to be released in the United States, Killer7. He was known for appearing in pictures wearing a lucha libre mask when promoting Killer7. He is currently working on a project with Hideo Kojima tentatively titled Project S, as well as No More Heroes. January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Nagano Prefecture (長野県; Nagano-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Grasshopper Manufacture is a Japanese videogame development house responsible for the unconventional and artistically stunning game Killer 7 (PS2, GameCube). ... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Grasshopper Manufacture is a Japanese videogame development house responsible for the unconventional and artistically stunning game Killer 7 (PS2, GameCube). ... Moonlight Syndrome is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Human Entertainment. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... The Silver Case is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. ... Michigan is a survival horror game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Spike. ... killer7 is a video game jointly developed and published by Grasshopper Manufacture and Capcom for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. ... One of the most well known Lucha Libre wrestlers (luchadores), Rey Mysterio. ... Hideo Kojima , born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer at Konami. ... -1... For the 1977 Album by The Stranglers, click here No More Heroes is a video game directed by Suda 51, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, and published by Marvelous Interactive Inc. ...

Career Highlights

Suda was working as an undertaker, enjoying the booming Japanese arcade scene, when he saw an ad for an opening at Human Entertainment (known for Clock Tower (series) and the Fire Pro Wrestling series). Suda applied but heard no word from Human for weeks. He figured his application was passed over and planned to continue working as an undertaker, a job he found himself disliking. He finally received a call back from Human, and got the job. He began work as a scenario writer on Super Fire ProWrestling Special. His work on Special still remains one of his most infamous to date because of the shocking ending, where the hero commits suicide. // Human Entertainment was a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. ... Clock Tower is a survival horror video game series created by Human Entertainment, a company founded in Japan. ... Fire Pro Wrestling (ファイヤープロレスリング) is a long running professional wrestling video game series originated from Japan, started in 1989 by Human Amusement, recently continued by Spike. ...

He worked on the Syndrome games before Human closed its doors. Suda formed GHM (Grasshopper Manufacture) in 1998 after his departure from Human, and began work on The Silver Case. The Silver Case (or also known as Silver Jiken) marked the debut of GHM's signature "Film Window" style of editing, where words bounce and jiggle onto the screen at random. The story was written into two Chapters, one following the investigation of a series of murder cases, the other about a journalist covering them. A series of games developed by Goichi Suda. ... Grasshopper Manufacture is a Japanese videogame development house responsible for the unconventional and artistically stunning game Killer 7 (PS2, GameCube). ... The Silver Case is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. ... The Silver Case is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. ...

In 2001, GHM and Suda developed Flower, Sun, and Rain for the PlayStation 2. FSR takes place on an island called Lospass, with a hotel called "Flower, Sun, and Rain" at the center. The game was known for its twisted story, about a "searcher" who is forced to relive the same day, again and again. While going about his business, he is trapped within other characters' problems. As the game continues, his hotel room begins to twist and turn, and he loses his sanity piece by piece. Flower, Sun, and Rain is a video game developed by Goichi Suda for Grasshopper Manufacture. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ...

2005 brought Suda's American debut, Killer7. The player takes control of Garcian Smith, a "cleaner" and one of 7 assassins controlled by Harman Smith, hired to battle a new threat called Heaven Smile. The player uncovers a political plot between Japan and the US, as Garcian slowly begins to realize the truth behind his past. While not a huge commercial hit, Killer7 brought to interest GHM amongst American gamers. The game received mixed reviews, including the controversial "GamePro" review. GamePro gave Killer7 a shocking low score, to the point where many fans declared it obsolete and lacking in any professional quality. GamePro had another editor of theirs re-review the game, to much dismay/entertainment of the Killer7 fanbase.

GHM teamed up with Marvelous to release Contact for the Nintendo DS. The game was a much smaller hit than Killer7, as Suda 51 instead opted for a more "family friendly" title. Contact is the story of a young boy who is mixed up in a battle between the Professor and a group of intergalactic characters known as the CosmoNOTs. The game was localized by notable Atlus writer Tomm Hulett, and released in America October 2006. There is a rumored sequel in the works. This article contains a trivia section. ...

Today, Grasshopper commands a total of 40 employees. Suda continues to work on No More Heroes, but news related to Project S and the Contact sequel still remain in the dark.

Trademarks

• Film Window style of editing cutscenes (Silver Case, Killer 7, to some extent Samurai Champloo Sidetracked)
• Pop culture and film references directly involving specific characters (the pigeon names in Killer 7, the pop idol in Contact)
• Music plays a strong part of the story and scenes (stairway in Killer 7, chapter names in Flower, Sun, and Rain, No More Heroes is an Album by "The Stranglers, and the character "Helter Skelter" in No More Heroes is also a song by The Beatles)
• Frames dedicated to a single character (character/enemy introductions in Killer 7, Professor's top screen in Contact)
• Heavy dialog with various meanings or interpretations (the trailer for No More Heroes is often believed to be linked with the console war between the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii)
• Characters with strange last names (Travis Touchdown, Kess BloodySunday)
• Assassins as main characters (Sumio Mondo in Flower, Sun, and Rain; Garcian in Killer7; Travis Touchdown in No More Heroes)
• The death of main characters

Trivia

• Suda's favorite game is Another World (known as Out Of This World in the United States).^{[citation needed]}
• Suda's favorite film is Paris, Texas.^[1]
• Suda once appeared on the Kojima Production's Report and Hidechan Radio.^[2]
• Suda is a major fan of wrestling (namely Lucha libre). He wore a libre mask before the release of Killer7 to promote his new game.^{[citation needed]}
• Suda is a big fan of Snatcher by Hideo Kojima. He is working with Kojima on a game entitled; Project S after they have both finished their current titles in development (Metal Gear Solid 4 and No More Heroes, respectively).^{[citation needed]}
• His favorite author is Franz Kafka.
• He has been quoted as saying "One day I want to make a character cuter than Mario." ^[3]

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Works

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References

External links

• Suda Goichi Myspace
• Killer 7 Fan Bio
• Formula 51 - A look at Suda 51
• IGN February 2007 Interview
• Kotaku April 2007 Interview
• GameTrailers April 2007 Video Interview
• CVG April 2007 Interview
• GO3 2007 Keynote Write-Up
• Gamasutra July 2007 Interview