Takayoshi Sato
Takayoshi Sato | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | CGI director, video game developer |
Known for | Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2 |
Takayoshi Sato (Japanese: 佐藤隆善, Hepburn: Satō Takayoshi) is a Japanese video game character designer, writer, and CGI director. Sato is best known as being a member of Team Silent from 1996 to 2003 and was responsible for creating the CGI cutscenes for Silent Hill[1][2] and Silent Hill 2.[3][4]
Biography
Sato was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Sato began studying Art at Tama Art University in 1992 and in 1996 received his bachelor's degree in oil painting.
After working as CGI director on both Silent Hill and its sequel, Sato pitched an idea for the third game in the series which never came to fruition. He left Konami in 2003 and joined Electronic Arts, working on character design for a cancelled Frogger game and GoldenEye: Rogue Agent.[9]
Sato left Electronic Arts in 2007 to work at
In 2011 he received the Advanced Character Animation degree.
Sato has been employed at Nintendo since February 2012 working as a visual producer.
Works
Video game | Release date | Role |
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Sexy Parodius | 1996 | Animator |
Silent Hill[12] | 1999 | CGI director, Character Designer |
Silent Hill 2 | 2001 | CGI director, Character Designer |
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | 2004 | Art Director |
Tiberium | Unreleased | Art Director |
Moonbase Alpha
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2010 | Art Director |
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move | 2013 | Visual Producer |
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars | 2015 | Visual Producer |
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash | 2016 | Visual Producer |
Paper Mario: Color Splash | 2016 | Visual Producer, Art Director |
Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers | 2018 | Visual Producer, Art Director |
Luigi’s Mansion 3
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2019 | Visual Producer |
References
- ^ "Tale of Tales working with Silent Hill artist". bit-tech. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ IGN Staff (17 August 2001). "Interview with Silent Hill 2's Artist Takayoshi Sato". IGN. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Silent Hill 15th Anniversary Retrospective". GameSpot. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Gamasutra - Silence Is Golden: Takayoshi Sato's Occidental Journey". gamasutra.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ thegamingmuse. "The History of Team Silent & Creation of the Silent Hill Series". Youtube. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ thegamingmuse. "The History of Team Silent & Creation of the Silent Hill Series". Youtube. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ thegamingmuse. "The History of Team Silent & Creation of the Silent Hill Series". Youtube. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ thegamingmuse. "[Making Silent Hill] Sato Takayoshi's CG Cutscenes | History & Analysis". Youtube. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ thegamingmuse. "The History of Team Silent & Creation of the Silent Hill Series". Youtube. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ thegamingmuse. "The History of Team Silent & Creation of the Silent Hill Series". Youtube. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Maggie Greene. "Takayoshi Sato on Silent Hill, Serious Games, and Art". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ kevingifford. "Silent Hill creator discusses how he joined the game biz and why AAA horror is 'difficult' to fund". Polygon. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
External links
- Official website Archived 2021-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Takayoshi Sato at IMDb
- Takayoshi Sato at MobyGames