Takayoshi Sato
Takayoshi Sato | |
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| 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
[edit]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.
When Sato started working on serious games, he said, "I feel that games are being standardized into only a few formats lately: FPS, RTS, MMO, 3rd Person Action and Sports. There's a tendency to create the same games over and over with only a visual upgrade. And the only thing artists are supposed to do is "be professional" and gift-wrap the same game elements with a pretty new skin."[5]
In 2011 he received the Advanced Character Animation degree.
Sato has been employed at Nintendo since February 2012 working as a visual producer.
Works
[edit]| Video game | Release date | Role |
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| Sexy Parodius | 1996 | Animator |
| Silent Hill[6] | 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 | 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 | 2019 | Visual Producer |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Maggie Greene (22 June 2008). "Takayoshi Sato on Silent Hill, Serious Games, and Art". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ kevingifford (31 October 2013). "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
[edit]- Official website Archived 2021-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Takayoshi Sato at IMDb
- Takayoshi Sato at MobyGames
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