Yoshitaka Murayama

Yoshitaka Murayama (村山 吉隆, Murayama Yoshitaka, 1969 – 6 February 2024) was a Japanese game designer, game director and game producer. He was best known for his career at Konami, where he created of the Suikoden series of role-playing video games, for which he produced and directed major installments until his departure in 2002 before the release of Suikoden III. He died on 6 February 2024 at the age of 55, due to complications from an ongoing illness.