Akihiro Suzuki

Akihiro Suzuki (鈴木 亮浩, Suzuki Akihiro) is a video game programmer, producer, and director. He is currently one of the routine executives of the Koei-Tecmo company, one of the executive officials for Tecmo, and is one of the driving members of the Omega Force team for Koei. He used to be the secondary department manager for Koei.

Suzuki joined Koei in 1992 and was one of the creative individuals present in Koei's special lecture for inspiring game creators on February 1, 2010. His advice stressed that one must have passion over all else when pursuing their career of choice; getting a job as soon as one graduates is desired but should be a secondary interest. Creativity, awareness, and personal enjoyment for creating games are what he thinks are the key assets of joining video game industry. In his interviews for other titles, he often states that he is always willing to try something new to a title while keeping true to what fans want. He particularly states that the Warriors Orochi series was made for such a purpose.

Works

 * Dynasty Warriors series (except for Dynasty Warriors: Online and the pachinko title) - director, lead programmer, producer
 * Warriors Orochi series - producer
 * Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - director
 * TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - producer