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.

Regarding his thoughts for the future of the Warriors franchises, he feels that it doesn't look to be a promising one and believes that Japanese consumers –even fans of the franchises– would one day grow tired of them. He feels it's necessary for Omega Force to try to keep branching out and create new titles for Koei like TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll. When asked which lord he would like to serve under in the Three Kingdoms era, he answered Liu Bei since he thinks the leader will consider each person's qualities and faults and justly accept them. Suzuki is aware that Lu Bu is not very popular with Chinese audiences and that the idea of him being the strongest is mostly prominent in Japan media. He considers the latest Dynasty Warriors title a good introduction to studying the Three Kingdoms Era and hopes the character quirks within the main cast provide an interesting presentation for everyone who plays it.

Works

 * Dynasty Warriors series (except for Dynasty Warriors: Online and the pachinko and pachislots) - director, lead programmer, producer
 * Destrega - project director, main programmer
 * Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation - producer
 * Warriors Orochi series - producer
 * Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - director
 * TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - producer
 * Warriors: Legends of Troy - producer
 * Champion Jockey: Gallop Racer & GI Jockey - producer
 * Bladestorm: Nightmare - producer
 * ''Sangokushi 13 - producer