Takeshi Miyaji

Takeshi Miyaji
Born(1965-12-22)December 22, 1965
Tokyo, Japan
DiedJuly 29, 2011(2011-07-29) (aged 45)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationVideo game developer

Takeshi Miyaji (宮路 武, Miyaji Takeshi, December 22, 1965 – July 29, 2011) was a Japanese video game developer who founded the development companies Game Arts (with his brother Yoichi Miyaji) and G-Mode. He was best known as the creator of the Silpheed, GunGriffon, Lunar and Grandia video game series.[1][2] His work on the Lunar and Grandia series in particular had a major influence on the development of role-playing video games.[2] He was the younger brother of Game Arts' CEO Yoichi Miyaji.

  1. ^ "Silpheed designer dies aged 45". Edge. Next-Gen.biz. August 1, 2011. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b Cooper, Hollander (1 August 2011). "Celebrating the life of Takeshi Miyaji: We remember one of the great's of JRPGs that passed away recently". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2011.