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Catherine Lewis

Yoshitaka Murayama, head of Rabbit & Bear Studios and creator of Suikoden, has died

Suikoden 2 box art.

It’s been confirmed that Yoshitaka Murayama, the creator of the Suikoden series and head of the Japanese developer Rabbit & Bear Studios, has died “due to complications with an ongoing illness.”

In a statement shared on the Rabbit & Bear Studios website today (February 14), the studio stated that Murayama passed away on February 6, less than three months before the release of the role-playing game Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes of which he was a scenario writer for.

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