Grasshopper Manufacture
, known by his alias SUDA51, is a Japanese video game designer, writer and director. He is the founder and CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture which has produced his best known works such as "The Silver Case", "Flower, Sun, and Rain", "killer7", "", and the "No More Heroes" series. Suda is from Nagano Prefecture in Japan, moving to Tokyo at the age of 18 and eventually being hired as a designer at Human Entertainment after having a number of other jobs including as an undertaker. At Human, he helped develop games in the "Fire Pro Wrestling" and "Twilight Syndrome" series, most notably "Moonlight Syndrome". After leaving Human Entertainment, he founded Grasshopper Manufacture and worked on their debut title "The Silver Case" as writer and director. "The Silver Case" helped establish both Suda and his company in Japan, but Suda and Grasshopper gained international attention with the release of "killer7", Suda's first title to be released outside Japan. Eventually, "No More Heroes" would become his most well known series.