Shūtarō Īda

is a Japanese video game writer, director, designer and programmer.
He worked on several Castlevania games, mainly on titles for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. Additionally, he had also worked on several other Konami games.
==Career==
Shutaro Iida worked at Konami Digital Entertainment from 1996 to 2015, mainly as a programmer in various areas. Later on his career, he has been working with 505 Games, Armature Studio, Inti Creates and ArtPlay.
He worked as programmer on Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and Castlevania: Lament of Innocence in 2003; on Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow in 2005; on Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin in 2006; on Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia in 2008; and as Level Designer on Castlevania: Harmony of Despair in 2010.
Most recently, Iida worked as part of Koji Igarashi's team on the Castlevania spiritual successor title, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
On October 1, 2024, Īda revealed on X he had been diagnosed with cancer and that he would step away from working on the sequel to Bloodstained in order to take care of the disease.@CurryHermit at X (October 1, 2024 - Japanese).
==Selected works==
*Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2019 on PlayStation 4) - Game Designer
*Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015 on Windows) - Lead Game Programmers
*Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014 on Xbox 360) - Lead Enemy NPC Programmers
*NeverDead (2012 on PlayStation 3) - Konami Digital Entertainment would like to thank:
*Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (2010 on Xbox 360) - Level Designer
*Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (2008 on Nintendo DS) - Chief Program
*Time Hollow (2008 on Nintendo DS) - Technical Support
*Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (2006 on Nintendo DS) - Player Program
*Castlevania: Double Pack (2006 on Game Boy Advance) - Enemy Programmer
*Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005 on Nintendo DS) - Player Program
*Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2003 on PlayStation 2) - Enemy Program
*Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (2003 on Game Boy Advance) - System & Player Programmer
*Shadow of Memories (2001 on PlayStation 2) - Event Programmer
*Gungage (1999 on PlayStation) - Menu Program
*Ganbare Goemon: Kuru Nara Koi! Ayashige Ikka no Kuroi Kage (1998 on PlayStation) - Enemy Program
*TwinBee RPG (1998 on PlayStation) - Program
*Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus (1997 on PlayStation) - Programmer
*Sexy Parodius (1996 on PlayStation) - Program
==Gallery==
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Shutaro Iida - 03.jpg|Iida with Koji Igarashi.
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==References==
==External links==
*I Am Shutaro, aka Curry The Kid AMA at reddit
*MobyGames
*Shūtarō Īda at the Bloodstained Wiki
*X (Japanese)
Category:Directors and Producers