Yu Suzuki

Yu Suzuki  (鈴木 裕 Suzuki Yū, born June 10, 1958) is a Japanese game developer, programmer and former employee of Sega who directed the developed of many innovative arcade games including Hang On, Space Harrier, Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter and Daytona USA and the critically claimed Shenmue  games. His career at Sega was so successful he is often regarded as "Sega's Shigeru Miyamoto ". He was also the head of the AM2 division for 18 years. In 2003 Yu Suzuki was inducted into Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in September of 2011 Yu Suzuki officially left Sega to form his own company YS Net. in 2015 he made a mainstream return with an announced KickStarter for Shenmue III at E3 2015.