Japanese video game designer, producer and businessman
Tetsuya Mizuguchi
水口 哲也
Mizuguchi in 2007
Born
(1965-05-22) May 22, 1965 (age 59)
Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Alma mater
Nihon University
Occupation(s)
Video game producer, Video game director, Music producer,
Employer(s)
Sega (1990–2003) Q Entertainment (2003–2013) Enhance (2014–present)
Tetsuya Mizuguchi (水口 哲也, Mizuguchi Tetsuya, born May 22, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer, producer, and businessman. Along with ex-Sega developers he is one of the co-founders of the video game development firm Q Entertainment. He formerly worked for Sega as a producer in their Sega AM3 'arcade machines' team, developing games like Sega Rally Championship and Sega Touring Car Championship, before moving on to become the head of Sega's United Game Artists division, the team responsible for Rez and Space Channel 5. Mizuguchi is better known for creating video games that incorporate interactive synesthesia into his game design, regardless of genre, evidenced by Rez, Lumines, Child of Eden, and Tetris Effect.
He left Q Entertainment in 2013. He is currently the CEO of Enhance, Inc., a company he founded in 2014.[1]
In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.[2]
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