Akira Yamaoka

Akira Yamaoka is a rock star, video game developer and music composer who started out in the Konami Kukeiha Club (alongside the likes of Michiru Yamane) and achieved individual recognition for Silent Hill. After many Silent Hill titles, he eventually left Konami to join Suda 51 at Grasshopper Manufacture. He frequently collaborates with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.

He has directed or been the lead composer for the following:

• Silent Hill series
  • Silent Hill 1
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Fukuro
  • Ki-No-Ko
  • Silent Hill 3
  • Usagi
  • Silent Hill 4
  • Silent Hill Origins
  • Silent Hill Homecoming
  • Silent Hill Shattered Memories
• Shadows of the Damned
• Lollipop Chainsaw

He has also contributed to:

• Rocket Knight Adventures
• Snatcher CD-ROMantic
• Contra: Shattered Soldier
• Rumble Roses series
• Silent Hill: The Movie
• Lightning Legend Daigo no Daibouken
• Otomedius
• Twinbee Paradise
• Beatmania and other Bemani games.