Ginichiro Suzuki (born November 24, 1934 in Tokyo, Japan) is a game designer and writer
"Info taken from Legend among the Japanese game creators. Inspired by war simulation games he encounteres while abroad in his 40s, and thought to bring games like this to Japan. He was probably the first Japanese to state being a "Game designer" as a profession.
He founded Rec Company in 1981 with an associate and sent his designs to Epoch, founding the brand of "World Wargame".
In 1984 he founded Sho-Kikaku that gathered several designers.
In 1988, as the market for simulation games cooled down, he designer the Monster Maker card game, which was a tremendous success. From this followed manyproducts, not only games but also books and other merchandise.
Today he is a freelancing simulation game, board game, card game and role playing game designer, and is known in Japan as the father of gaming design. He goes under nicknames like "Gin-jii" (Gin-jeezer) or "Taisa" (Colonel), and certain simulation game calls him "God"."
Source: Wikipedia, "鈴木銀一郎", available under the CC-BY-SA License.
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