Yu Suzuki, also known as YU., is the president and CEO of YS NET. He is best-known as the Programmer/Director/Producer of classic SEGA games such as Hang-On, AFTER BURNER, Virtua Fighter, Shenmue and more.
One of Suzuki's earliest games, Space Harrier, also features 2 songs written by him: "IDA" and "VALDA". While in Junior High School, Suzuki played in a rock band.
Suzuki most frequently works with composers
Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Space Harrier, Out Run, AFTER BURNER, Power Drift, etc.),
Yasuhiro Takagi (G-LOC, F355 Challenge, Shenmue II, etc.)
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter 2 & 3, Shenmue, etc.) and
Takayuki Nakamura (Virtua Fighter 1~3, Shenmue III, Air Twister, etc.)
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