Team Silent

Overview

Team Silent was an internal development team at Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo responsible for the Silent Hill series. They produced the primary titles in the franchise from the original game through Silent Hill 4: The Room. Team Silent disbanded during the production of Silent Hill 4, and the series has since been developed by external companies such as Climax Group and Double Helix Games. Akira Yamaoka, the sound director of the series, was the last team member to work on the franchise until he left Konami on December 2, 2009. The last Silent Hill game that Yamaoka worked on was Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.

Some of the team's former members have since worked on the Siren series.

Key Members

The key members of Team Silent were:

• Keiichiro Toyama: Creator & Director of Silent Hill
• Masashi Tsuboyama: Director of Silent Hill 2, Art Director of Silent Hill 4
• Kazuhide Nakazawa: Director of Silent Hill 3
• Suguru Murakoshi: Drama Director of Silent Hill 2, Director and Scenario Writer of Silent Hill 4
• Hiroyuki Owaku: Scenario Writer of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3
• Masahiro Ito: Art Director of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3
• Akira Yamaoka: Sound Director of Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, SIlent Hill 4; Producer of Silent Hill 4; Composer for Silent Hill: 0rigins, Homecoming and Shattered Memories.
• Akihiro Imamura: Producer of Silent Hill 2, Sub-Producer of Silent Hill 4
• Takayoshi Sato: CGI Creator of Silent Hill and Silent Hill 2