Masahiro Ito

This article is about the video game designer. For the voice actor, see Masahiro Itō.

Masahiro Ito (伊藤 暢達, Itō Masahiro) is a Japanese video game artist best known for his work with Team Silent.

Career

Ito worked as background and creature designer on the survival horror video game Silent Hill in 1999. He was art director for its sequel, Silent Hill 2 (2001), working on both the original game and its reissue Restless Dreams, as well as being the chief monster designer/modeler. Ito was the art director again in Silent Hill 3 (2003), as well as "drama camera designer".

The team disbanded with the release of the fourth game, Silent Hill 4: The Room in 2004 and for which Ito received a "Special Thanks" credit in the game. Ito and fellow Team Silent scriptwriter Hiroyuki Owaku went on to work together on Silent Hill: Cage of Cradle (2006), a digital manga published by Konami, downloadable for cell-phones and only available in Japan.^[1]

He maintains a personal website, complete with an online gallery of his Silent Hill–oriented artwork.^[2] Ito designed the cover art for the Japanese release of Silent Hill: Downpour (2012).^[3]

In 2012, Masahiro Ito stated on his Twitter that he would be willing to work on another Silent Hill game with Hideo Kojima.^[4] In 2014 he worked with Hifumi Kono and Takashi Shimizu on the video game NightCry featuring Kiyoishi Arai (Final Fantasy) for visuals, design and in image board team.^[5]

Works

Video game	Release date	Role
Silent Hill	1999	Monster designer, background designer
Silent Hill 2	2001	Art director, monster designer
Silent Hill 3	2003	Art director, monster designer, CGI movie editors, modeling, drama camera
Silent Hill 4: The Room	2004	Special thanks
Silent Hill: Cage of Cradle	2006	Illustrator
Silent Hill: Origins	2007	Special thanks
Shadows of the Damned	2011	Monster designer (unused)
Silent Hill: Downpour	2012	Illustrator
Silent Hills	2013	Illustrator (unused)
P.T.	2014	Unknown
NightCry	2016	Monster designer
Metal Gear Survive	2018	Creature designer
World of Tanks	2020	Environment designer
Silent Hill: The Short Message	2024	Creature design/Otherworld design
Silent Hill 2 (remake)	2024	Creature designer

References

1. "Konami Releases Masahiro Ito's Art for Japanese Silent Hill: Downpour Cover". My Silent Hill. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
2. "Gallery of Masahiro Ito". Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
3. "'The Grudge' Director Made the 'NightCry' Teaser for Free". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
4. @adsk4 (November 28, 2012). "@IceTubesCoD Yes. If he were to demand it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "'NightCry' Monster Art from Pyramid Head Creator Masahiro Ito". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

External links

• Masahiro Ito on Twitter
• Masahiro Ito at IMDb