is a Japanese video game artist best known for his work with Team Silent.
Career Ito worked as background and monster designer on the survival horror video game Silent Hill in 1999. He was the 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 monster designer and modeler. Ito was the art director again in Silent Hill 3 (2003), as well as being a monster designer and modeler, background designer and modeler, drama camera designer, CGI movie editor.
In 2003, after the release of Silent Hill 3, Ito and fellow Team Silent members, Hiroyuki Owaku and Norihito Hatakeda were ordered by Konami to develop a video game that had a game design inspired by Grand Theft Auto. Ito was the art director, lead animator and motion designer for the game, which was developed over 3 years until it's cancellation in 2006. Ito then left Konami in March 2006 and became a freelance artist, while Hatakeda joined Kojima Productions in 2006.
Ito and fellow Team Silent scriptwriter Hiroyuki Owaku went on to work together on Silent Hill: Cage of Cradle (2006) and Silent Hill: Double under Dusk (2007), digital mangas published by Konami, downloadable for cell-phones and only available in Japan.
He maintains a personal website, complete with an online gallery of his Silent Hill–oriented artwork. Ito designed the cover art for the Japanese release of Silent Hill: Downpour (2012).
In 2012, Masahiro Ito stated on his Twitter that he would be willing to work on another Silent Hill game with Hideo Kojima. In 2016 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.
Works Title Year Role Silent Hill 1999 Background and monster designer Silent Hill 2 2001 Art director, monster designer and modeler Fukuro 2001 Creature designer and modeler Silent Hill: Arcade 2001–2002 Art director (cancelled) Silent Hill 3 2003 Art director, monster designer and modeler, background designer and modeler, drama camera designer, CGI movie editor Untitled GTA-style game 2003–2006 Art director, lead animator and motion designer (cancelled) Silent Hill: Dying Inside 2004 Alternate cover artist (volume 3) Silent Hill: The Novel 2006 Illustrator Silent Hill: Cage of Cradle 2006 Illustrator Silent Hill 2: The Novel 2006 Illustrator Silent Hill: Double under Dusk 2007 Illustrator Silent Hill: The Arcade 2007 Illustrator Silent Hill 3: The Novel 2007 Illustrator Silent Hill: Origins 2008 Japanese soundtrack cover artist White Hunter 2008 Illustrator, writer Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 2008 Painter Silent Hill: Homecoming 2008 Japanese cover artist (cancelled) Untitled Sony soviet retro sci-fi horror game 2008–2010 Art director, character and background designer (cancelled) Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection 2009 Tank designer Shadows of the Damned 2011 Monster designer (unused) Silent Hill: Downpour 2012 Japanese cover artist Untitled Silent Hill sequel 2013 Concept artist (cancelled) Untitled PSVR horror game 2015–2017 Art director, creature designer (cancelled) NightCry 2016 Creature designer Let It Die 2016 Character designer Untitled PS4 horror game 2016 Creature designer (cancelled) Metal Gear Survive 2018 Creature designer Human Lost 2019 Creature designer World of Tanks 2020 Environment designer Silent Hill: The Short Message 2024 Creature and otherworld designer Silent Hill 2 (remake) 2024 Creature designer Synduality: Echo of Ada 2025 Cradlecoffin and environment modeling: 2D arts
References
External links Masahiro Ito on Twitter