Kentaro Suzuki’s Portfolio

Kentaro Suzuki

Engineering Manager (Graphics & AI/ML) at Polyphony Digital Inc.

Real-time and offline computer graphics enthusiast, passionate game developer, and software engineer. Interested in photorealistic rendering, light transport algorithms, sky and cloud rendering, and real-time post effects.

01Shipped Titles

Gran Turismo 7

Lead Graphics Programmer

Led the graphics engineering team and contributed to the sky rendering system, artist-support tools, lighting features, post effects, tone mapping, and additional Scapes features.

Gran Turismo SPORT

VFX & Scapes Programmer

Graphics programming and computer graphics R&D, with a focus on visual effects and Scapes.

02Experience

May 2024 — Present

Polyphony Digital Inc.

Engineering Manager

Primarily responsible for Graphics and AI/ML.

Oct 2022 — May 2024

Polyphony Digital Inc.

Senior Lead Graphics Programmer

Graphics development and R&D, and management of the graphics engineering team.

Mar 2019 — Oct 2022

Polyphony Digital Inc.

Lead Graphics Programmer

Graphics development and R&D, management of the graphics engineering team, and development of Gran Turismo 7.

Apr 2014 — Mar 2019

Polyphony Digital Inc.

Graphics Programmer

Development of graphics programs, computer graphics R&D, and development of Gran Turismo SPORT.

Apr 2022 — Present

The University of Tokyo

Part-time Lecturer, Rendering

Teach Computer Graphics, a required course in the Department of Information Science, Faculty of Science, as one of its lecturers.

03Conference Presentations

04Academic & Community Service

Visual Computing
Program Committee (2018, 2019, 2021–2026) and Executive Committee (2020, 2021, 2023)
IPSJ SIG on CGVI
Executive Committee (2020–2023)
Raytracing Camp
Co-organizer (2013–2019, 2022–2025)

05Publications

06Education

2012 — 2014

The University of Tokyo

Master's degree, Computer Graphics and Computer Vision

2008 — 2012

The University of Tokyo

Bachelor's degree, Computer and Information Sciences