Akira Toriyama Comments on Dragon Quest Composer Koichi Sugiyama’s Death

Akira Toriyama has commented on the death of his lifelong colleague Koichi Sugiyama, the composer of the Dragon Quest video game series.

According to the official Dragon Quest news site in Japan, hosted by Dragon Quest video game publisher Square-Enix, longtime Dragon Quest series composer Koichi Sugiyama has passed away at the age of 90 from septic shock.

Koichi Sugiyama started composing for the series with its first game, Dragon Quest (May 27, 1986).

He has composed over 500 songs for the ...