GEORIDE (#314)

[Carl]

Some unfortunate news, posted at Kotaku.
http://kotaku.com/5917290/random-sta...-game-industry

A thirty-six year-old man went on a stabbing rampage that left two dead: 66 year-old female Toshi Sasaki, a bar manager, and 42 year-old Shingo Minamino, a music producer for a video game company.

Minamino grew up in Osaka, but moved to Tokyo to work in the music industry and for game company NitroPlus. While at NitroPlus, Minamino created music for many of the game label's acts, such as virtual idol Super Sonico and oversaw Georide, NitroPlus' music label.

The music producer was in Osaka this weekend for a Georide fifth anniversary concert. On Sunday afternoon, he was walking near the venue when Kyozo Isohi, 36, suddently approached and repeatedly stabbed him 30 to 40 times with an 18-cm kitchen knife. According to The Mainichi, an onlooker described Isohi as looking like "as if he was haunted by something."