Suikoden [swi.ko.dɛn], released as Genso Suikoden (幻想水滸伝) in Japan, is a role-playing game developed and published by Konami. It is a Japanese role-playing game series originally created by Yoshitaka Murayama. Though the Suikoden games follow an irregular chronological sequence of events, the entire series (except for Tierkreis and Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki) takes place within the same world among continuing and overlapping histories. In some cases, several characters appear in multiple installations.