As reported by Kotaku and The Asahi Shumbum, Kenji Eno, the Japanese musician and game designer, passed away in Tokyo yesterday at the age of 42, due to heart failure and high blood pressure.

Known for a developing games and writing music, Eno has been involved in many projects, including the Sega Saturn horror game D, Sega Rally 2, WiiWare titles, and designing digital money payment systems for vending machines.

In a day of layoffs from both the game industry and from game journalism, it's sad to have yet another sad piece of news to report on. The staff here at DualShockers sends out our most heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of Keiji Eno.