Forrest Liu
刘伟
Forrest Liu (刘伟) is a serial entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of miHoYo, the Chinese game studio behind *Genshin Impact*, alongside Cai Haoyu and Luo Yuhao — a founding story 十字路口Crossing traced back to the three of them squeezed together in a cramped space, with Liu later recalling their early resolve to build what they wanted rather than chase easy money . The studio's trajectory ran from the underwhelming 2012 launch of *Houkai Gakuen* through the 2014 breakthrough of *Houkai Gakuen 2* and eventually to *Genshin Impact* . Separately, Liu also co-founded and serves as CEO of CytoNiche (华龛生物), a 3D cell manufacturing platform that has raised Series B and B+ funding — in the most recent round in September 2025, he framed the capital as validation of the company's industrial capabilities and commercial prospects .
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