Naoya Tsurumi

Naoya Tsurumi
Company(ies): Sega of America, Sega Japan
Role(s): Executive

Naoya Tsurumi is a chief executive of Sega. Much like other employees at Sega at the time, he was one of the Japanese that was sent to western regions. He joined the company in 1992, and joined Sega Europe the next year. He also spent five years at Sega of America from 2005 to 2010. In 2010 he returned back to Japan after almost 20 years, and became a chief executive for the overall Sega Sammy Holdings outfit.

Production history

• Sonic R (1997) — Operations Manager
• Toy Racer (2000) — Network Support & Marketing - European Operations Director
• NBA 2K3 (2002) — COO Sega Europe
• Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (2003) — COO Sega Europe
• OutRun 2 (2004) — President & COO Sega Europe
• Yakuza (2005) — CEO Sega Europe & Sega of America
• Full Auto (2006) — CEO Sega Europe & Sega of America
• Worldwide Soccer Manager 2008 (2007) — Sega Europe Limited
• Valkyria Chronicles (2008) — Executive Supervisor
• Bayonetta (2009) — Executive Supervisor
• Alpha Protocol (2010) — CEO Sega Europe & Sega of America
• Conduit 2 (2010) — CEO Sega Europe & Sega of America
• Renegade Ops (2011) — Chairman Sega Europe & Sega of America
• Binary Domain (2012) — Executive Supervisor
• The Typing of the Dead: Overkill (2013) — President/COO