Akinori Nishiyama

Akinori Nishiyama

Employment history: Sega Enterprises^[1] (1989^[2] – ) Divisions: Sega R&D 2 Sega CS3 Sega Software R&D Dept. 8 Sonic Team Sega Divisions: Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 1 Sega Sapporo Studio^[3]
Role(s): Artist, Director^[1], Producer
Twitter: @Locky_hca

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Akinori Nishiyama (西山彰則), also known by the alias Locky★P^[4], is a Japanese game designer and Sega Games Director of Online Administration^[1], most known for his long and notable history as a producer on a number of flagship Sega of Japan franchises like Phantasy Star and Puyo Puyo.

Career

Nishiyama joined Sega Enterprises in 1989 as a graphic designer, with some of his earliest notable works being Ghostbusters, Putter Golf and Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD^[5]. He also had some involvement with the original Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991^[2] and its 1992 sequel. He was best-known to hardcore Japanese gamers as Locky★P, an illustrator and interviewer who wrote for the Sega Players Enjoy Club newsletter^[6] and later illustrated promotional comics for Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium, a game he was heavily involved with in terms of script and art.

Nishiyama retained his position as a scenario writer through the Saturn era with Magic Knight Rayearth. He then served once more as scenario writer for Sonic Adventure and reacquainted himself with the Phantasy Star series with Phantasy Star Online. Additionally, he served as Director for the majority of the Sonic the Hedgehog series titles released for Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS and Producer for the Puyo Puyo series.

He also acted as the managing head of Sonic Team between Yuji Naka's 2006 resignation and Takashi Iizuka coming on board in 2010. Afterwards he acted in general manager roles for titles from Sega. With Iizuka becoming the head of Sonic Team, Nishiyama would migrate the Phantasy Star Online franchise to Sega's CS3 division, acting as a Senior Producer for that series and allowing Sonic Team the freedom to focus entirely on further Sonic the Hedgehog & Puyo Puyo games.

Production history

Games

(; 1990) — Special Thanks^[7] (as Locky P)
(; 1990) — Designer^[8] (as Locky P)
(; 1990) — Artists
(; 1990) — Designer^[9] (as Locky P)
(; 1991) — Model Maker^[10] (as Locky★P)
(; 1991)
(; 1992) — Graphic Designer^[11] (as Locky P)
(; 1992) — Special thanks to^[12] (as LOCKY.P)
(; 1992) — Special Thanks^[13] (as Locky★P)
(; 1993) — グラフィックデザイン助っ人^[14] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — Graphic Design^[15]
(; 1993) — Assistant Design^[16] (as Locky P)
(; 1993) — Script^[17] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — Monster Graphic Design^[17] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — System Plan^[17] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — Mechanic Design^[17] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — Map Design^[17] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — Object Design^[17] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — Font Design^[17] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — Papet Event Plan^[17] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1993) — Planners^[18]
(; 1994) — Graphic Designer^[11] (as Locky P)
(; 1994) — Designer^[9] (as Locky P)
(; 1995) — ゲームデザイン＆シナリオ^[19] (as 西山彰則)
(; 1995) — Game Design & Scenario
(; 1997) — Special Thanks^[20]
(; 1998) — Story event director
(; 1998) — Scenario writer
(; 1999) — パズルエディット (as にしやまあきのり)
(; 1999) — Puzzle Editors
(; 2000) — Supervisors
(; 2000) — City/Quest/Script Writer
(; 2001) — Normal Puzzles^[21]
(; 2001) — City/Quest/Script Writer
(; 2001) — Recording Coordinator
(; 2001) — Product Support
(; 2001) — Director
(; 2001) — Director^[22]
(; 2001) — Tiny Chao Garden Product Coordinator
(; 2001) — Recording Coordinators
(; 2001) — Product Support
(; 2002) — グラフィックデザイン助っ人 (as 西山彰則)
(; 2002) — Director^[23]
(; 2003) — Director
(; 2004) — Director^[24]
(; 2004) — Special Thanks
(; 2005) — Chief Producer
(; 2005) — Chief Producer
(; 2005) — Chief Manager
(; 2005) — Director
(; 2005) — General Manager
(; 2005) — Development Support
(; 2005) — Development Support
(; 2005) — Development Support
(; 2006) — Recording Coordinators
(; 2006) — Recording Coordinators
(; 2006) — Recording Coordinators
(; 2006) — Recording Coordinators
(; 2006) — Chief Producer
(; 2006) — Chief Producer
(; 2007) — Producer
(; 2007) — Chief Producer
(; 2007) — Producer
(; 2007) — General Producers
(; 2008) — General Producers
(; 2008) — Supervisors (Original Games)
(; 2008) —
(; 2008) —
(; 2008) — GE1
(; 2008) — Chief Producers
(; 2008) — Special Thanks
(; 2009) — Chief Producers
(; 2009) — Sonic Family Character Supervisors
(; 2009) — Sonic Character Supervisors
(; 2009) — Chief Producers
(; 2009) — Special Thanks
(; 2009) — Special Thanks
(; 2009) — Chief Producers
(; 2010) — シニアプロデューサー (as 西山彰則)
(; 2010) — 開発サポート (as 西山彰則)
(; 2011) — 開発サポート (as 西山彰則)
(; 2011) — Chief Producers
(; 2011) — Special Thanks (as 西山彰則)
(; 2012) — Special Thanks
(; 2012) — Special Thanks
(; 2012) — Senior Producer
(; 2012) — Senior Producer
(; 2012) — Senior Producer
(; 2012) — Senior Producer
(; 2018) — スペシャルサンクス (as 西山彰則)
(; 2018) — スペシャルサンクス (as 西山彰則)
(; 2021) — Special Thanks
(; 2021) — Special Thanks

Videos

(; No results?) — Special Thanks

Music

(; 2004) — スーパーバイザー^[25] (as 西山彰則)
(; 2007) — Producer^[26]
(; 2009) — Special Thanks To^[27]
(; 2009) — Special Thanks To^[28]

Sonic X (2003) — Supervisor
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd (2010) — Special Thanks
Crush 3D (2012) — Special Thanks (Sega Corporate)
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend (2010) — Special Thanks
Shining Blade (2012) — Chief Producer
ToeJam & Earl Collection — Senior Producer (Sega of Japan)
Nights Into Dreams (Sega Heritage Version) (2012) — Senior Producer (Sega of Japan)

Magazine articles

Main article: Akinori Nishiyama/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

Akinori Nishiyama & Takashi Yuda interview by Kikizo (November 30, 2005)

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Akinori Nishiyama

External links

References

[https:.2F.2Fwww.linkedin.com.2Fin.2F.E5.BD.B0.E5.89.87-.E8.A5.BF.E5.B1.B1-0156a716b.2F-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://www.linkedin.com/in/彰則-西山-0156a716b/

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20071023022629.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.famitsu.com.2Fgame.2Fnews.2F1211418_1124.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1211418_1124.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-10-23 02:26)

[https:.2F.2Fsega-sapporo-studio.co.jp.2F-3] ttps://sega-sapporo-studio.co.jp/

[:File:DengekiMD_JP_04.pdf_p15-4] Dengeki Mega Drive, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-08), page 15

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-10.pdf_p47-5] Mega Drive Fan, "October 1992" (JP; 1992-09-xx), page 47

[:File:SPEC_6.pdf_p63-6] Sega Players Enjoy Club, "Vol. 6 Summer" (JP; 1990-09-10), page 63

[:File:Sorcerian_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Sorcerian MD credits.pdf

[:File:Ghostbusters_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Ghostbusters MD credits.pdf

[:File:Putter_Golf_MD_credits.pdf_p-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:Putter Golf MD credits.pdf

[:File:Advanced_Daisenryaku_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Advanced Daisenryaku MD credits.pdf

[:File:Penguin_Land_MD_credits.pdf_p-11] 11.0 ^11.1 File:Penguin Land MD credits.pdf

[:File:Tougi_Ou_King_Colossus_MD_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Tougi Ou King Colossus MD credits.pdf

[:File:Honoo_no_Toukyuuji_MD_credits.pdf_p-13] File:Honoo no Toukyuuji MD credits.pdf

[:File:Switch_MCD_credits.pdf_p-14] File:Switch MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Panic_MCD_credits.pdf_p-15] File:Panic MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Columns_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Columns III MD credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_Sennenki_no_Owari_ni_MD_credits.pdf_p-17] 17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 ^17.3 ^17.4 ^17.5 ^17.6 ^17.7 File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf

[:File:Psiv_md_us_manual.pdf_p42-18] File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42

[:File:Mahou_Kishi_Rayearth_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-19] File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Jam_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-20] File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:ChuChu_Rocket.21_GBA_credits.pdf_p-21] File:ChuChu Rocket! GBA credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Advance_GBA_credits.pdf_p-22] File:Sonic Advance GBA credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Advance_2_GBA_credits.pdf_p-23] File:Sonic Advance 2 GBA credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Advance_3_GBA_credits.pdf_p-24] File:Sonic Advance 3 GBA credits.pdf

[:File:SonicXOST_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p3-25] File:SonicXOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3

[:File:SRAOST_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p3-26] File:SRAOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3

[:File:FacetoFaith_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p11-27] File:FacetoFaith CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11

[:File:TalesofKnighthood_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p10-28] File:TalesofKnighthood CD JP booklet.pdf, page 10

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