Akinori Nishiyama
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Akinori Nishiyama (西山彰則), also known by the aliases Works Nishi and Locky★P, 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.
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Career
Nishiyama was originally a test player (usually credited by his alias, Works Nishi) whose first title was the original Phantasy Star. He would become a major contributor to the series' fourth installment.
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
- Phantasy Star (Master System; 1987) — Soft Check[2] (as Works Nishi)
- Space Harrier 3D (Master System; 1988) — Program Check (as Works Nishi)
- Hoshi o Sagashite... (Master System; 1988) — テストプレイ (as わあくす にし)
- Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen (Master System; 1988) — Check (as Works Nishi)
- Space Harrier II (Mega Drive; 1988) — Test Player[3] (as Works Nishi)
- Super League (Mega Drive; 1989) — Special Thanks (as Works Nishi)
- Forgotten Worlds (Mega Drive; 1989) — Game Check[4] (as Works Nishi)
- Sorcerian (Mega Drive; 1990) — Special Thanks (as Works Nishi)
- Ghostbusters (Mega Drive; 1990) — Designer[5] (as Locky P)
- Putter Golf (Mega Drive; 1990) — Designer (as Locky P)
- Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (Mega Drive; 1991) — Model Maker (as Locky★P)
- Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD (Mega Drive; 1992) — Graphic Designer (as Locky P)
- Tougi Ou King Colossus (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special thanks to (as LOCKY.P)
- Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks (as Locky★P)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks to[6] (as Locky P)
- Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — グラフィックデザイン助っ人 (as 西山 彰則)
- Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — Graphic Design[7]
- Columns III: Revenge of Columns (Mega Drive; 1993) — Assistant Design (as Locky P)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Script (as A.Nishiyama)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Monster Graphic Design (as A.Nishiyama)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — System Plan (as A.Nishiyama)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Mechanic Design (as A.Nishiyama)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Map Design (as A.Nishiyama)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Object Design (as A.Nishiyama)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Font Design (as A.Nishiyama)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Papet Event Plan (as A.Nishiyama)
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Planners[8]
- Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — ゲームデザイン&シナリオ (as 西山 彰則)
- Sonic Jam (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Story event director
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Scenario writer
- Sonic Shuffle (Dreamcast; 2000) — Supervisors
- Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast; 2000) — City/Quest/Script Writer
- Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — City/Quest/Script Writer
- Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Recording Coordinator
- Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Product Support
- Puyo Pop (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Director
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Tiny Chao Garden Product Coordinator
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Recording Coordinators
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Product Support
- Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Director
- Panic! (PlayStation 2; 2002) — グラフィックデザイン助っ人 (as 西山 彰則)
- Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Director
- Sonic Pinball Party (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Director
- Puyo Pop Fever (NAOMI; 2003) — Manager
- Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Manager
- Puyo Pop Fever (Dreamcast; 2004) — Manager
- Puyo Pop Fever (GameCube; 2004) — Manager
- Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Director
- Puyo Pop Fever (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Manager
- Puyo Pop Fever (Windows PC; ?) — Manager
- Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Special Thanks
- Puyo Pop Fever (Nintendo DS; 2004) — Manager
- Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation Portable; 2004) — Manager
- The Rub Rabbits! (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Chief Manager
- Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Director
- Puyo Puyo Fever 2 (PlayStation 2; 2005) — General Manager
- Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii; 2007) — Chief Producer
- Puyo Puyo! (Wii; 2007) — Chief Producer
- Sonic Rush Adventure (Nintendo DS; 2007) — Producer
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii; 2007) — General Producers
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS; 2008) — General Producers
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii; 2008) — Supervisors (Original Games)
- Sega Superstars Tennis (PlayStation 3; 2008) — GE1
- Sega Superstars Tennis (Wii; 2008) — GE1
- The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii; 2008) — Chief Producers
- Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Chief Producers
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii; 2009) — Sonic Family Character Supervisors
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS; 2009) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Special Thanks
- Valkyria Chronicles II (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Special Thanks
- K-On! Houkago Live!! (PlayStation Portable; 2010) — シニアプロデューサー (as 西山 彰則)
- Rise of Nightmares (Xbox 360; 2011) — Chief Producers
- 7th Dragon 2020 (PlayStation Portable; 2011) — Special Thanks (as 西山 彰則)
Videos
- Sonic - Night of the Werehog (??; ?) — Special Thanks
Music
- Seven Rings in Hand: Sonic and the Secret Rings Original Sound Track (CD; 2007) — Chief Producer[9]
- Sonic Rush Adventure Original Soundtrack (CD; 2007) — Producer[10]
- Face to Faith: Sonic and the Black Knight - Vocal Trax (CD; 2009) — Special Thanks To[11]
- Tales of Knighthood: Sonic and the Black Knight Original Soundtrax (CD; 2009) — Special Thanks To[12]
- Sonic X (2003) — Supervisor
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection (2008) — Special Thanks
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd (2010) — Special Thanks
- Resonance of Fate (2010) — Chief Producer (Sega of Japan)
- Shining Hearts (2010) — Development Support
- Crush 3D (2012) — Special Thanks (Sega Corporate)
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend (2010) — Special Thanks
- 7th Dragon 2020 (2011) — Special Thanks
- Valkyria Chronicles III (2011) — Chief Producer
- Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit (2012) — 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)
Interviews
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Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Akinori Nishiyama
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.linkedin.com/in/彰則-西山-0156a716b/
- ↑ File:Phantasy Star SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Forgotten Worlds MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Ghostbusters MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Panic MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42
- ↑ File:SevenRingsInHand CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11
- ↑ File:SRAOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
- ↑ File:FacetoFaith CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11
- ↑ File:TalesofKnighthood CD JP booklet.pdf, page 10
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