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

Sorcerian (Mega Drive; 1990) — Special Thanks^[7] (as Locky P)
Ghostbusters (Mega Drive; 1990) — Designer^[8] (as Locky P)
Columns (Game Gear; 1990) — Artists
Putter Golf (Mega Drive; 1990) — Designer^[9] (as Locky P)
Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (Mega Drive; 1991) — Model Maker^[10] (as Locky★P)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive; 1991)
Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD (Mega Drive; 1992) — Graphic Designer^[11] (as Locky P)
Tougi Ou King Colossus (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special thanks to^[12] (as LOCKY.P)
Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks^[13] (as Locky★P)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks to^[14] (as Locky P)
Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — グラフィックデザイン助っ人^[15] (as 西山彰則)
Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — Graphic Design^[16]
Columns III: Revenge of Columns (Mega Drive; 1993) — Assistant Design^[17] (as Locky P)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Script^[18] (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Monster Graphic Design^[18] (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — System Plan^[18] (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Mechanic Design^[18] (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Map Design^[18] (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Object Design^[18] (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Font Design^[18] (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Papet Event Plan^[18] (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Planners^[19]
Game no Kanzume Vol. 2 (Mega-CD; 1994) — Graphic Designer^[11] (as Locky P)
Game no Kanzume Vol. 2 (Mega-CD; 1994) — Designer^[9] (as Locky P)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — ゲームデザイン＆シナリオ^[20] (as 西山彰則)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — Game Design & Scenario
Sonic Jam (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks^[21]
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Story event director
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Scenario writer
ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast; 1999) — パズルエディット (as にしやまあきのり)
ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast; 1999) — Puzzle Editors
Sonic Shuffle (Dreamcast; 2000) — Supervisors
Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast; 2000) — City/Quest/Script Writer
ChuChu Rocket! (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Normal Puzzles^[22]
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 Advance (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Director^[23]
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
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^[24]
Sonic Pinball Party (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Director
Puyo Pop Fever (NAOMI; 2003) — Manager
Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Recording Coordinator
Sonic Heroes (GameCube; 2003) — Recording Coordinator
Sonic Heroes (Xbox; 2003) — Recording Coordinator
Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Product Support
Sonic Heroes (GameCube; 2003) — Product Support
Sonic Heroes (Xbox; 2003) — Product Support
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^[25]
Puyo Pop Fever (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Manager^[26]
Puyo Pop Fever (Windows PC; 2004) — Manager
Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Special Thanks
Puyo Pop Fever (Nintendo DS; 2004) — Manager
Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation Portable; 2004) — Manager
Sonic Gems Collection (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Chief Producer
Sonic Gems Collection (GameCube; 2005) — Chief Producer
The Rub Rabbits! (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Chief Manager
Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Director
Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Development Support
Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube; 2005) — Development Support
Sonic Riders (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Recording Coordinators
Sonic Riders (GameCube; 2006) — Recording Coordinators
Sonic Riders (Xbox; 2006) — Recording Coordinators
Sonic Riders (Windows PC; 2006) — Recording Coordinators
Sonic the Hedgehog (PlayStation 3; 2006) — Chief Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog (Xbox 360; 2006) — Chief Producer
Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii; 2007) — Chief Producer
Puyo Puyo! (PlayStation 2; 2007) — 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
Sega Superstars Tennis (PlayStation 3; 2008) — GE1
Sega Superstars Tennis (Wii; 2008) — GE1
Sega Superstars Tennis (Nintendo DS; 2008) — GE1
The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii; 2008) — Chief Producers
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection (PlayStation 2; 2008) — Special Thanks
Sonic Unleashed (PlayStation 2; 2008) — Creative Producer
Sonic Unleashed (Wii; 2008) — Creative Producer
Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Chief Producers
Wacky World of Sports (Wii; 2009) — Special Thanks
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
Puyo Puyo 7 (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Chief Producers
Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Special Thanks
Valkyria Chronicles II (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Special Thanks
Resonance of Fate (Xbox 360; 2009) — Chief Producers
K-On! Houkago Live!! (PlayStation Portable; 2010) — シニアプロデューサー (as 西山彰則)
Shining Hearts (PlayStation Portable; 2010) — 開発サポート (as 西山彰則)
Senjou no Valkyria 3 (PlayStation Portable; 2011) — 開発サポート (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)
Phantasy Star Online 2 (Windows PC; 2012) — Special Thanks
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit (Steam; 2012) — Special Thanks
Idola: Phantasy Star Saga (iOS; 2018) — スペシャルサンクス (as 西山彰則)
Idola: Phantasy Star Saga (Android; 2018) — スペシャルサンクス (as 西山彰則)
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis (Windows PC; 2021) — Special Thanks
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis (Xbox One; 2021) — Special Thanks

Videos

Sonic - Night of the Werehog (??; No results?) — Special Thanks

Music

Sonic X: Original Sound Tracks (CD; 2004) — スーパーバイザー^[27] (as 西山彰則)
Seven Rings in Hand: Sonic and the Secret Rings Original Sound Track (CD; 2007) — Chief Producer^[28]
Sonic Rush Adventure Original Soundtrack (CD; 2007) — Producer^[29]
Tales of Knighthood: Sonic and the Black Knight Original Soundtrax (CD; 2009) — Special Thanks To^[30]
Face to Faith: Sonic and the Black Knight - Vocal Trax (CD; 2009) — Special Thanks To^[31]

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:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_MD_credits.pdf_p-14] File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Switch_MCD_credits.pdf_p-15] File:Switch MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Panic_MCD_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Panic MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Columns_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-17] File:Columns III MD credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_Sennenki_no_Owari_ni_MD_credits.pdf_p-18] 18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 ^18.3 ^18.4 ^18.5 ^18.6 ^18.7 File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf

[:File:Psiv_md_us_manual.pdf_p42-19] File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42

[:File:Mahou_Kishi_Rayearth_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-20] File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Jam_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-21] File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:ChuChu_Rocket.21_GBA_credits.pdf_p-22] File:ChuChu Rocket! GBA credits.pdf

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

[:File:Sonic_Advance_2_GBA_credits.pdf_p-24] File:Sonic Advance 2 GBA credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Advance_3_GBA_credits.pdf_p-25] File:Sonic Advance 3 GBA credits.pdf

[:File:Puyo_Puyo_Fever_GBA_credits.pdf_p-26] File:Puyo Puyo Fever GBA credits.pdf

[:File:SonicXOST_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p3-27] File:SonicXOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3

[:File:SevenRingsInHand_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p11-28] File:SevenRingsInHand CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11

[:File:SRAOST_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p3-29] File:SRAOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3

[:File:TalesofKnighthood_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p10-30] File:TalesofKnighthood CD JP booklet.pdf, page 10

[:File:FacetoFaith_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p11-31] File:FacetoFaith CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11

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