Daichi Katagiri

Daichi Katagiri
Date of birth: 1968 (age 52-53)
Role(s): Director, Programmer

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Daichi Katagiri (片桐 大智) joined Sega AM2 in 1992 as a programmer. He was an expert player of Capcom's Street Fighter II, which Yu Suzuki thought would be of good use for his games, since Suzuki does not play games himself. In the second AM R&D division, he worked on the creation of numerous arcade games including the Virtua Fighter series, Daytona USA and Fighting Vipers. He also supervised the entirety of Virtua Fighter 4 as a development team leader.

Production history

• Daytona USA (Model 2;
  1994) — Programmers
• Virtua Fighter 2 (Model 2;
  1994) — Enemy
• Fighting Vipers (Model 2;
  1995) — Game Coordinator
• Fighting Vipers (Model 2;
  1995) — Programmers
• Fighting Vipers (Model 2;
  1995) — Motion Designers
• Fighting Vipers (Saturn;
  1996) — Special Thanks
• Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3;
  1996) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3;
  1996) — Game System
• Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3;
  1996) — Assistant Motion Design
• Fighters Megamix (Saturn;
  1996) — Game Coordinator (as 片桐 大智)
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3;
  1997) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3;
  1997) — Game System
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3;
  1997) — Assistant Motion Design
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast;
  1998) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast;
  1998) — Game System
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast;
  1998) — Assistant Motion Design
• Fighting Vipers 2 (Model 3;
  1998) — Game Coordinator
• Fighting Vipers 2 (Model 3;
  1998) — Motion Designers
• Fighting Vipers 2 (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Game Coordinator
• Fighting Vipers 2 (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Motion Designers
• Outtrigger (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Special Thanks
• Virtua Fighter 4 (NAOMI 2;
  2001) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 4 (PlayStation 2;
  2002) — Supervisors (as 片桐 大智)
• Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (PlayStation 2;
  2003) — Planners
• OutRun 2 (Chihiro;
  2003) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned (NAOMI 2;
  No results
  9999) — Game Director
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (PlayStation 2;
  2004) — Enemy
• OutRun 2 SP (Chihiro;
  2004) — Game Director
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 19: Fighting Vipers (PlayStation 2;
  2005) — Game Coordinator
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 19: Fighting Vipers (PlayStation 2;
  2005) — Programmers
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 19: Fighting Vipers (PlayStation 2;
  2005) — Motion Designers
• Virtua Fighter 5 () — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 5 () — Planners
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast () — Game Director
• OutRun 2 SP SDX (Lindbergh;
  No results
  9999) — Game Director
• OutRun 2 SP (PlayStation 2;
  2007) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 5 R (Lindbergh;
  No results
  9999) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 5 R (Lindbergh;
  No results
  9999) — Plan Leader
• Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Xbox 360;
  2012) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Xbox 360;
  2012) — Game System Regulators

• Virtua Fighter (1992)
• Sonic the Fighters (1996) — Game Coordinator
• Virtua Fighter 5 (2006) — Game Director
• Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2010) — Game Director

Interviews

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• Daichi Katagiri interview by Sega (March 6, 2003)
• Daichi Katagiri interview for Virtua Fighter's 20th anniversary (April 10, 2014)