Hideki Okamura
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Hideki Okamura |
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Place of birth: Saitama, Saitama prefecture, Japan |
Date of birth: 1955-02-01 (age 68) |
Employment history: |
Role(s): Marketing, Executive |
Hideki Okamura (岡村 秀樹) is an Executive Manager and COO for Sega and president of TMS Entertainment. He was initially involved in edutainment experiments within Sega in the eighties and nineties, which were the Sega AI Computer and the Sega Pico. He was on the forefront of creating a proper marketing division for Sega of Japan, which led to the unique marketing campaigns for Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast in Japan. In April 2015 he assumed position of representative director for SEGA Holdings Co., Ltd..
Production history
Games
- NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Promotion Management[1]
- Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — マーケティング&プロモーション (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Riglordsaga 2 (Saturn; 1996) — Product Managers
- Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Promotion Management
- Sonic Jam (Saturn; 1997) — Promotion Management
- Virus (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Burning Rangers (Saturn; 1998) — Promotion Management
- Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare (Saturn; 1998) — マーケティング&プロモーション (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Godzilla Generations (Dreamcast; 1998) — 協力 (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Pen Pen TriIceLon (Dreamcast; 1998)
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Executive management
- Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph (Saturn; 1998) — マーケティング&プロモーション (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Blue Stinger (Dreamcast; 1999) — Marketing
- Time Stalkers (Dreamcast; 1999) — マーケティング (as 岡村 秀樹)
- ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast; 1999) — マーケティング (as おかむら ひでき)
- ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast; 1999) — Marketing
- Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Executive Producer
- Godzilla Generations Maximum Impact (Dreamcast; 1999) — Co-Operation
- Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Executive Marketing Producer
- Samba de Amigo (Dreamcast; 2000) — Marketing
- Animastar (Dreamcast; 2000) — Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 (Dreamcast; 2000) — Marketing
- Es (Dreamcast; 2001) — 捜査本部長 宮坂 (as 岡村 秀樹)
- US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Exec. Marketing Producer
- Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (GameCube; 2002) — Executive Management
- Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (GameCube; 2002) — Network R&D Dept.
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GameCube; 2003) — Executive Management
- Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution (GameCube; 2003) — Executive Management
- Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Executive Management
- Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Executive Management
- Puyo Pop Fever (Dreamcast; 2004) — Executive Management
- Puyo Pop Fever (GameCube; 2004) — Executive Management
- Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Executive Management
- Puyo Pop Fever (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Executive Management
- Puyo Pop Fever (Windows PC; ?) — Executive Management
- Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Executive Management
- Feel the Magic: XY/XX (Nintendo DS; 2004) — Executive Managments
- Puyo Pop Fever (Nintendo DS; 2004) — Executive Management
- Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation Portable; 2004) — Executive Management
- Altered Beast (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Management
- Guilty Gear XX Reload (PlayStation Portable; 2005) — Executive Adviser[2]
- The Rub Rabbits! (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Executive Management
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 20: Space Harrier II ~Space Harrier Complete Collection~ (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Adviser
- Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Executive Management
- Puyo Puyo Fever 2 (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Sales & Promotion
- Bleach GC: Tasogare ni Mamieru Shinigami (GameCube; 2005) — エグゼクティブマネージメント (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Yakuza (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Producer
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 25: Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Adviser
- Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006 DS (Nintendo DS; 2006) — エグゼクティブマネジーメント (as おかむら ひでき)
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 27: Panzer Dragoon (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Advisor
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Adviser
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 24: Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi- (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Adviser
- Phantasy Star Universe (Windows PC; ?) — Executive Supervisor
- Phantasy Star Universe (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Supervisor
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 28: Tetris Collection (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Executive Adviser
- Sangokushi Taisen DS (Nintendo DS; 2007) — エグゼクティブマネージメント (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Destroy All Humans! (PlayStation 2; 2007) — 製作総指揮 (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Executive Adviser
- Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii; 2007) — Executive Management
- Puyo Puyo! (Wii; 2007) — Executive Management
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II: Special Extended Edition (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Executive Adviser
- Sonic Rush Adventure (Nintendo DS; 2007) — Executive Management
- Ghost Squad (Wii; 2007) — Executive Adviser
- NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii; 2007) — Executive Supervisor
- Sega Bass Fishing (Wii; 2008) — Executive Advisers
- The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii; 2008) — Executive Supervisors
- 3D OutRun (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Executive Producers
- 3D Fantasy Zone II W (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Executive Producers
- Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (PlayStation 3; 2014) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 岡村 秀樹)
- Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Executive Producer
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (Wii U; 2014) — Executive Producer
- 3D Streets of Rage 2 (Nintendo 3DS; 2015) — Executive Producers
- Tembo the Badass Elephant (Steam; 2015) — Executive Producer
- Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown (PlayStation 4; 2021)
Videos
- Sonic - Night of the Werehog (??; ?) — Executive Producers
Hardware
- Mega Drive Mini (Mega Drive; 2019) — Producers
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 18: Dragon Force (2005) — Executive Adviser
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd — Executive Producer (Sega)
- Yakuza 0 (2015) — Executive Producers (Sega)
Magazine articles
- Main article: Hideki Okamura/Magazine articles.
References
SEGA of Japan Executives | |
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Chairmen | Isao Okawa (1984-2001) | Hajime Satomi (2004-current) |
Presidents | Hayao Nakayama (1984-1998) | Shoichiro Irimajiri (1998-2001) | Hideki Sato (2001-2003) | Hisao Oguchi (2003-2008) | Okitane Usui (2008-2012) | Naoya Tsurumi (2012-current) | Hideki Okamura (2014-current) | Haruki Satomi (2015-current) |