Hiroshi Kandou
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| Hiroshi Kandou |
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| Employment history:
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Sega Games (2015-07[2] – )
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| Role(s): Artist |
| Education: Tokyo Technical College (1994-1996)[2] |
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Hiroshi Kandou (貫洞 洋至) is a former 2D graphic designer at Sega of Japan. He began his career working for Vision Universe as a subcontractor for Konami and Capcom games. He first worked with Sega on Shenmue, through Thunderstone Japan, before becoming a freelancer who worked with Sega-AM2 on Shenmue II. Kandou joined as a full-time employee in 2002, debuting with the PS2 version of Virtua Fighter 4. After this game, he mainly worked on arcade games, until 2008 when he became involved with R&D2's PS3 and Xbox 360 arcade ports. In 2015 he moved to a division of Sega Games located in Roppongi, where he worked as lead effect designer on some mobile games[2].
Kandou's last work with Sega was Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman, which transferred ownership to mixi, and Kandou transferred there as well in 2020.
Production history
- Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — 2D Graphics Designers
- US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Designers
- US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — 2D Graphics Designers
- US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Special thanks to
- Virtua Fighter 4 (NAOMI 2; 2001) — Special Thanks
- Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — 2D Graphics Designers
- Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — 2D Graphics Main Designer
- Virtua Fighter 4 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — 2D Graphics[3] (as 貫洞 洋至)
- Virtua Fighter 4 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Original Movie[3] (as 貫洞 洋至)
- Sega Yonin Uchi Mahjong MJ (NAOMI Satellite Terminal; 2002) — 2D UI Designer
- Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ2 (Chihiro Satellite Terminal; 2004) — 2D UI Designer
- Quest of D (Chihiro Satellite Terminal; 2004) — 2D UI Designer
- R-Tuned: Ultimate Street Racing (Lindbergh; 2008) — 2D UI Designer
- After Burner Climax (PlayStation 3; 2010) — 2D Graphics Design
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force (Xbox 360; 2010) — Designer (as Hiroshi Kando)
- Daytona USA (PlayStation 3; 2011) — 2D Graphics Design
- Daytona USA (Xbox 360; 2011) — 2D Graphics Design
- Sonic the Fighters (PlayStation 3; 2012) — 2D Graphics Design
- Virtua Striker (Xbox 360; 2013) — 2D Graphics Design
- Virtua Striker (PlayStation 3; 2013) — 2D Graphics Design
- Super Robot Taisen X-Ω (iOS; 2017) — Lead Effect Designer
- Super Robot Taisen X-Ω (Android; 2017) — Lead Effect Designer
- Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman (iOS; 2018) — キャラクター (as 貫洞洋至)
- Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman (Android; 2018) — キャラクター (as 貫洞洋至)