Kotaro Hayashida

Kotaro Hayashida

Place of birth: Isahaya, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1983^[1]^[2] – 1996^[2]) Divisions: Sega R&D Sega R&D 2 Sega RPG Production Game Arts (1996^[2] – 2006^[2]) Liber Entertainment (2006-09^[2] – )
Role(s): Designer, Director
Education: Kumamoto University (1979-1984)^[6]

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Kotaro Hayashida (林田浩太郎), also known by his pseudonym Ossale Kohta (オサール・コウタ). He is best known for his contribution in Alex Kidd in Miracle World. He joined Sega in 1983 and left in 1996 to work at Game Arts. After leaving Game Arts in 2006, he formed Liber Entertainment Inc. in September of that same year and has been serving as its representative director to this day.

Production history

Games

(; 1984) — Designer
(; 1985)
(; 1985)
(; 1985)
(; 1985)
(; 1985)
(; 1985)
(; 1986)
(; 1986)
(; 1986)
(; 1986) — Planner (as Kotaro)
(; 1987) — Designer
(; 1987) — Plan (as Ossale Kohta)
(; 1987) — Planner
(; 1987) — Total Planning^[7] (as Ossale Kohta)
(; 1987) — Scenario Writer^[7] (as Ossale Kohta)
(; 1988) — Big Idea (as オサールコウタ)
(; 1988)
(; 1989) — Planner
(; 1990) — Special Thanks^[8] (as Ossale Kohta)
(; 1990) — Special Thanks^[9] (as Ossale)
(; 1990)
(; 1990) — Supervisor^[10] (as Hayhay)
(; 1991)
(; 1991)
(; 1991)
(; 1991)
(; 1991)
(; 1991) — Special Thanks to (as Ossale)
(; 1991) — Special Thanks to (as Ossale)
(; 1991)
(; 1991)
(; 1991) — And Special Thanks^[11] (as K.H.)
(; 1992) — Special Thanks to (as Ossale)
(; 1993) — Special Thanks^[12] (as 林田浩太郎)
(; 1994) — Special Thanks^[9] (as Ossale)
(; 1994) — Special Thanks to^[13] (as Ossale)
(; 1994) — Special Thanks^[14] (as K.Hayashida)
(; 1995) — Special Thanks^[15] (as K.Hayashida)
(; 1995) — Scenario Writer^[16] (as Ossale Kohta)

Music

(; 2009) — SPECIAL THANKS to

Chain Pit^[1] (unreleased) — Planner

Magazine articles

Main article: Kotaro Hayashida/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

Meisaku Album interview (Japanese) [Translated]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/02.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-05-28 00:55)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 https://www.facebook.com/kotaro.hayashida.5/about_work_and_education
↑ https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/03.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)
↑ Harmony, "1993 9-10" (JP; 1993-10-01), page 22
↑ Harmony, "1994 5-6" (JP; 1994-05-23), page 15
↑ https://www.facebook.com/kotaro.hayashida.5/about_overview
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:Phantasy Star SMS credits.pdf
↑ File:Phantasy Star III MD credits.pdf
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:Putter Golf MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Shadow Dancer MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Riddle Wired MD credits.png
↑ File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Pyramid Magic MCD credits.pdf
↑ File:Space Harrier 32X credits.pdf
↑ File:After Burner 32X credits.pdf
↑ File:Surging Aura MD credits.pdf

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20220528005517.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F04_alex.2F02.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/02.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-05-28 00:55)

[https:.2F.2Fwww.facebook.com.2Fkotaro.hayashida.5.2Fabout_work_and_education-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 https://www.facebook.com/kotaro.hayashida.5/about_work_and_education

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20220407074122.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F04_alex.2F03.html-3] ttps://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/03.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)

[:File:Harmony_JP_122.pdf_p22-4] Harmony, "1993 9-10" (JP; 1993-10-01), page 22

[:File:Harmony_JP_128.pdf_p15-5] Harmony, "1994 5-6" (JP; 1994-05-23), page 15

[https:.2F.2Fwww.facebook.com.2Fkotaro.hayashida.5.2Fabout_overview-6] ttps://www.facebook.com/kotaro.hayashida.5/about_overview

[:File:Phantasy_Star_SMS_credits.pdf_p-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:Phantasy Star SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Phantasy Star III MD credits.pdf

[:File:Putter_Golf_MD_credits.pdf_p-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:Putter Golf MD credits.pdf

[:File:Shadow_Dancer_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Shadow Dancer MD credits.pdf

[:File:Riddle_Wired_MD_credits.png_p-11] File:Riddle Wired MD credits.png

[:File:Phantasy_Star_Sennenki_no_Owari_ni_MD_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf

[:File:Pyramid_Magic_MCD_credits.pdf_p-13] File:Pyramid Magic MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Space_Harrier_32X_credits.pdf_p-14] File:Space Harrier 32X credits.pdf

[:File:After_Burner_32X_credits.pdf_p-15] File:After Burner 32X credits.pdf

[:File:Surging_Aura_MD_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Surging Aura MD credits.pdf

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