Kouichi Toya

Kouichi Toya
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1992 – ) Divisions: Sega CS1 Sega AM2 Sega CS3 Sega CS Sega CS2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 8 Sonic Team Sega Divisions: Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 3 Sega CS3
Role(s): Programmer
Twitter: @motekin

Kouichi Toya (戸谷 弘一), also known as motekin, is a former programmer at Sega, where he most notably became involved with the Sonic and Phantasy Star series. His roles range from vehicles to characters to sounds to networks.

He is perhaps most notable for being the original Chao programmer.

Production history

• Bio-Hazard Battle (Mega Drive; 1992) — Also Thanks to (as Devi and Pea)
• Virtua Racing (Mega Drive; 1994) — Programmers
• Virtua Racing Deluxe (32X; 1994) — Programmers (as K.Toya)
• Sega Rally Championship (Saturn; 1995) — Programmers
• Garou Densetsu 3: Road to the Final Victory (Saturn; 1996) — Sega Saturn Staff (as K. Toya)
• Sega Rally Championship Plus (Saturn; 1996) — Programmers
• Samurai Spirits Zankurou Musouken (Saturn; 1996) — Programmer
• Sega Rally Championship (Windows PC; 1997) — Programmers
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 2 (Saturn; 1997) — Programmers (as 戸谷 弘一)
• Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Player character programmers
• Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast; 2000) — Enemy
• Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast; 2000) — Sound
• Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Enemy
• Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Sound
• Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution (GameCube; 2003) — Lead Programmer (as Koichi Toya)
• Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution (GameCube; 2003) — Programming Staff (as Koichi Toya)
• Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (Windows PC; 2007) — Network
• Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Network
• Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (Xbox 360; 2007) — Network
• Phantasy Star 0 (Nintendo DS; 2008) — Interface (as Koichi Toya)
• Valkyria Chronicles II (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Network (as Koichi Toya)
• Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis (Windows PC; 2021) — Programmers[Network Server] (as Koichi Toya)
• Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis (Xbox One; 2021) — Programmers[Network Server] (as Koichi Toya)
• Devi & Pii (Mega Drive; 2022) — Program (as Blue Knight)

Hardware

• Mega Drive Mini 2 (Mega Drive; 2022) (as Koichi Toya)
• Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003) — Character Programmer (Sonic Adventure Original Staff), "Chaos" Programmer (Sonic Adventure Original Staff)