Masaharu Yoshii

Masaharu Yoshii

Place of birth: Tomioka, Fukushima, Japan
Company(ies): Sega of Japan, Sega of America, Sega Technical Institute, Sega CS
Role(s): Executive, Director, Programmer
Education: Chitosegaoka High School, Nihon University (Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Science; 1970)

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Masaharu Yoshii (吉井正晴) is a Japanese businessman and former Sega executive, most known as Director of Sega Technical Institute and Senior Business Manager of Sega CS. He has been described as one of first 10 or so people to join Sega, following the merger between Rosen Enterprises and Nihon Goraku Bussan.^[1]

History

Masaharu Yoshii joined Sega of Japan in April 1970, and stayed working within the company until his departure in May 2000. He soon joined CRI Middleware in 2001, and would remain there until 2010.

Production history

(; 1994) — Project Managers^[2]
(; 1999) — Executive Adviser (as Yoshii Masaharu)
(; 2000) — Special Thanks^[3]
(; 2000) — Special Thanks^[4]
(; 2000) — Exective driver
(; 2001) — Special Thanks^[5]

Hardware

(; 1998)

Interviews

References

[https:.2F.2Farchive.ph.2FZ2cJ0-1] @rio_hasegawa on Twitter (archive.today)

[:File:Sonic_.26_Knuckles_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sega_Swirl_DC_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Sega Swirl DC credits.pdf

[:File:QuakeIIIArena_DC_US_Manual.pdf_p31-4] File:QuakeIIIArena DC US Manual.pdf, page 31

[:File:Segasmashpack_dc_us_manual.pdf_p22-5] File:Segasmashpack dc us manual.pdf, page 22

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