Masanori Ohe

Masanori Ohe

Employment history: Data East^[1] Sega Enterprises Divisions: Sega Software R&D Dept. 2 CSK Research Institute Divisions: AM2 of CRI Sega-AM2 Sega Divisions: Sega AM2 Sega AM3 Sega Divisions: Sega Project Support Dept.
Role(s): Director, producer

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Masanori Ohe (大江真徳) is the deputy director of Sega's Project Support Department. He was one of the Data East developers who moved to Sega during the development of Shenmue. He has been a graphic designer, director, producer and service director.

While at Data East, he was known as Shintoku, a way of reading his first name Masanori (真徳) when each character in his name is treated as its own word: Shin (真) and Toku (徳). This name would later be referenced in the high score rankings of Ghost Squad.

Production history

Games

Virtua Fighter 2 (Mega Drive; 1996) — Graphic Director^[3] (as Masanori Oe)
Winter Heat (Sega Titan Video; 1997) — Chief Graphic Designer (as Masanori Oe)
Winter Heat (Saturn; 1998) — Chief Graphic Designer^[4] (as Masanori Oe)
Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Design Director
Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Director
US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Design Director
US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Director
Virtua Fighter 4 (NAOMI 2; 2001) — Special Thanks
Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — Assistant Producer
Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — Supervisor
Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — R&D Dept.#2 Visual Editing Supervisor
Virtua Cop 3 (Chihiro; 2003) — Producer
Ghost Squad (Chihiro; 2004) — Director
After Burner Climax (Lindbergh; 2006) — Special Thanks
Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (Lindbergh; 2006) — Producer
Ghost Squad Evolution (Lindbergh Red; 2007) — Director
Derby Owners Club 2008: Feel the Rush (Lindbergh Blue; 2008) — Network ID System
Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics (RingWide; 2010) — Producer
Sonic Runners (iOS; 2015) — Service Director
Sonic Runners (Android; 2015) — Service Director
Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman (iOS; 2018) — リリース支援 (as 大江真徳)
Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman (Android; 2018) — リリース支援 (as 大江真徳)
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (Steam; 2023) — Project Support Department
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (PlayStation 5; 2023) — Project Support Department
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (Xbox One; 2023) — Project Support Department
Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble (Nintendo Switch; 2024) — Project Support Department
Sonic X Shadow Generations (PlayStation 5; 2024) — Project Support
Sonic X Shadow Generations (Xbox One; 2024) — Project Support
Sonic X Shadow Generations (Nintendo Switch; 2024) — Project Support

Music

Shenmue: Ichishou Yokosuka Original Sound Track (CD; 2000) — Art Director^[5]
Shenmue: Ichishou Yokosuka Original Sound Track (CD; 2000) — Design Director^[5]

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Masanori Ohe

External links

Masanori Ohe on Facebook

References

↑ https://www.facebook.com/masanori.ohe.1/about_work_and_education
↑ http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-19 12:39)
↑ File:Virtua Fighter 2 MD credits.pdf
↑ File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:ShenmueOST CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 15

[https:.2F.2Fwww.facebook.com.2Fmasanori.ohe.1.2Fabout_work_and_education-1] ttps://www.facebook.com/masanori.ohe.1/about_work_and_education

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20091219123904.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fsegamoba.2Fabout.2Fcolumn.html-2] ttp://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-19 12:39)

[:File:Virtua_Fighter_2_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Virtua Fighter 2 MD credits.pdf

[:File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-4] File:WinterHeat_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:ShenmueOST_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p15-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:ShenmueOST CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 15

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