Masato Nishimura

Masato Nishimura
Place of birth: Kashiwa, Chiba prefecture, Japan
Employment history: Sega of Japan
Role(s): Designer
Education: Kashiwa Chuo High School
Twitter: @Mazin__

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Masato Nishimura (西村 真人), also known as Majin/Mazin (まぢん), is a designer at Sega. In Sonic CD he was responsible for the infamous "fun is infinite" hidden image and also provided a few voice lines for Sonic in the game. He has been working on console and arcade games for more than 25 years and continues to develop arcade games to this day.

Production history

Games

• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD;
  1993) — Landscape Designers
• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD;
  1993) — Special Thanks
• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC;
  1996) — Landscape Designers
• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC;
  1996) — Special Thanks
• Chaotix (32X;
  1995) — Map Design
• Bug! (Saturn;
  1995) — Special Thanks
• Shenmue (Dreamcast;
  1999) — Assistant Main 3D Back Ground Designers
• US Shenmue (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Asst. Main Designers
• Shenmue II (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Main 3D Back Ground Designers
• Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (Lindbergh;
  2006) — Scenery Designers
• Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (Lindbergh;
  2006) — Special Visual Effects
• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii;
  2007) — Programmers
• Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Xbox 360;
  2012) — Designer
• Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics (RingWide;
  No results
  9999) — Artists
• 3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros. (Nintendo 3DS;
  2014) — Special Thanks
• 3D OutRun (Nintendo 3DS;
  2014) — Special Thanks
• Sega Ages OutRun (Nintendo Switch;
  2018) — Special Thanks
• Sega Ages Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Special Thanks
• Sega Ages Puyo Puyo (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Special Thanks
• Sega Ages Virtua Racing (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Special Thanks
• Sega Ages Wonder Boy: Monster Land (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Special Thanks
• Sega Ages Columns II (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Special Thanks
• Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Nintendo Switch;
  2020) — Special Thanks

Music

• Sega SG-1000 30th Anniversary Collection (CD;
  2013) — Special Thanks to
• Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol. 1 (CD;
  2014) — SPECIAL THANKS to
• Mega Drive Mini: Celebration Album (CD;
  2019) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
• Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force III & AC (CD;
  2020) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
• Technosoft Music Collection: Herzog & Herzog Zwei (CD;
  2020) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)

External links

Masato Nishimura on Twitter