Masato Nishimura

Masato Nishimura

Place of birth: Kashiwa, Chiba prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1971^[1] (age 53-54)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1992^[1] – ) Divisions: Sega CS3 Sega CS Planning Business Sega AM2 CSK Research Institute Divisions: AM2 of CRI Sega-AM2^[5]^[3] Sega Divisions: Sega Production Dept. Digital Rex^[5]^[3] Sega Divisions: AM Plus Sega AM3 Sega Interactive (Japan) Divisions: R&D 2 Sega Divisions: Japan Asia Studio HQ: 5th R&D Dept. #2 Japan Asia Studio HQ: Div. 3rd Dept. #2 Game Contents & Service Business HQ: Sega Div. 3 3rd R&D. #2 Game Contents & Service Business HQ: Div. #3 Online R&D Design Dept. #2
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) or CXXMAJIN,^[12] 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^[13]. He has been working on console and arcade games for more than 25 years and continues to develop arcade games to this day.

Like Yosuke Okunari, who is the same age as him, Nishimura comes from a background of growing up with Sega games and the Japanese Sega community in the 80s, and helps with preserving retro materials^[1].

Production history

Games

Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Landscape Designers^[14]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Special Thanks^[14]
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Assistant Digitizer^[15] (as Cxxmajin)
Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (Mega-CD; 1994) — Graphic designers
Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Map Design^[16]
Bug! (Saturn; 1995) — Special Thanks
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Landscape Designers^[17]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Special Thanks^[17]
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 (Lindbergh; 2010) — Designer
Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics (RingWide; 2010) — Artists
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Landscape Designers
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Special Thanks
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Landscape Designers
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Special Thanks
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Xbox 360; 2012) — Designer
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (PlayStation 3; 2012) — Designer
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (PlayStation 3; 2013) — Backgrounds
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone (Nu; 2013) — Stage Designers
3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros. (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Special Thanks
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (PlayStation 3; 2014) — Visual Effects
3D OutRun (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Special Thanks
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX (Nintendo 3DS; 2015) — Designers
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone (PlayStation 4; 2016) — Stage Designers
Fate/Grand Order Arcade (ALLS UX; 2018) — Artist
Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Phantasy Star (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages OutRun (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Virtua Racing (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
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Stage Designers
Fantasy Zone (Mega Drive; 2022) — Supervisor^[18]
Party Quiz Sega Q (Mega Drive; 2022) — 問題作成協力 (as まぢん)
Psy-Phi (Lindbergh; unreleased)
Sonic Crackers (Mega Drive; unreleased) — Map Design

Music

Sega SG-1000 30th Anniversary Collection (CD; 2013) — Special Thanks to^[19]
Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol. 1 (CD; 2014) — SPECIAL THANKS to^[20]
Mega Drive Mini: Celebration Album (CD; 2019) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
G-LOC Air Battle: Series Music Collection (CD; 2020) — 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)
Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force IV (CD; 2021) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force I & II (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
Dyna Brothers 1 & 2: Music Album (CD; 2022) — Special Thanks (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Mega Drive Mini 2: Celebration Album (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Mega Drive Mini 2: Multiverse Sound World (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Technosoft Music Collection: Elemental Master (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Sega Archives - M2 Music Memorial - (CD; 2023) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)

Hardware

Mega Drive Mini (Mega Drive; 2019) — Supervisers
Mega Drive Mini 2 (Mega Drive; 2022) — Supervisor

References

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