Morio Kishimoto

Morio Kishimoto

Employment history: Sammy ( – 2005) Sega (2005-03^[1] – ) Divisions: Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 1 Sega CS2 Sega Games^[2] Divisions: CS Studio 2 Div. 2 Sega
Role(s): Designer, Director
Education: Tokyo Institute of Law and Engineering^[1]

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Morio Kishimoto (岸本守央) is a game planner within Sonic Team. He did not start his video game career at Sega, but rather at Sammy overseeing their video game projects which were either 2D fighting games or conversions of pachislot and pachinko games. When Sammy merged with Sega, he found himself to be interested in joining Sega. Initially he wanted to work on arcade games, but was not interested in the direction of arcade games in Japan, since they were not focused on simple and traditional games with buttons and joysticks, like in the past. Sonic left a strong impression on him, therefore he wanted to join the division that makes Sonic. Soon he was in charge of Sonic and the Secret Rings, and rose through the ranks becoming a director.

Production history

Games

Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii; 2007) — Lead Game Designer
Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii; 2007) — Game Designers
Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Lead Game Designer
Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Game Designers
Sonic Colours (Wii; 2010) — Director & Lead Game Designer
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II (Xbox 360; 2012) — Special Thanks
Sonic Lost World (Wii U; 2013) — Director
Sonic Colours: Ultimate (Xbox One; 2021) — Director & Lead Game Designer
Sonic Colours: Ultimate (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Director & Lead Game Designer
Sonic Colours: Ultimate (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — Director & Lead Game Designer
Sonic Colours: Ultimate (Epic Games Store; 2021) — Director & Lead Game Designer
Sonic Colours: Ultimate (Steam; 2023) — Director & Lead Game Designer

Music

Vivid Sound x Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack (CD; 2010) — Director (Wii)^[3]
Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack Without Boundaries (CD; 2013) — Director (Wii U)^[4]
Sonic Forces Vocal Traxx - On the Edge (CD; 2017) — Director & Lead Game Disigner
Sonic Frontiers Original Soundtrack Stillness & Motion (CD; 2022) — Director
Sonic Frontiers Expansion Soundtrack Paths Revisited (CD; 2023) — Director

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Morio Kishimoto

External links

References

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