Naohiro Warama

Naohiro Warama

Employment history: Sega of Japan (1988^[1] – ) Divisions: Sega R&D 2 Sega PC Smilebit^[1] Sega of Japan Divisions: Sega CS1
Role(s): Designer, Programmer

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Naohiro Warama (藁間直弘), also known as Taro Shizuoka (and Shizuoka Taro), joined Sega as a character designer, but later also became a programmer.^[2]

Production history

Space Harrier II (Mega Drive; 1988) — Monster Design^[3] (as Shizuoka Taro)
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf (Mega Drive; 1989) — しずおかたろう (as Sizuokataro)
The Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive; 1989) — Chief Designer^[4] (as Taro Shizuoka)
ESWAT: City Under Siege (Mega Drive; 1990) — Special Thanks to^[5] (as Taro Shizuoka)
Strider (Mega Drive; 1990) — Chief Designer / Graphic Coordinator^[6] (as Taro.S☻)
Pro Yakyuu Super League '91 (Mega Drive; 1991) — Main Design (as しずおかたろう)
Seima Densetsu 3x3 Eyes (Mega-CD; 1993) — デザイン (as 静岡太郎)
J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Saturn; 1996) — スペシャルサンクス (as 藁間直弘)
Daytona USA Deluxe (Windows PC; No results?) — Programmers
Virtua Cop 2 (Windows PC; No results?) — Technical Advisors
Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Technical Advisors
Sega Rally 2 (Windows PC; No results?) — Technical Advisors
Virtua Cop 2 (Dreamcast; 2000) — Program Director
Virtua Cop 2 (Dreamcast; 2000) — Graphic Designers
Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast; 2000) — スペシャルサンクス (as ワラマナオヒロ)
Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast; 2000) — Special Thanks
De La Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast; 2001) — Special Thanks
Hundred Swords (Dreamcast; 2001) — Technical Supports (as 藁間直弘)
Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox; 2002) — Special Thanks
Gunvalkyrie (Xbox; 2002) — Technical Advisor
Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox; 2002) — Technical Advisor
Ollie King (Chihiro; 2003) — Special Thanks
Spikeout: Battle Street (Xbox; 2005) — Supervisor
Yakuza 3 (PlayStation 3; 2009) — System Programming
Yakuza 4 (PlayStation 3; 2010) — System Programming
Rise of Nightmares (Xbox 360; 2011) — Technical Support

Yakuza Dead Souls (2011) — Physics Programming
Binary Domain — Physics Programming
Yakuza 5 (2012) — System Programming
Yakuza 0 — Technical Support

Magazine articles

Main article: Naohiro Warama/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Yakuza 4: Mitsunori Fujimoto, Koji Tokieda & Naohiro Warama interview by Infinite-Ideas (July, 2010)

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Naohiro Warama

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://cedec.cesa.or.jp/2003/session/details/r42.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-16 15:05)
↑ https://www.marubeni-sys.com/infinite-ideas/chousen/sega/
↑ File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Revenge of Shinobi MD credits.pdf
↑ File:ESWAT MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Strider MD credits.pdf

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[:File:Space_Harrier_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Revenge_of_Shinobi_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Revenge of Shinobi MD credits.pdf

[:File:ESWAT_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:ESWAT MD credits.pdf

[:File:Strider_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Strider MD credits.pdf

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