Noriyoshi Oba

Noriyoshi Oba

Date of birth: 1963-02-20^[1] (age 60)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1987-04^[2]^[3] – 2000-07) Divisions: Sega R&D 2 Sega R&D 6 Sega CS1 Sega CS2 Sega Planning Design Production Dept. Sega CS2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 7 Overworks (2000-07^[3] – 2003-10) Sega WOW (2003-10^[3] – 2004-11) Interchannel (2004-11^[3] – ) Index (2004-12^[3] – ) Lightweight (2006-06^[3] – ) GungHo Works (2007-11^[3] – ) Premium Agency (2010-02^[3] – )
Role(s): Producer, Executive
Education: Waseda University (Commerce)^[3]

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Noriyoshi Oba (大場規勝) has been a producer for Sega CS, and acted as the lead of Sega CS2, Overworks and Sega WOW. Now chief executive of development support company Premium Ageny.

Production history

Games

Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Master System; 1988)
Poseidon Wars 3D (Master System; 1989) — Planner, Coordinator (as 14 the Alive)
American Pro Football (Master System; 1989)
The Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive; 1989) — Total Planner, Total Coordinator^[10] (as The Alive)
Streets of Rage (Mega Drive; 1991) — Game Designed by^[11] (as There Is "No" Accounting for Tastes.)
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (Mega Drive; 1993) — Supervisor^[12] (as Noriyoshi Ooba)
Seima Densetsu 3x3 Eyes (Mega-CD; 1993) — Special Thanks (as OVER)
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — シナリオ^[13] (as The "OVER")
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — ディレクター^[13] (as The "OVER")
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — アニメーション・データ^[13] (as The "OVER")
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — プランナー^[13] (as The "OVER")
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Script^[14] (as The "Over")
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Director^[14] (as The "Over")
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Animation Data^[14] (as The "Over")
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Planner^[14] (as The "Over")
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Mega Drive; 1993) — Producers^[15] (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Clockwork Knight (Saturn; 1994) — Producer^[16] (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Panzer Dragoon (Saturn; 1995) — Special thanks to (as 大場規勝)
Panzer Dragoon (Saturn; 1995) — Special Thanks^[17]
Astal (Saturn; 1995) — Special Thanks (as 大場規勝)
Shinobi Legions (Saturn; 1995) — Producer
Mystaria: The Realms of Lore (Saturn; 1995) — プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Clockwork Knight 2 (Saturn; 1995) — プロデューサー^[18] (as 大場規勝)
Clockwork Knight 2 (Saturn; 1995) — Producers
Iron Storm (Saturn; 1995) — Special Thanks (as 大場規勝)
World Advanced Daisenryaku: Sakusen File (Saturn; 1996) — プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Executive Coordination^[19] (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Riglordsaga 2 (Saturn; 1996) — Producer (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition (Saturn; 1996) — Producer^[20] (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Daytona USA Circuit Edition (Saturn; 1997) — Producer (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Panzer Dragoon (Windows PC; No results?) — Special Thanks
Advanced World War: Sennen Teikoku no Koubou (Saturn; 1997) — プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Hanagumi Taisen Columns (Saturn; 1997) — プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 2 (Saturn; 1997) — Chief Producer (as 大場規勝)
Daytona USA Deluxe (Windows PC; No results?) — Special Thanks to (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare (Saturn; 1998) — プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Deep Fear (Saturn; 1998) — Producers^[21] (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Executive coordination (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (Dreamcast; 1999) — プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (Dreamcast; 2000) — プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Ogami Ichiro Funtouki: Sakura Taisen Kayou Show "Benitokage" Yori (Dreamcast; 2000) — スーパーバイザー (as 大場規勝)
Sakura Taisen (Dreamcast; 2000) — チーフプロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare (Dreamcast; 2000) — チーフプロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast; 2000) — 総合プロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast; 2000) — Executive Producer
Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka (Dreamcast; 2001) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Guru Guru Onsen 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Guru Guru Onsen 3 (Dreamcast; 2002) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome (Dreamcast; 2002) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Online Games: Dai Guru Guru Onsen (PlayStation 2; 2002) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as 大場規勝)
Skies of Arcadia (GameCube; 2002) — President of Product Development (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Skies of Arcadia (GameCube; 2002) — Executive Producer
Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Executive Producer (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Lilliput Oukoku: Lillimoni to Issho Puni! (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー (as おおばのりよし)
Dragon Treasure II (NAOMI; 2004) — Executive Producer (as 大場規勝)
Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Director (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Executive Producer^[22] (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Altered Beast (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Executive Producer (as Noriyoshi Ohba)

Music

Eternal Arcadia Original Sound Track (CD; 2000) — Executive Producer^[23] (as Noriyoshi Ohba)
Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (CD; 2009) — SPECIAL THANKS to^[24] (as Noriyoshi Ohba)

Streets of Rage 2 (Mega Drive Version) (1993)
Streets of Rage III (1994) — Producer
J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (1996)
Dragon Treasure (2003) — Executive Producer

Magazine articles

Main article: Noriyoshi Oba/Magazine articles.

Interviews

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Meisaku Album interview (Japanese)

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Noriyoshi Oba

References

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20011217011707.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fstudio.2Fow.html-1] ttp://sega.jp/studio/ow.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-12-17 01:17)

[https:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F09_shi.2Finterview1.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://sega.jp/fb/album/09_shi/interview1.html

[https:.2F.2Fwww.gamebusiness.jp.2Farticle.2F2010.2F03.2F03.2F1195.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2010/03/03/1195.html

[:File:Sega_Consumer_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf_p58-4] File:Sega_Consumer_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf, page 58

[:File:Harmony_JP_119.pdf_p15-5] Harmony, "1993 5-6" (JP; 1993-05-20), page 15

[:File:Harmony_JP_128.pdf_p15-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Harmony, "1994 5-6" (JP; 1994-05-23), page 15

[:File:DCM_JP_19991231_1999-40.pdf_p65-7] Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-40 (1999-12-31)" (JP; 1999-12-17), page 65

[:File:Sega_Magazine_JP_Issue_04_199702.pdf_p19-8] Sega Magazine, "1997-02 (1997-02)" (JP; 1997-01-13), page 19

[:File:SSM_JP_19980123_1998-03.pdf_p22-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-03 (1998-01-23)" (JP; 1998-01-09), page 22

[:File:Revenge_of_Shinobi_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Revenge of Shinobi MD credits.pdf

[:File:Streets_of_Rage_MD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Streets of Rage MD credits.pdf

[:File:Shinobi_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Shinobi III MD credits.pdf

[:File:Dark_Wizard_MCD_JP_credits.pdf_p-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 File:Dark Wizard MCD JP credits.pdf

[:File:Dark_Wizard_MCD_credits.pdf_p-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 File:Dark Wizard MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Dr._Robotnik.27s_Mean_Bean_Machine_MD_credits.pdf_p-15] File:Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine MD credits.pdf

[:File:Clockworkknight_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-16] File:Clockworkknight Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Panzer_Dragoon_US_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-17] File:Panzer Dragoon US Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Clockworkknight2_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-18] File:Clockworkknight2 Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:NiGHTS_into_Dreams_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-19] File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Daytona_USA_CCE_credits.pdf_p-20] File:Daytona USA CCE credits.pdf

[:File:Deep_Fear_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-21] File:Deep Fear Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:BloodWillTell_PS2_US_Manual.pdf_p28-22] File:BloodWillTell PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 28

[:File:EternalArcadiaOST_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p7-23] File:EternalArcadiaOST CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 7

[:File:ShinobiMusicCollection_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p11-24] File:ShinobiMusicCollection CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 11

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