Outa Sano

Outa Sano

Employment history: Sega Enterprises Divisions: Sega Software R&D Dept. 6 Smilebit Sega of America Divisions: Sega Studios USA Sega Divisions: Sega CS2 Sega Games
Role(s): Programmer

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Outa Sano (佐野桜太) is a senior programmer at Sega originally involved with ports of racing titles. Sano worked as a senior programmer on the Jet Set Radio series and as a minor programmer on Panzer Dragoon Orta. He moved to the United States to work on Shadow the Hedgehog and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, before return to Japan and continuing to work on Sonic-related titles, eventually providing technical for other games developed by Sonic Team.

Production history

Games

Daytona USA Deluxe (Windows PC; 1997) — Programmers
Dream Passport (Dreamcast; 1998) — エンジニア (as 佐野桜太)
Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Programmers
Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (Dreamcast; 1999) — プログラマー (as 佐野桜太)
J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Dreamcast; 1999) — プログラマー (as 佐野桜太)
Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast; 2000) — プログラマー (as サノオータ)
Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast; 2000) — Senior Programmer
De La Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast; 2001) — Senior Programmer
Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox; 2002) — Programmer
Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Multi Platform Programmer
Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube; 2005) — Multi Platform Programmer
Shadow the Hedgehog (Xbox; 2005) — Multi Platform Programmer
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii; 2007) — Senior Programmers
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii; 2009) — Programmers
Sonic Generations (Steam; 2011) — Programming Director
Sonic Generations (Windows PC; 2011) — Programming Director
Sonic Generations (Xbox 360; 2011) — Programming Director
Sonic Generations (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Programming Director
Sonic Lost World (Wii U; 2013) — Tools/Library Supports
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Wii U; 2013) — Programmers
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U; 2016) — Programmers
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U; 2016) — Tools & Library Programmers
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (PlayStation 4; 2018) — Technical Support
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game (PlayStation 4; 2019) — Programmers
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Programmers
Shin Sakura Taisen (PlayStation 4; 2019) — Technical Support

Music

Jet Set Radio Original Sound Tracks (CD; 2000) — Programmer

Magazine articles

Main article: Outa Sano/Magazine articles.

References