Riichiro Yamada
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| Riichiro Yamada |
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| Place of birth: Mie Prefecture, Japan[1] |
| Date of birth: 1975-09-26[2] (age 49) |
| Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1999-04[3] – )
Divisions:
Sega Games (?? – 2020[7])
Warner Bros. Entertainment (2020-05[3] – )
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| Role(s): Producer |
| Education: Waseda University[3] |
| Twitter: @reachman |
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Riichiro Yamada (山田 理一郎) was a game designer and producer at Sega, known for the Let's Make Soccer/Saka Tsuku and Yakuza series, as well having designed part of Hundred Swords and Panzer Dragoon Orta, and producing Samurai & Dragons and D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation. He has since become a director and head of Japan Games at Warner Bros. Entertainment.[3]
Production history
- Hundred Swords (Dreamcast; 2001) — Battle Planning (as 山田 理一郎)
- Panzer Dragoon Orta (Xbox; 2002) — Dragon Action Designer
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3 (PlayStation 2; 2003) — プランナー (as 山田 理一郎)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! '04 (PlayStation 2; 2004) — スペシャルサンクス (as 山田 理一郎)
- Let's Make a Soccer Team! (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Special Thanks (as Riichirou Yamada)
- Virtua Pro Football (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Chief Game Designer
- Virtua Pro Football (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Game Designers
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 5 (PlayStation 2; 2007) — プランナー (as 山田 理一郎)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — プロデューサー / ディレクター (as 山田 理一郎)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — プランナー (as 山田 理一郎)
- Yakuza: Dead Souls (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Game Design Director
- Samurai & Dragons (PlayStation Vita; 2012) — Producers
- Demon Tribe (iOS; 2013) — Director
- Demon Tribe (Android; 2013) — Director
- Saka Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (PlayStation 3; 2013) — スペシャルサンクス (as 山田 理一郎)
- Saka Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (PlayStation Vita; 2013) — スペシャルサンクス (as 山田 理一郎)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 8: Euro Plus (PlayStation Portable; 2013) — 開発協力 (as 山田 理一郎)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 8: Euro Plus (PlayStation Portable; 2013) — スペシャルサンクス (as 山田 理一郎)
- Ryu ga Gotoku Online (iOS; 2018) — ドラゴンマスク1号 (as 山田 理一郎)
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (Android; 2018) — スペシャルサンクス (as 山田 理一郎)
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (iOS; 2018) — スペシャルサンクス (as 山田 理一郎)
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (Android; 2018) — Producer
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (iOS; 2018) — Producer
- Sega Pocket Club Manager (iOS; 2018) — Producer
- Sega Pocket Club Manager (Android; 2018) — Producer
- Ryu ga Gotoku Online (Android; 2018) — ドラゴンマスク1号 (as 山田 理一郎)
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PlayStation 4; 2020) — Game Design Assistants
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Xbox One; 2020) — Game Design Assistants
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Steam; 2020) — Game Design Assistants
Interviews
- Saka Tsuku 6 Special Battle: Masayoshi Yokoyama vs Riichiro Yamada
- Samurai & Dragons: Developer Interview (April 17, 2012)
- Samurai & Dragons creator interview complete version by Famitsu (May 25, 2015)
- (TGS 2017) D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation is Shin Megami Tensei made for everybody. We talked to producer Riichiro Yamada by Gamer (September 22, 2017)
- (Interview) Riichiro Yamada "Saka Tsuku is fun for the fastidious kinds of people" (Part 1) by Takeshi Sekiguchi for SOCCERKING (February 21, 2018)
- (Interview) Riichiro Yamada "Saka Tsuku is fun for the fastidious kinds of people" (Part 2) by Takeshi Sekiguchi for SOCCERKING (February 21, 2018)
- (TGS 2018) What's next for D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation!? Interview with Mr. Yamada and Mr. Iwamoto! by Gamer (September 23, 2018)
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Riichiro Yamada
External links
References
- ↑ https://www.soccer-king.jp/news/game/20180221/717669.html
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/riichiro.yamada/about_contact_and_basic_info
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E7%90%86%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E-%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0-609727135/
- ↑ http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-19 12:39)
- ↑ http://www.sakatsuku.com/6/interview/vol7.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-04-02 10:35)
- ↑ http://www.cri-mw.co.jp/product/interview/2013/demontribe/page1.html (Wayback Machine: 2014-07-14 10:53)
- ↑ https://note.com/reachman/n/n80e8ea1c58e0