Rikiya Nakagawa

Rikiya Nakagawa
Place of birth: 1959-10-24
Employment history: Sega of Japan (1983 – ) Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega Software R&D Dept. 1 WOW Entertainment Sega WOW Sammy (2004-01-01 – ) Paon
Role(s): Programmer, Producer, Executive
Education: Tokai University

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Rikiya Nakagawa (中川 力也) is the former head of Sega AM1 and WOW Entertainment. He was the producer of many of the division's titles, including the Dynamite Deka and The House of the Dead series. After graduating university, he joined Sega in 1983 as a programmer. Having been employed by the company for nearly 20 years. On January 1st 2004, he moved to Sammy to be the head of their NEWS R&D Department.

After leaving Sega-Sammy Group, Nakagawa became the President of the Paon, a video game development company.

Production history

Games

• Ninja Princess (System 1; 1985) — Programmer
• Choplifter (System 1; 1985) — Main Programmer
• Alien Syndrome (System 16; 1987) — Programmer
• Thunder Blade (X Board; 1987) — Programmer
• Sega Super Circuit (Large attraction; 1988) — Programmer
• Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video; 1996) — Producer
• Die Hard Arcade (Saturn; 1997) — Producers
• The House of the Dead (Model 2; 1997) — Producer
• Motor Raid (Model 2; 1997) — Producer
• The House of the Dead (Saturn; 1998) — Producer
• The House of the Dead (Windows PC; No results?) — Producer
• Dynamite Cop (Model 2; 1998) — Producer
• The Ocean Hunter (Model 3; 1998) — Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 (NAOMI; 1998) — Producer
• Zombie Revenge (NAOMI; 1999) — Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
• Dynamite Cop (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
• Brave Firefighters (Hikaru; 1999) — Producer
• Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (Dreamcast; 1999) — スペシャルサンクス (as 中川 力也)
• Sega Tetris (NAOMI; 1999) — Executive Producer
• Zombie Revenge (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
• Dynamite Baseball '99 (NAOMI; 1999) — プロデューサー (as 中川 力也)
• Dead or Alive 2 Millennium (NAOMI; 2000) — Special thanks
• Sega GT (Dreamcast; 2000) — Head of Project
• Sega GT (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
• Sega Marine Fishing (NAOMI; 2000) — Producer
• The Typing of the Dead (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producers (as 中川 力也)
• Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
• Sega Marine Fishing (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
• Sega Tetris (Dreamcast; 2000) — Executive Producer
• Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (Dreamcast; 2000) (as 中川 力也)
• Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (Dreamcast; 2000) — プロデューサー (as 中川 力也)
• The Typing of the Dead (Windows PC; No results?) — Producers
• The House of the Dead 2 (Windows PC; No results?) — Producer
• Sports Jam (Dreamcast; 2001) — Executive Producer
• Virtua Golf (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2001) — Produce
• Sega Bass Fishing 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Executive Producer
• Columns Crown (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Executive Producer
• The Pinball of the Dead (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Special Thanks
• Sega GT 2002 (Xbox; 2002) — Executive Producer
• The House of the Dead III (Xbox; 2002) — Producer
• Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Executive Producer
• 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 なかがわ りきや)
• Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Most Special Thanks to

Music

• Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders (CD; 1998) — Producer
• Zombie Revenge (CD; 1999) — Executive Producer

Magazine articles

Main article: Rikiya Nakagawa/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Rikiya Nakagawa