Rikiya Nakagawa

Rikiya Nakagawa
Place of birth: 1959-10-24
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
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. In 2004, he move to Sammy.

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

Production history

• Choplifter (System 1;
  1985) — Programmer
• Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video;
  1996) — Producer
• Die Hard Arcade (Saturn;
  1997) — Producers
• The House of the Dead (Model 2;
  1997) — Producer
• The House of the Dead (Saturn;
  1998) — Producer
• The House of the Dead (Windows PC;
  No results
  9999) — Producer
• Motor Raid (Model 2;
  1997) — Producer
• Dynamite Cop (Model 2;
  1998) — Producer
• Dynamite Cop (Dreamcast;
  1999) — Producer
• The Ocean Hunter (Model 3;
  1998) — Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 (NAOMI;
  1998) — Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast;
  1999) — Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 (Windows PC;
  No results
  9999) — Producer
• Airline Pilots (NAOMI;
  No results
  9999) — Producer
• Zombie Revenge (NAOMI;
  1999) — Producer
• Zombie Revenge (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
• Sega Tetris (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Executive Producer
• Dead or Alive 2 Millennium (NAOMI;
  2000) — Special thanks
• Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Producer
• The Typing of the Dead (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Producers (as 中川 力也)
• The Typing of the Dead (Windows PC;
  No results
  9999) — Producers
• Sega GT (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Head of Project
• Sega GT (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Producer
• Sega Marine Fishing (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Producer
• Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (Dreamcast;
  2000) — プロデューサー (as 中川 力也)
• Sports Jam (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Executive Producer
• Virtua Golf (NAOMI GD-ROM;
  2001) — Produce
• Sega Bass Fishing 2 (Dreamcast;
  2001) — 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)

• Ninja Princess (System 1 version) (1985)
• Alien Syndrome (1987)
• Thunder Blade (1987)
• Sega Super Circuit (1989?)
• The Pinball of the Dead (2002) — Executive Producer
• Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters (2004) — Most Special Thanks to

Magazine articles

Main article: Rikiya Nakagawa/Magazine articles.