Takashi Oda

Takashi Oda

Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1992^[1] – ) Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega Software R&D Dept. 1 WOW Entertainment Sega WOW Sega Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega R&D1 Sega Interactive Divisions: R&D1 Sega
Role(s): Designer, Director

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Takashi Oda (小田隆志) is a a game designer and director at Sega of Japan. He joined in 1992 and was assigned to Sega AM1^[1] began working on theme park equipment^[2]^[1] such as the fortune telling attraction Astronomicon^[1]. Following several department changes, he returned to AM1 where he created The House of the Dead^[1], though these did not spawn franchises. In this period he also designed the new arcade titles Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt, Motor Raid and Brave Firefighters^[1].

At WOW Entertainment, he continued to director The House of the Dead series as well as the adjacent Namco title Vampire Night^[1]. After directing the console-exclusive Altered Beast^[1] for Sega WOW, the split into AM1 and GE2 had him return to arcade development to continue THOTD', and even create a new shooter in its footsteps: Rambo^[3].

He became planning manager of Sega R&D1 by 2014.^[4]

Production history

Games

(; 1994)
(; 1995) — Designer
(; 1996) — アーケード版企画^[5] (as 小田隆志)
(; 1997) — Director & Planner
(; 1997) — Planner
(; 1998) — Director & Planner^[6]
(; 1998) — Director & Planner
(; 1998) — Director & Planner
(; 1999) — Director & Planner
(; 1999) — Special Thanks
(; 1999) — Directors & Planners
(; 2001) — Director & Planner
(; 2001) — Director
(; 2002) — Director
(; 2002) — Planning
(; 2002) — Director
(; 2005) — Directors
(; 2005) — Director
(; 2005) — Planning
(; 2005) — Director
(; 2008) — AM1
(; 2008) — AM1
(; 2008) — Special Thanks
(; 2008) — Director
(; 2008) — Director
(; 2010) — AM1 R&D
(; 2010) — AM1 R&D
(; 2010) — AM1 R&D
(; 2012) — Special Thanks
(; 2012) — Director
(; 2012) — Planning
(; 2018) — Director
(; 2018) — House of the Dead
(; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA
(; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA
(; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA
(; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA
(; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA

Music

(; 2005) — Director
(; 2019) — Director

Starlight Fortune (1993)

Magazine articles

Main article: Takashi Oda/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Takashi Oda

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 http://sega.jp/segavoice/vol28/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-10-08 06:09)
↑ Sega Magazine, "1997-05 (1997-05, 06)" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 60
↑ http://www.thewebsiteofthedead.com/?tag=the-house-of-the-dead-interviews-takashi-oda (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-18 13:52)
↑ http://careerlaboratory.jp/archives/702 (Wayback Machine: 2020-04-11 00:28)
↑ File:Puzzle & Action 2do Arukoto ha Sand-R Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:House of the Dead Saturn credits.pdf

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20081008060950.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fsegavoice.2Fvol28.2F-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 http://sega.jp/segavoice/vol28/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-10-08 06:09)

[:File:Sega_Magazine_JP_Issue_07_19970506.pdf_p60-2] Sega Magazine, "1997-05 (1997-05, 06)" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 60

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20160418135256.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.thewebsiteofthedead.com.2F.3Ftag.3Dthe-house-of-the-dead-interviews-takashi-oda-3] ttp://www.thewebsiteofthedead.com/?tag=the-house-of-the-dead-interviews-takashi-oda (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-18 13:52)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200411002817.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fcareerlaboratory.jp.2Farchives.2F702-4] ttp://careerlaboratory.jp/archives/702 (Wayback Machine: 2020-04-11 00:28)

[:File:Puzzle_.26_Action_2do_Arukoto_ha_Sand-R_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Puzzle & Action 2do Arukoto ha Sand-R Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:House_of_the_Dead_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-6] File:House of the Dead Saturn credits.pdf

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