Tetsuya Kaku

Fast facts on Tetsuya Kaku
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Programmer
Education: Kyushu Institute of Technology (Information Science)

Tetsuya Kaku (加来 徹也) is a chief programmer of Sega, who frequently works with Toshihiro Nagoshi.

Production history

• ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast;
  1999) — スペシャルサンクス (as かく てつや)
• Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.4 (Dreamcast;
  1999) — System R&D
• Planet Harriers (Hikaru;
  2000) — Main program director
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (PlayStation 2;
  2004) — Variety
• Shenmue (Dreamcast;
  1999) — R&D Dept. #4 Supervisors
• Spikeout: Battle Street (Xbox;
  2005) — Supervisor
• Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3;
  1998) — Chief Programmer
• Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3;
  1998) — Game Regulation
• Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3;
  1999) — Chief Programmer
• Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3;
  1999) — Game Regulation
• Super Monkey Ball (GameCube;
  2001) — System Programmers
• Super Monkey Ball 2 (GameCube;
  2002) — System Programmers
• Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll (Wii;
  2010) — Special Thanks
• Virtua Fighter (Model 1;
  1993) — Programmers
• Virtua Fighter 2 (Model 2;
  1994) — Variety
• Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3;
  1996) — Program Director
• Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3;
  1996) — Game System, Undulation
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3;
  1997) — Program Director
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3;
  1997) — Game System, Undulation
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast;
  1998) — Program Director
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast;
  1998) — Game System, Undulation

• Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram (Arcade and Dreamcast Versions) (1998/1999) — System R&D (Network Versus Support Staff) (Virtual-On Works)
• Sonic Adventure (1998) — Browser production
• Rent A Hero No.1 (2000)— Special Thanks
• F-Zero GX (2003) — Program Director
• Yakuza (2005) — Chief Programmer
• Yakuza 2 (2005) — Technical Director
• Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (2008) — Chief Programmer
• Yakuza 3 (2009) — Technical Director, Chief Programmer ("Yakuza 3" Programming Team)
• Yakuza 4 (2010) — Programming Assistance ("Yakuza 4" Programming Team) (Staff)
• Super Monkey Ball 3D (2010) — Special Thanks
• Binary Domain (2012) — Programming Director ("Binary Domain" Development Team) (Staff)