Toru Ohara

Toru Ohara

Date of birth: 1971 (age 52-53)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1993^[1]^[2] – ) Divisions: Sega RPG Production Sega CS Sega CS2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 7 Overworks Sega WOW Sega Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega R&D1 Sega Interactive Sega
Role(s): Planner, Director, Producer

Toru Ohara (大原徹) is a director and producer at Sega of Japan. He joined Sega in 1993, starting out in console game development as a planner at Sega RPG Production. The first titles he heavily participated in were Blue Seed: Kushinada Hirokuden and Magic Knight Rayearth, after which the RPG unit disbanded.^[4] He subsequently took charge of the combat elements in Sakura Taisen and Sakura Taisen 2 at CS2, before becoming a director on the Guru Guru Onsen games.^[4]

Under Overworks, WOW, AM3 and AM1, Ohara directed most releases of the successful Dragon Treasure and Sangokushi Taisen series, switching from console to to arcade games with producer Yasuhiro Nishiyama.^[5] Ohara went on to also make Sengoku Taisen and later Wonderland Wars with him at Sega R&D1, overseeing all creative aspects of the series and its updates.^[6]

The early 2020s merger of Sega Games, Sega Interactive and subsequently their respective consumer and arcade divisions saw Ohara return to home games after twenty years. This involved him being creative producer on Div.2's many titles, especially new additions to the Sonic franchise, whilst continuing to direct the Taisen series in arcades on its third iteration, Eiketsu Taisen.^[7]

Production history

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Special Thanks^[8] (as 大原徹)
Blue Seed: Kushinada Hirokuden (Saturn; 1995) — プランナー^[9] (as 大原徹)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — プランニングアシスタント^[10] (as 大原徹)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — Planning Assistant (as Tooru Oohara)
Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — ゲームプランナー^[11] (as 大原徹)
Hanagumi Taisen Columns (Saturn; 1997) — ゲームプランナー^[12] (as 大原徹)
Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare (Saturn; 1998) — プランナー^[13] (as 大原徹)
Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (Dreamcast; 1999) — ディレクター (as 大原徹)
Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (Dreamcast; 2000) — スペシャルゲームアドバイザー (as 大原徹)
Guru Guru Onsen 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — ディレクター (as 大原徹)
Guru Guru Onsen 3 (Dreamcast; 2002) — ディレクター (as 大原徹)
Online Games: Dai Guru Guru Onsen (PlayStation 2; 2002) — open diceディレクター (as 大原徹)
Dragon Treasure (NAOMI; 2003) — Director
Dragon Treasure II (NAOMI; 2004) — Senior Director (as 大原徹)
Sangokushi Taisen (Chihiro Satellite Terminal; 2005) — Director
Dragon Treasure III (NAOMI; 2005) — Special Thanks to (as 大原徹)
Sangokushi Taisen 2 (Chihiro Satellite Terminal; 2006) — Director
Sangokushi Taisen DS (Nintendo DS; 2007) — 監修 (as 大原徹)
Sangokushi Taisen 3 (Lindbergh; 2007) — Directors
Sengoku Taisen (RingEdge; 2010) — Director (as 大原橄)
Wonderland Wars (Nu; 2015) — General Director
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Chief Producers
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Xbox One; 2021) — Special Thanks
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Special Thanks
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 5; 2021) — Special Thanks
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — Special Thanks
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Steam; 2021) — Special Thanks
Eiketsu Taisen (ALLS UX; 2022) — Chief Director
Sonic Origins (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Creative Producers
Sonic Origins (PlayStation 5; 2022) — Creative Producers
Sonic Origins (Xbox One; 2022) — Creative Producers
Sonic Origins (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Creative Producers
Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Creative Producers
Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 5; 2022) — Creative Producers
Sonic Frontiers (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Creative Producers
Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go (iOS; 2023) — Creative Producers
Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go (Apple TV; 2023) — Creative Producers
Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go (Mac App Store; 2023) — Creative Producers
Sonic Superstars (PlayStation 4; 2023) — Creative Producers
Sonic Superstars (PlayStation 5; 2023) — Creative Producers
Sonic Superstars (Nintendo Switch; 2023) — Creative Producers
Sonic Superstars (Epic Games Store; 2023) — Creative Producers
Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop (Apple TV; 2024) — Creative Producers

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Toru Ohara

Magazine articles

Main article: Toru Ohara/Magazine articles.

Interviews

External links

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References

↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-40 (1999-12-31)" (JP; 1999-12-17), page 69
↑ http://sega.jp/segavoice/vol17/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-05-02 15:38)
↑ http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-19 12:39)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://www.sega.jp/fb/creators/vol_7/1.html (Wayback Machine: 2015-05-30 13:27)
↑ https://www.4gamer.net/specials/sangokutaiint/sangokutaiint_02.shtml (Wayback Machine: 2011-02-14 16:24)
↑ https://www.famitsu.com/news/201402/14048164.html (Wayback Machine: 2014-02-14 08:12)
↑ https://www.eiketsu-taisen.com/director-comment/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-14 07:25)
↑ File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Blue Seed Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:Sakura Taisen Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:Hanagumi Taisen Columns Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:Sakura Taisen 2 Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:DCM_JP_19991231_1999-40.pdf_p69-1] Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-40 (1999-12-31)" (JP; 1999-12-17), page 69

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[:File:Phantasy_Star_Sennenki_no_Owari_ni_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf

[:File:Blue_Seed_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Blue Seed Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Mahou_Kishi_Rayearth_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sakura_Taisen_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Sakura Taisen Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Hanagumi_Taisen_Columns_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Hanagumi Taisen Columns Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sakura_Taisen_2_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-13] File:Sakura Taisen 2 Saturn credits.pdf

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