Toshihiro Nagoshi

Toshihiro Nagoshi

Place of birth: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Date of birth: 1965-06-17 (age 53)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer, Executive
Education: Tokyo University of Art and Design

Toshihiro Nagoshi (名越稔洋) is the current Chief Creative Officer of Sega and head of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.

He graduated from the Tokyo University of Art and Design in 1989 and joined the company shortly thereafter, working for AM2 under Yu Suzuki as a CG designer. He quickly ascended the ranks, and in 1998 became the manager of Sega AM11. When Sega AM11 became Amusement Vision, Nagoshi took the helm as president. He designed and created AM2's arguably most famous racing game Daytona USA, as well as the popular titles Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza.

After the collaboration with Nintendo on F-Zero GX, he would receive a call from Nintendo, requesting the source code of the game and wanting him to explain how they made such game. Nagoshi, who already was the president of Amusement Vision, achieved something that not even Nintendo could figure out. He stated, "After it released, I got a call from Nintendo. They said they wanted to see all the source code for the game, and wanted me to explain how we'd made that game, in that timeframe and with that budget, in detail. They were wondering how we'd done it - they couldn't figure it out. We were able to achieve something a lot higher than what Nintendo had expected."^[1]

He started getting executive credits unrelated to his current division from October of 2003 onwards. This stopped in April 2005, when he only managed the New Entertainment R&D Dept.. He returned to managing Sega's entire output when New Entertainment turned into CS1 in the middle of 2008.

On April 1, 2012, following a 2012 reshuffling, Nagoshi became the CCO of Sega.Media:IR EN 2012-02-29.pdf^[2] In October 2013, once Sega Sammy purchased the bankrupt Index Corporation under the shell corporation, Sega Dream Corporation, Nagoshi was appointed as a member of the board of directors for the reformed Atlus.^[3]

For game development, he frequently collaborates or has collaborated with Tetsuya Kaku, Daisuke Sato, Jun Tokuhara, Masayoshi Yokoyama and Masayoshi Kikuchi. In the executive enviorment, he has worked with Naoya Tsurumi and is currently working with Osamu Ohashi and Haruki Satomi.

Production history

Virtua Racing (Model 1;
1992) — Chief Designer
Burning Rival (System 32;
1993) — Special Thanks
Burning Rival (System 32;
1993) — Jackson
Virtua Fighter 2 (Model 2;
1994) — Stage designers
Daytona USA (Model 2;
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Daytona USA (Model 2;
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Daytona USA (Saturn;
1995) — Special ThanksMedia:Daytonausa sat us manual.pdf^[4]
Scud Race (Model 3;
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1996) — Producer & game director
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3;
1996) — Character Modeling Direction
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3;
1996) — Supervisor
Daytona USA Circuit Edition (Saturn;
1997) — Advisers
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3;
1997) — Character Modeling Direction
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3;
1997) — Supervisor
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast;
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Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast;
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1998) — Supervisor
Daytona USA Deluxe (Windows PC;
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1997) — Supervisor
Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge (Model 3;
1998) — Producer
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3;
1998) — Chief Designer
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3;
1998) — Scroll Designer
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3;
1998) — Director & Producer
Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (Model 3;
1998) — Producer
Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3;
1999) — Chief Designer
Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3;
1999) — Scroll Designer
Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3;
1999) — Director & Producer
Crazy Taxi () — Chief Producers
Shenmue (Dreamcast;
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1999) — R&D Dept. #4 Supervisors
Slashout (NAOMI;
2000) — Producer
Rent A Hero No.1 (Dreamcast;
2000) — アドバイザースタッフ (as 名越稔洋)
Jet Set Radio () — Executive Producers
Planet Harriers (Hikaru;
2000) — Producer & director
Daytona USA 2001 (Dreamcast;
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Daytona USA 2001 (Dreamcast;
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Daytona USA 2001 (Dreamcast;
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Spikers Battle (NAOMI;
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Monkey Ball (NAOMI;
2001) — Producer & Director
Super Monkey Ball (GameCube;
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2001) — Producer & Director
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (GameCube;
2002) — Executive Management
Super Monkey Ball Jr. (Game Boy Advance;
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2002) — Producer & Director
Super Monkey Ball 2 (GameCube;
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F-Zero AX (Triforce;
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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GameCube;
2003) — Executive Management
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (PlayStation 2;
2004) — Stage designers
Spikeout: Battle Street (Xbox;
2005) — Producer
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (Nintendo DS;
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Yakuza (PlayStation 2;
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Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (Wii;
2006) — Producer & Director
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii;
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The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii;
2008) — Chief Producers
Thunder Force VI (PlayStation 2;
2008) — チーフプロデューサー^[5] (as 名越稔洋)
7th Dragon (Nintendo DS;
2009) — Chief Producer (as 名越稔洋)
Puyo Puyo 7 () — Chief Producers
Puyo Puyo 7 (??;
2009) — Chief Producers
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll (Wii;
2010) — Chief Producers
7th Dragon 2020-II (PlayStation Portable;
2013) — Executive Producers (as 名越稔洋)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013) () — Executive Producers
Puyo Puyo Tetris (Nintendo 3DS;
2014) — Chief Producers
3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros. (Nintendo 3DS;
2014) — Executive Producers
3D Streets of Rage 2 (Nintendo 3DS;
2015) — Executive Producers
3D Gunstar Heroes (Nintendo 3DS;
2015) — Executive Producers

Digital Dance Mix Vol.1 Namie Amuro (1997) — Special Thanks
F-Zero GX (2003) — Producer
Sonic Battle (2003) — Executive Management
Sonic Heroes (2003) — Development Division
Sonic Advance 3 (2004) — Development Division
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004) — Executive Producer
Ollie King (2004) — Special Thanks
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) — Producer, Director
Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2005) — Producer, Director
Sonic Riders (2006) — Development Support
Yakuza 2 (2006) — Original Concept
Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (2008) — Planning/Original Concept
Sonic Unleashed (2008) — Chief Producer
Yakuza 3 (2009) — Planning/Original Concept
Bayonetta (2009) — Chief Producer
Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Chief Producer
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) — Chief Producer
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010) — Creative Officer
Yakuza 4 (2010) — General Director
Sonic Free Riders (2010) — Chief Producer
Sonic Colors (2010) — Chief Producer
Super Monkey Ball 3D (2011) — Chief Producer
Sonic Generations (2011) — Chief Producers
Yakuza: Dead Souls (2012) — General Director
Binary Domain (2012) — General Director
Jet Set Radio (2012) — Executive Producer (Sega of Japan)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz (2012) — Chief Producer
Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012) — Creative Officer
Phantasy Star Online 2 (2012) — Executive Supervisors
Yakuza 5 (2012) — General Director
Ryu ga Gotoku 1&2 HD Edition (2013) — General Director
Sonic Lost World (2013) — Chief Producer
Hero Bank (2014) — Overall Production
Ryu ga Gotoku: Ishin! (2014) — General Director
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (2014) — Executive Producer
Yakuza 0 (2015) — Executive Director
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) — Executive Supervisor (Sega Games)
Yakuza Kiwami (2016) — General Director
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016) — Executive Director
Puyo Puyo Chronicle (2016) — Chief Producers
Sonic Mania (2017) — Executive Producer
Sonic Forces (2017) — Executive Producer
Yakuza Kiwami 2 (2017) — Executive Director
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (2018) — Executive Director
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018) — Executive Producer

Magazine articles

Main article: Toshihiro Nagoshi/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Toshihiro Nagoshi interview by Sega (August 14, 2003)

External links

References

[http:.2F.2Fwww.nintendolife.com.2Fnews.2F2018.2F08.2Fsega_wanted_to_impress_nintendo_with_f-zero_gx_despite_losing_the_hardware_war-1] ttp://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/08/sega_wanted_to_impress_nintendo_with_f-zero_gx_despite_losing_the_hardware_war

[:File:IR_EN_2012-02-29.pdf_p.7B.7B.7Bpage.7D.7D.7D-2] File:IR EN 2012-02-29.pdf

[http:.2F.2Fwww.seganerds.com.2F2013.2F11.2F01.2Fatlus-parent-company-index-corporation-being-restructured-within-sega.2F-3] ttp://www.seganerds.com/2013/11/01/atlus-parent-company-index-corporation-being-restructured-within-sega/

[:File:Daytonausa_sat_us_manual.pdf_p18-4] File:Daytonausa sat us manual.pdf, page 18

[:File:ThunderForceVI_PS2_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-5] File:ThunderForceVI_PS2_JP_SSCredits.pdf

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