Toshihiro Nagoshi
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| Toshihiro Nagoshi |
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| 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.[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
- Daytona USA (Model 2; 9999) — Chief Designer
- Daytona USA Circuit Edition (Saturn; 1997) — Advisers
- Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Character Modeling Direction
- Daytona USA Deluxe (Windows PC; 1997) — Supervisor
- Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (Model 3; 1998) — Producer
- Planet Harriers (Hikaru; 2000) — Producer & director
- Monkey Ball (NAOMI; 2001) — Producer & Director
- Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (GameCube; 2002) — Executive Management
- Super Monkey Ball Jr. (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Producer & Director
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Stage designers
- Spikeout: Battle Street (Xbox; 2005) — Producer
- The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii; 2008) — Chief Producers
- Puyo Puyo 7 () — Chief Producers
- 3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros. (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Executive Producers
- G-LOC: Air Battle (1990)
- Digital Dance Mix Vol.1 Namie Amuro (1997) — Special Thanks
- Rent A Hero No.1 (2000) — Special Thanks
- Super Monkey Ball (2001) — Producer & Director
- Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) — Producer & Director
- 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
- Yakuza (2005) — General Supervisor/Producer
- 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
- Puyo Puyo Tetris (2014) — Executive 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
- 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.