Virtua Fighter 2/Production credits

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Arcade version

• Main programmer: Toru Ikebuchi
• Main designer: Kazuhiro Izaki

Programmers

• Motion choreographer: Shin Kimura
• Variety: Tetsuya Kaku
• Enemy: Daichi Katagiri
• Object: Kazuhiko Yamada
• Character Effects: Takeshi Suzuki
• Co-processor: Eisuke Miura
• AI & Rank mode: Kota Matsumoto
• Motion set: Shinji Ohshima
• Stage Effects: Takashi Fujimura
• Scroll: Goho Ogura

Designers

• Motion designers: Toshiya Inoue, Takayuki Ota, Naotake Nishimura, Yasuo Kawagoshi, Kaoru Nagahama
• Character designers: Tomohiro Ishii, Kaori Yamamoto
• Stage designers: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yasuko Suzuki, Takafumi Kagaya, Makoto Osaki
• Texture designers: Kenji Okada, Takashi Isono, Kazunori O, Jeffry Buchanan, Yukinobu Arikawa
• Scroll designer: Hideaki Kato
• Motion capture: Susumu Takatsuka

• Planning support: Manabu Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Masui
• Sound designers: Takayuki Nakamura, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Akiko Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Kouchi
• Publicist: Fumio Kurokawa
• Special Thanks: Attractive Action Club, Action Data Stunt Team, 81 Produce, Kazunari Uchida
• Producer & Director: Yu Suzuki

Arcade version (2.1)

• Main programmer: Toru Ikebuchi
• Main designer: Kazuhiro Izaki

Programmers

• Motion choreographer: Shin Kimura
• Variety: Tetsuya Kaku
• Enemy: Daichi Katagiri
• Object: Kazuhiko Yamada
• Character Effects: Takeshi Suzuki
• Co-processor: Eisuke Miura
• AI & Rank mode: Kota Matsumoto
• Motion set: Shinji Ohshima
• Stage Effects: Takashi Fujimura
• Scroll: Goho Ogura

Designers

• Motion designers: Toshiya Inoue, Takayuki Ota, Naotake Nishimura, Yasuo Kawagoshi, Kaoru Nagahama
• Character designers: Tomohiro Ishii, Kaori Yamamoto
• Stage designers: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yasuko Suzuki, Takafumi Kagaya, Makoto Osaki
• Texture designers: Kenji Okada, Takashi Isono, Kazunori O, Jeffry Buchanan, Yukinobu Arikawa
• Scroll designer: Hideaki Kato
• Motion capture: Susumu Takatsuka

• Planning support: Manabu Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Masui
• Sound designers: Takayuki Nakamura, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Youichi Ueda, Akiko Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Kouchi
• Publicist: Fumio Kurokawa
• Special Thanks: Attractive Action Club, Action Data Stunt Team, 81 Produce, Kazunari Uchida
• Producer & Director: Yu Suzuki

Saturn version

• Director: 岡安 啓司

Programmer

• System Program etc.: 杉本 哲也
• Collision Program etc.: 柴崎 英哉
• Motion Program etc.: 庄司 弘明
• Enemy Program etc.: 山口 貴之
• Movie Program etc.: 大谷 一雄
• Command Program etc.: 大島 真治
• Texture Program etc.: 松田 武志
• Scroll Proaram etc.: 岡島 浩樹

Graphic designer

• Movie Design etc.: 浅古 芳尚
• Background Design etc.: 加藤 陽仁
• Character Design etc.: 山本 花織, 長浜 かおる
• Scroll Design etc.: 油井 亮弥

Sound Staff

• Sound Producer: 中村 隆之
• Music Arranger & Director: 光吉 猛修
• Sound Designer: 河内 和彦
• Music Programmer: 中野 テルヲ (Silly Walk)
• Recording Director: 成田 尊 (Sega Digital Studio)
• Recording Engineer: 町田 直幸 (Sega Digital Studio)
• Recording Manager: 柴田 文孝 (Sega Digital Studio)

• Publicity: 梅田 浩二, 有井 伸孝
• Special Thanks: 溝口 松秀, 西野 裕, 伊賀 重伸, 川口 博史, Arcade V.F.2 Team, S.G.L. Team, (株)81プロデュース
• Producer: 鈴木 裕

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In-game credits (JP)

PC version

• Main Programmer: Koue Tsukuda
• Programmers: Masato Hagishita, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Hajime Sawada, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Takashi Atsu, Toshinori Suzuki, Kazuhisa Hasuoka, Tomonobu Takahashi
• Graphic Designers: Hisato Fukumoto, Tomoharu Tanaka, Katsufumi Yoshimori, Yumi Morikawa
• Sound Desginer: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

PC Division (Marketing)

• Group General Manager: Shinji Fujiwara
• Managers: Tchie Tokoro, Yasuo Koike
• Staffs: Ryousuke Kaji, Junko Yasui, Yoshirou Tateyama, Satomi Kawasaki, Takeshi Tsugane, Yasuhide Nagasawa, Shinya Itoh, Shozo Hirano
• Manual & Package Producer: Taiji Okamoto, Yoshihiro Sakuta
• Manual Editor: Mitsuaki Chouno
• Manual & Package Designer: Toshiki Yamaguchi, Hisashi Nishimura
• Help Editor: Tadashi Ihoroi, Takako Higuchi
• Publicity: Hiroyuki Otaka, Toshirou Nakayama

• Director: Tadashi Ihoroi
• Assistant Producer: Shun Arai
• Producer: Toshinori Asai
• Supervisor: Yu Suzuki
• Special Thanks to: AM R&D Dpt # 2, Virtua Fighter 2 Arcade Team, Virtua Fighter 2 Saturn Team, ASCII, Cooperation (Tech Win)
• Sega PC Check Team: Takahiko Kobayashi, Youichirou Inoue, Kazuyuki Hagihara, Tomohisa Nakayasu
• Super Players: Motoki Shinohara, Takayuki Haneda, Toyohiko Yoshimine
• Presented by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

SEGA Entertainment Credits

• Executive Producer: Matt Wolf
• Producer: Scott Hawkins
• Product Manager: Kristi Walker
• Copywriter: Josh Braff
• Design & Typesetting: Cody Gates
• Package Illustration: Masud Husain
• Creative Services: Eileen Sacman, Arvin Carlson, Scot Allen
• Special Thanks: Shinobu Toyoda, Bernie Stolar, Greg Suarez, Jill Braff, Sue Price, and John Goodale

Sega of Japan Credits

• Director: Tadashi Ihoroi
• Producer: Toshinori Asai
• Assistant Producer: Shun Arai
• Supervisor: Yu Suzuki
• Main Programmer: Koue Tsukuda
• Programmers: Masato Hagishita, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Hajime Sawada, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Takashi Atsu, Toshinori Suzuki, Kazuhisa Hasuoka, Tomonobu Takahashi
• Graphic Designers: Hisato Fukumoto, Tomoharu Tanaka, Katsufumi Yoshimori, Yumi Morikawa
• Sound Designer: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

SEGA of Japan PC Division (Marketing)

• Group General Manager: Shinji Fujiwara
• Managers: Chie Tokoro, Yasuo Koike
• Staff: Ryousuke Kaji, Junko Yasui, Yoshirou Tateyama, Satomi Kawasaki, Takeshi Tsugane, Toshiro Nakayama, Yasuhide Nagasawa, Shinya Itoh, Shozu Hirano
• Help Editor: Tadashi Ihoroi, Takako Higuchi

Source:

EU manual

Breakdown

Arcade version

Kazunori O

• Designed character textures.
  • Textured Jacky, notably the flame pattern on his 2P color's leather jacket.
  • Textured Kage-maru, notably his crotch.
  • Textured Sarah, notably her 2P color.

Yukinobu Arikawa

• Created the Rent A Hero Returns background texture for the Sarah vs. Jacky stage.