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| division=[[Sega of Japan]]
| founded=1993
| defunct=1995{{fileref|Sega Consumer History JP EnterBrain Book.pdf|59}}
| headquarters=Japan
| prevdate=1993
| prev=[[Sega CS1]]
| nextdate=1995
| next=[[Sega CS2 (1996-1999)|Sega CS2]]
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'''RPG Production Dept.'''  (RPG制作部) was a video game production division within [[Sega]]. As the name suggests, it was a department created by [[Sega Enterprises]] to produce role-playing games, a genre Sega was seen to have a weak precense in and had begun to rectify with the [[Mega-CD]] games ''[[Seima Densetsu 3x3 Eyes]]'' and ''[[Dark Wizard]]'' .{{fileref|Sega Consumer History JP EnterBrain Book.pdf|page=58}} It probably began life as the RPG Project, a section of [[Sega Consumer Software]] managed by [[Tomio Takami]].{{magref|harmony|119|15}} The department had officially been founded before April 1994 with [[Tatsuo Yamada]] as producer and director, managing alongside [[Sega Creative Center]] starting in April.{{magref|harmony|119|15}}

Many developers involved with ''[[Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium]]'', from Sega's long-running RPG franchise, and ''[[The Hybrid Front]]'', a simulation game, were brought on to RPG Production, such as [[Yoshiaki Endo]], [[Rieko Kodama]] and [[Yasushi Takeuchi]].

It was merged with [[Sega CS2 (1996-1999)|Sega CS2]] immediately following the release of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn)|Magic Knight Rayearth]]'',{{magref|ssmjp|1996-09|138}} with ''[[Dragon Force]]'' already a few months into production from many of its members.{{fileref|DragonForceOST Music JP Booklet.pdf|page=12}} At CS2, their RPG talents would be put to use in ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' and, many years later, ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''.{{fileref|Sega Consumer History JP EnterBrain Book.pdf|page=59}} 

==Softography==
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==List of staff==
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