Mizuki Hosoyamada

Mizuki Hosoyamada
Place of birth: Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1977-07-16 (age 47)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer

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Mizuki Hosoyamada (細山田 水紀) is a Sonic Team employee who worked on their games as early as 2003. Joining Sega in 2002, he started out on the Sonic series and slowly made his way into Puyo Puyo series in 2006 as a director. After Takashi Yuda would produce Sonic Riders, Hosoyamada would become a producer on the Puyo Puyo series, starting with the Wii version of the 15th anniversary. Afterwards, he eventually became the main person behind the Puyo Puyo series.

Production history

Games

• Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube; 2003) — Mission Mode Game Designers
• Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GameCube; 2003) — Game Designers
• Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Planning Support
• Sonic Mega Collection Plus (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Game Designer
• Sonic Mega Collection Plus (Xbox; 2004) — Game Designer
• Sonic Gems Collection (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Director
• Sonic Gems Collection (GameCube; 2005) — Director
• Sonic Mega Collection Plus (Windows PC; 2006) — Game Designer
• Puyo Puyo! (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Director
• Puyo Puyo! (Wii; 2007) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo 7 (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo 7 (Wii; 2009) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo!! (PlayStation Portable; 2011) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest (iOS; 2013) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest (Android; 2013) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade (RingEdge; 2013) — 監修 (as 細山田 水紀)
• Puyo Puyo Tetris (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo Tetris (PlayStation 4; 2014) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo!! Touch (iOS; 2015) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo!! Touch (Android; 2015) — Producer
• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PlayStation 4; 2016) — Puyo Puyo Team
• Puyo Puyo Chronicle (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Story Supervisors
• Puyo Puyo Chronicle (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Lyrics
• Puyo Puyo Chronicle (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Puyopuyo General Producer
• Puyo Puyo Tetris (Nintendo Switch; 2017) — Producer
• Sega Ages Puyo Puyo (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
• Puyo Puyo Champions (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop (Apple TV; 2024) — Producer

Music

• Puyo Puyo! Original Sound Track (CD; 2007) — Special Thanks to
• Puyo Puyo no Uta (CD; 2009) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo 7 Original Soundtrack (CD; 2009) — M40 lyrics by
• Puyo Puyo 7 Original Soundtrack (CD; 2009) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo Vocal Tracks (CD; 2012) — Game Producer
• Puyo Puyo Vocal Tracks Vol. 2 (CD; 2013) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo Vocal Tracks Vol. 3 (CD; 2015) — Producer
• Pachinko CR Puyo Puyo Soundtrack (CD; 2017) — Game Producer
• The Works III (CD; 2019) — Special Thanks to
• Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 & 2 Original Soundtrack (CD; 2020) — Special Thanks

Hardware

• Mega Drive Mini 2 (Mega Drive; 2022)

• Sonic Adventure DX (2003) — Mission Mode Game Designers
• Sonic Battle (2003) — Planning Support
• Sonic Heroes (2003) — Special Thanks
• Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004) — Game Designer
• Sonic Gems Collection (2005) — Director
• Puyo Puyo!! (2011) — Producer
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (2013) — Special Thanks
• Puyo Puyo Chronicle (2016) — Story Supervisors, Lyrics, Puyopuyo General Producer

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

• Mizuki Hosoyamada Automaton Interview (Japanese)
• Mizuki Hosoyamada interview by Inside Games (December 9, 2020)

External links

• Mizuki Hosoyamada on Twitter