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Yutaka Sugano

Employment history: Sega of Japan (1986 – ) Sega of America Divisions: Sega Technical Institute Sega of Japan (?? – 1999) Artoon Arzest
Role(s): Designer

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Yutaka Sugano (菅野豊) joined Sega in 1986, where he designed and directed arcade titles such as Shinobi and Crack Down. Following this he was reassigned to Sega of America, where he participated in the production of Sonic 2 and Sonic Spinball, later returning to Japan to work on Saturn titles that were developed overseas.

He left Sega in 1999 with Naoto Ohshima and Yoji Ishii to become a part of Artoon. Following this company's disbandment in 2010, he is now the Vice President of Arzest, another video game development company.

Production history

Games

Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (System 16; 1986) — Assistant Game Designer
Crack Down (System 24; 1989) — Planner^[1]
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (System 18; 1990) — Original Design
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Object Placement^[2]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Stage Object Placement^[2]
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (Mega Drive; 1993) — Producer^[3]
The Mansion of Hidden Souls (Saturn; 1994) — Producers^[4]
Gale Racer (Saturn; 1994) — Producer^[5]
Panzer Dragoon (Saturn; 1995) — Special thanks to^[6] (as 菅野豊)
Panzer Dragoon (Saturn; 1995) — Special Thanks^[7]
Cyber Speedway (Saturn; 1995) — Producers^[8]
SimCity 2000 (Saturn; 1995) — Producer^[9]
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive; 1996) — Senior Producer^[10]
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive; 1996) — Producers (SOJ)^[10]
Manx TT Super Bike (Saturn; 1997) — Producers^[11]
Panzer Dragoon (Windows PC; 1996) — Special Thanks
Sky Target (Saturn; 1997) — Senior Producer^[12]
Manx TT Super Bike (Windows PC; 1997) — Special Thanks To
The House of the Dead (Saturn; 1998) — Special Thanks^[13]
The House of the Dead (Saturn; 1998) — Special Thanks To^[14]
Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Itsuka Kakumei Sareru Monogatari (Saturn; 1998) — プロデューサー^[15] (as 菅野豊)
Sega Ages Galaxy Force II (Saturn; 1998) — Thanks to^[16]
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Software Support
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Producer

Music

Gran Chaser (CD; 1995) — Original Game Produce
Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (CD; 2009) — SPECIAL THANKS to^[17]

Hardware

Sega Dreamcast (Dreamcast; 1998)
Shinobi (System 16 version) (1986) — Director and Designer
Crack Down (System 24 version) (1989) — Director and Designer
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (3DS version) (2016) — Producer (Arzest Corp.)

References

[:File:CrackDown_BestSoldiers.png_p-1] File:CrackDown BestSoldiers.png

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Spinball_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Sonic Spinball MD credits.pdf

[:File:Shinsetsu_Yumemi_Yakata_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata Saturn credits.pdf

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

[:File:Panzer_Dragoon_JP_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Panzer Dragoon JP Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Panzer_Dragoon_US_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Panzer Dragoon US Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Cyber_Speedway_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Cyber Speedway Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Simcity2000_Saturn_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-9] File:Simcity2000 Saturn JP SSCredits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_3D_Blast_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:Sonic 3D Blast MD credits.pdf

[:File:Manx_TT_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Manx TT Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:SkyTarget_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-12] File:SkyTarget Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf

[:File:House_of_the_Dead_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-13] File:House of the Dead Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Thotd_sat_us_manual.pdf_p26-14] File:Thotd sat us manual.pdf, page 26

[:File:SKUIKSM_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-15] File:SKUIKSM_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Sega_Ages_Galaxy_Force_II_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Sega Ages Galaxy Force II Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:ShinobiMusicCollection_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p11-17] File:ShinobiMusicCollection CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 11

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 *''[[Shinobi]]'' (System 16 version) (1986) — Director and Designer
 *''[[Crack Down]]'' (System 24 version) (1989) — Director and Designer
-* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' (Mega Drive version) (1992) — Object Placement, Special Stage Object Placement
-* ''[[Sonic Spinball]]'' (Mega Drive version) (1993) — Producer (Management Staff)
-* ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island]]'' (Mega Drive version) (1996) — Senior Producer (Sega), Producer (SOJ) (Sega)
-* ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island]]'' (Saturn and PC versions) (1996/1997) — Senior Producer (Sega Enterprises Ltd.), Producer (SOJ) (Sega)
-* ''[[Manx TT Super Bike]]'' (PC version) (1997) — Special Thanks (Sega of Japan)
-* ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' (1998) — Software support
-* ''Pinobee: Wings of Adventure'' (2001) — Director (Development Staff), Game Designer (Development Staff)
-* ''Ghost Vibration'' (2002) — Development Manager (Development), Game Designer (Development)
-* ''Blue Dragon'' (2006) — Project Manager
-* ''Vampire Rain'' (2007) — Special Thanks
-* ''Vampire Rain: Altered Species'' (2008) — Special Thanks
-* ''FlingSmash'' (2010) — Producer
 * ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' (3DS version) (2016) — Producer (Arzest Corp.)
-}}
 ==References==