Sonic Colours/Production credits

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• Producer: Takashi Iizuka
• Director & Lead Game Designer: Morio Kishimoto
• Art Director: Sachiko Kawamura
• Lead Programmer: Yoshitaka Kawabata
• Lead Planner: Harumasa Nakajima
• Planners: Shintaro Kai, Takeshi Yamazaki, Jyunpei Ootsu, Mitsuru Osakada, Kiyoteru Mizuhara
• Lead Level Designer: Takayuki Okada
• Level Designers: Natsuha Matsubara, Takahiro Ono, Katsuyuki Shigihara, Kanano Yamaguchi, Midori Iwabuchi
• Field Art Director: Yoshitaka Miura
• Lead Field Artist: Yuki Takahashi
• Field Artists: Daizo Kinoshita, Hisae Jibiki, Yoko Amemiya, Naoko Irube, Yuko Furumoto, Takanobu Kimura, Taichi Kuratani, Miho Furuse, Shunsuke Kato, Yasunari Akiyama, Masatoshi Yasumura, Keiji Takeda, Hideaki Hakozaki, Chen Wei
• Lead Character Artist: Yoshinari Amaike
• Character Artists: Shinkichi Tanahashi, Masahiro Tsunoda, Hitomi Nagao, Ryohei Yanase
• Lead Character Animator: Kentaro Niina
• Character Animators: Kou Ishitoya, Kenji Odakura, Yasushi Ogino, Hiroyuki Katada
• Visual Effects Artists: Hideki Yano, Haruka Yoshida
• Menu/HUD Artists: Yusuke Ikeda, Shoko Kambe
• Visual Art Support: Taro Hino
• Lead Cut Scene Artist: Tamotsu Kushibe
• Cut Scene Artists: Mamoru Ohta, Masashi Fukumitsu, Hisashi Tohyama
• Technical Artist: Yusuke Kashiwagi
• Publicity Artwork: Yuji Uekawa
• Artist Special Thanks: Takeshi Kanda, Tetsuya Kawada
• Lead Character Programmer: Makiko Nishimura
• Character Programmers: Takeshi Sakakibara, Masahiro Ukai
• Game Programmers: Naoko Shimura, Hideyuki Atarashi, Masahiro Ukai
• Camera Programmer: Naoko Shimura
• Lead Enemy Programmer: Takuma Komatsu
• Enemy Programmers: Naoto Ogawa, Toshimichi Okajima, Kentarou Tomii
• Multiplayer Game Programmer: Takuma Komatsu
• Menu/HUD Programmers: Takahiro Sekiguchi, Tatsunori Yumoto
• Technical Programmers: Takahiro Sekiguchi, Kentarou Tomii
• Graphics Programmer: Masayoshi Kamai
• Audio Programmer: Naoto Ogawa
• Technical Supervisor: Tetsu Katano

Toyste・Beach

• CG Artists: Yukinori Goto, Michiyo Nojiri, Rinako Asano, Akiko Tanno, Kazuhisa Okamoto

DIGITALSCAPE Co.,Ltd., Bauhaus, Entertainment Division

• Lead Field Artist: Takumi Mizuno
• Field Artists: Yohei Fujikawa, Shino Hiranabe, Yuta Ishikawa, Kotaro Kitada, Koichi Arisaka, Rena Ohki, Koichiro Wakamatsu

Graphinica, Inc.

• Lead 3DCG Artist: Tomoaki Kaneko
• 3DCG Digital Artists: Kentaroh Honma, Haruki Kashiwakura, Tadanori Inamura, Satoko Yamamoto, Ayaka Igarashi, Kouki Hori

• Story Writers: Ken Pontac, Warren Graff, Yasushi Otake

• Sound Producer: Kenichi Tokoi
• Music Composers: Tomoya Ohtani, Fumie Kumatani, Mariko Nanba, Naofumi Hataya, Hideaki Kobayashi, Kenichi Tokoi

Musicians

• Drums: MASUO
• Electric Bass: Akinori Yamada
• Electric Guitars: Susumu Nishikawa, Chewtaro Moritake
• Keyboards: Takahito Eguchi
• Backing Vocals: Kenichi Takemoto, Mika Arisaka, Kaori Sawada
• 1st Flute: Jeanet Landre
• 2nd Flute: Friederike Darius
• Piccolo: Mirjam Teepe
• 1st Oboe: Marjolein Koning
• 2nd Oboe / English Horn Double: Marije Clemens
• 1st Clarinet: Frank Van De Brink
• 2nd Clarinet / Bass Clarinet Double: Sergio Hamerslag
• 1st Bassoon: Remko Edelaar
• 2nd Bassoon / Contra Bassoon Double: Kaspar Snikkers
• 1st French Horn: Liz Chell
• 2nd French Horn: Kirsten Jeurissen
• 3rd French Horn: Wouter Brouwer
• 4th French Horn: Pieter Hunfeld
• 1st Trumpet: Hans Van Loenen
• 2nd Trumpet: Jacco Groenendijk
• 3rd Trumpet: Hessel Buma
• 1st Tenor Trombone: John Wheeler
• 2nd Tenor Trombone: Victor Belmonte Albert
• 3rd Bass Trombone: Brandt Attema
• Tuba: David Kutz
• 1st Percussion: Murk Jiskoot
• 2nd Percussion: Frank Wardenier
• 3rd Percussion: Rene Spierings
• Piano: Larry Hochman (Conductor)
• 1st Violins: Vera Laporeva
• Sarah Koch: Henriëtte Luytjes
• David Peijnenborgh: Jasper Van Rosmalen
• 2nd Violins: Vera Van Der Bie, Ruben Margarita, Doesjka De Leu, Pauline Koning
• Violas: Norman Jansen, Iris Schut, Alex Welch
• Cellos: Emile Visser, Jascha Albracht
• Double Bass: Erik Winkelmann
• Harp: Valerie Rijckmans
• Conductor & Arrangement: Larry Hochman
• Recording Coordinators: Kazuyuki Doki (Re-Birth), Nao Hirata (Re-Birth)
• Vocal Tracks Coordinator: Jun Senoue
• Recording & Mixing Engineers: Dave Darlington (Bass Hit Recording), Paul Pouwer (Power Sound Studios), Yoshitada Miya
• Assistant Engineers: Toni Korsten (Power Sound Studios), Rie Mimoto (Towerside Studio)
• Recording Director, Amsterdam & New York Session: Atsushi "Sushi" Kosugi (Beat On Beat, Inc.)
• Recorded & Mixed At: Sega Digital Studio, Tokyo., Towerside Studio, Tokyo., Digital Heart Beat Music In Roseland, NJ., Power Sound Studios, Amsterdam., Bass Hit Recording NYC
• Mastering Engineer: Kazushi Kyogoku
• Mastering Studio: Hitokuchi-zaka Studios Inc.

Game Sound Department

• Supervisor Sound Editor: Tatsuya Kouzaki
• Sound Editor: Tadashi Kinukawa

Movie Sound Department

• Supervisor Sound Editor: Eiji "AJ" Nakamura (Sound Racer)
• Sound Editor: Chiharu "Micchi" Minekawa (Sound Racer)
• Sound Design & Mixing Engineer: Kazushige Sato
• Special Thanks: Jason Aron (Ozone Entertainment), Miki Kashiwagi (Smash Room), Katsuko Matsumoto (Jet One), Hitoshi Ezura (Hitokuchi-zaka Studios Inc.), Shinobu Yokota, Fumitaka Shibata (Wavemaster Inc.)

MARZA Animation Planet Inc.

• Producer: Masahito Imamura
• Director: Takashi Nakashima
• CG Director: Toshihiro Aramaki
• Pub Art Director: Toshiya Umeda
• Project Manager: Akira Ito
• Character Modeling: Jun Masuda, Naoto Kawaguchi, Emiri Minagawa, Kenichi Nishida
• Sets & Props Modeling: Hiroyuki Yagi, Hideyuki Higashi, Hideaki Makinouchi, Yoshihiro Hanada
• Rigging: Tomohiro Hanawa, Tatsuya Akagi
• Layout & Animation: Takaaki Kise, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Yoshimasa Kimura, Kumiko Koyama, Wataru Kitamura
• Effects: Daniel P. Ferreira, Yoshihisa Inoue, Daisuke Satoyoshi, Keiko Toda, Shuntaro Furukawa
• Lighting & Compositing: Kohei Kajisa, Satoshi Tomatsu
• Art: Hiroyuki Kinoshita
• System Administration: Yuji Sato, Hiromu Saito
• Software Development: Jun Saito, Gaetan Guidet, Takamasa Matsunari, Tatsuya Syuzui, Taku Wakisaka
• Project Support: Noriaki Hashimoto

ANIMAROID Inc.

• CG Director: Kiyonobu Kitada
• CG Designers: Takashi Shinozuka, Motoki Nakazawa, Hirohisa Suzuki, Jun Yabuki, Yusuke Asakura, Naoya Nakayama, Shota Kawamoto, Hitoshi Murakami, Kazuhiro Imamiya
• Production Manager: Ayako Obara
• Assistant Producer: Kyohei Matsukuma
• Movie Producer: Shigeki Yamamoto
• Movie Encode: CRI Middleware Co., Ltd., Katsumi Yabuno, Motoo Sasaki

Voice

• Japanese Voices: Jun-ichi Kanemaru, Ryo Hirohashi, Mitsuo Iwata, Wataru Takagi, Fumihiko Tachiki, Chikao Otsuka
• Recording Producer: Takuya Ohno (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
• Recording Director: Eriko Kimura (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
• Recording: Hitokuchi-zaka Studios Inc.
• English Voices: Roger Craig Smith, Kate Higgins, Mike Pollock, Kirk Thornton, Wally Wingert
• Voice Production: Studiopolis Inc.
• Voice Director: Jack Fletcher
• Casting Directors: Jack Fletcher, Joe Moeller, Jamie Simone
• Recording Engineer: Suzanne Goldish
• Recording Assistants: Heather Pennington, Ryan Leibl
• Dialogue Editors: Suzanne Goldish, Eric Lewis
• Production Assistants: Sean Kelley, James Lafferty, Heather Morse
• Production Accountant: Laura Lopez
• Line Producer: Joe Moeller
• Wisps: Utako Yoshino

SEGA

• Localization Managers: Ryo Urushibata, Shumpei Hashimoto
• Marketing & PR: Yasushi Nagumo, Yusuke Watanabe, Mamoru Kodama, Katsumi Baba, Reiko Chiba, Masaya Santo, Chikako Hida, Hitoshi Kurosawa
• Package & Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Yoichi Takahashi, Hiroki Osawa, Makoto Nishino, Hajime Ishinoda
• QA Department Managers: Koji Nagata, Junichi Shimizu
• QA Managers: Akira Nishikawa, Osamu Sato
• QA Directors: Hidaka Ogasawara, Tomoki Matsuura
• QA Test Lead: Akitoshi Nishida
• QA Testers: Yoshimasa Oohashi, Masatoshi Saito, Hitomi Oguma, Yutaka Ikegami, Kazuyoshi Oonuki, Ryosuke Shinoda, Kazuya Miyazaki, Kazuya Adachi, Yuya Sunaga, Syunsuke Tomioka, Sadao Tanaka, Chiharu Yoshida
• Quality Assurance: Seiji Hasegawa, Yuji Nakamura, Toshihiro Yuda, Shugo Kariya
• Sonic Character Supervisors: Yuji Uekawa, Eitaro Toyoda

SEGA OF AMERICA

• CEO: Mike Hayes
• COO & President: Masanao Maeda
• Producer: Keith Dwyer
• Senior Producer: Patrick Riley
• Senior VP of Product Development: Bret Berry
• Associate Creative Director: Ethan Einhorn
• Development Operations Director: John Merlino
• Executive VP of Sales And Marketing: Alan Pritchard
• Senior VP of Publishing And Content: Rob Lightner
• Publishing Manager: Katrin Darolle
• Senior Director of Marketing: Darren Williams
• Senior Brand Manager: Judy Gilbertson
• Brand Manager: David Allen
• Public Relations Manager: Thu Nguyen
• Manager of Media and Events: Teri Higgins
• Creative Services Director: Jen Groeling
• Associate Production Manager: Heather Lucchetti
• Advertising Prod. Specialist: Mary Disbrow
• Graphic Designer: Marco Garcia
• First Party Manager: Sarah Elliott
• Senior Director of Sales: Keith Gerhardt
• Sr Dir, Sales OP and Admin: Laurie Mendez
• Director of Channel Marketing: Scott Lambrecht
• Manager of Channel Programs: Anna Nguyen
• Senior Finance Manager: Jasen Chin
• Senior Operations Manager: Tom Dudley
• Senior Purchasing Coordinator: Lu Luna
• Inventory & Materials Coordinator: Andy Navarro
• Licensing Manager: Jerry Chu
• Licensing Specialist: Cindy Chau
• Senior Web Producer: Marjorie Puruganan
• Associate Web Producer/Editor: Jacqueline Lee
• Senior Web Designer: Annie Shaw
• Video Production Manager: Carl Smolka
• Assistant Video Editor: Greg Ammen
• Community Managers: Kellie Parker, Julian Mehlfield
• Assistant Community Manager: Aaron Webber
• Customer Support Manager: Robert Miles
• QA Manager: Mark Cartwright
• QA Supervisors: Demetrius Griffin, Shawn Dobbins
• QA Lead: Ken Nacua
• QA Assistant Lead: Chris Rose
• QA Tester: Don Escueta, Eliseo Carranza, Willie Shu
• Standards Supervisor: Stephen Akana
• Standards Lead: Junior Sison
• Standards Assistant Leads: Niroth Keo, Kwang-Hi Cho
• Standards Testers: Anthony Aguilar, Jayson Cook, Justin Edwards
• Text Proofreading: Teresa Guest, Camden Tayler, Christine Letheby
• Mastering Supervisor: Rey Buzon
• Mastering Lab Technician: Chris Rilles
• Hardware Specialist: Matt Ellison
• Translation: Inbound

SEGA Europe

• CEO: Mike Hayes
• Managing Director: Gary Dunn
• Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
• Head of Japan Studio: Kuniyo Matsumoto
• Assistant Producer: Ikuyo Taniguchi
• Sonic Brand Director: David Corless
• Brand Manager: Michele Dix
• Publishing Manager: Nathalie Ranson
• European PR Manager: Kerry Martyn
• Head Of Creative Services: Alison Peat
• Traffic Coordinator: Jeff Webber
• Creative Services: Morgan Gibbons, Amijit Bilkhu, Arnoud Tempelaere, Francesca Stella, Ranjan Vekaria, Ed Bostock
• AV Suite: Elliot Kidner, Akane Hiraoka
• Director of Business Planning: Yusuke Suai
• Purchasing Manager: Caroline Van Venrooji
• Production Manager: Natalie Cooke
• Online Marketing Manager: Mike Evans
• Online Marketing Executives: Charlotte Mills
• Head of Online Services: Adam Hance
• Community Manger: Kevin Eva
• Head of Legal & Business Affairs: Nicky Ormrod
• Legal Counsel: Paul Massey
• Legal Executive: Saad Choudri
• Licensing Manager: Nivine Emeran
• Head of Development Services: Mark Le Breton
• Production Manager: Ben Howell
• Resource Manager: Ben Jackson
• Localisation Manager: Marta Lois Gonzalez
• Localisation Project Manager: Giuseppe Rizzo
• Translators: Antonella Marras, Antonio Catanese, Carole Kunzelmann, Jesus Alvarez, Nicole Thomer, Tatjana Nath, Daniela Kaynert, Luis J. Paredes, Ronan Salon, Sebastián Pérez Salguero, Sophie Paléologos, Giuseppe Rosa
• Mastering Manager: Dave Pither
• Senior Mastering Technician: Phil Adams
• Assistant Mastering Technicians: Cara Gifford-Pitcher, Jason Sutherland, Mark Abraham
• Functionality Supervisor: Julie Metior
• Project Lead: Nick Dearing
• Project Monitors: Adrian Daly, Veronica Carlos
• Senior Testers: Robert Thompson, Ryan Stone, Darran Wall
• Standards Coordinator: Mohammed Ajaib
• Senior Standards Technician: Lawrence Donohue
• Standards Technician: Martin Walker
• Language QA Supervisor: Alessandro Irranca
• Language Senior Team Lead: Tulay Tetiker
• Language Assistant Team Leads: Carolina Vidal Fimia, Rafael Bermudez Calvar, Stephane Ramael
• Language Senior Testers: Jan Domke, Pedro Gonzalez Gala
• Language Testers: Chiara Canu, Fabio Di Cocco, Michael Willenborg, Muriel Barthes, Marcus Laqua
• Administration Coordinator: Chris Bien
• QA Administrator: Chris Geiles
• Shift Monitors: Chris Bailey, Tony Langan
• Play Testers: Ricky Lovage, Chris Nash, Simon Chang

SEGA Germany

• Marketing Manager: Henning Otto
• Product Manager: Chinh Vu
• PR Executive: Susanne Ortega

SEGA Spain

• Managing Director: Javier Fuentes
• Senior Product Manager: German Fritsch
• PR Manager: Diana Radetski

SEGA Benelux

• Managing Director: Jurgen Post
• Head of Marketing: Johan De Windt
• PR Manager: Roel Peeters

SEGA France

• Dir Gen Europe du Sud: James Rebours
• Responsable Marketing: Thomas Grellier
• Chef de Produits: Alex Chapt
• Responsable RP: Franck Sébastien
• Attachée de Presse: Alexandra Fiore

SEGA Australia

• Managing Director: Darren Macbeth
• Marketing Manager: Gareth Gower
• Junior Product Manager: Neroli Harpur
• PR Manager: Vispi Bhopti
• PR Executive: Rebecca Charalambous
• Special Thanks: Tatsuya Shikata, Nobuyuki Minato, Emi Yamane, Ai Sato, Erica Mason, Jennifer Tsao, John Whitmore, Ken Balough, Kevin Frane, Rick Naylor, Sean Ratcliffe, Tali Fischer, Team Globetrotter
• Game Engine: PhysX
• Reach For The Stars - Opening Theme -
  • Vocals by: Jean Paul Makhlouf of Cash Cash
  • Music & Arranged by: Tomoya Ohtani
  • Lyrics by: Alex Makhlouf & Samuel Frisch
  • Electric Guitars: Susumu Nishikawa
  • Electric Bass: Akinori Yamada
  • Drums: MASUO
  • Drums recorded by: Yoshitada Miya at Towerside Studio, Tokyo.
  • Vocal Tracks Recorded by: Jean Paul Makhlouf at Digital Heart Beat Music in Roseland, NJ.
  • Recorded & Mixed by: Yoshitada Miya at Sega Digital Studio, Tokyo.
• Speak With Your Heart - Ending Theme -
  • Vocals by Alex Makhlouf & Jean Paul Makhlouf of Cash Cash
  • Music & Arranged by: Tomoya Ohtani & Mariko Nanba
  • Lyrics by: Jean Paul Makhlouf
  • Backing Vocals: Kenichi Takemoto, Mika Arisaka, Kaori Sawada
  • Additional Backing Vocals: Natsuha Matsubara, Yuko Furumoto, Shoko Kambe, Takeshi Yamazaki, Kenji Odakura, Yusuke Ikeda
  • Electric Piano: Takahito Eguchi
  • Additional Programming by: Alexander Makhlouf at Digital Heart Beat Music in Roseland, NJ.
• Jean Paul Makhlouf and Alexander Makhlouf of Cash Cash appear courtesy of Universal Republic Records.
• Chief Producers: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Osamu Ohashi
• Executive Supervisors: Yukio Sugino, Takayuki Kawagoe
• Executive Producer: Okitane Usui
• © SEGA