Takashi Oda

Takashi Oda
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1992 – ) Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega Software R&D Dept. 1 WOW Entertainment Sega WOW Sega Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega R&D1 Sega Interactive Divisions: R&D1 Sega
Role(s): Designer, Director

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Takashi Oda (小田 隆志) is a a game designer and director at Sega of Japan. He joined in 1992 and was assigned to Sega AM1 began working on theme park equipment such as the fortune telling attraction Astronomicon. Following several department changes, he returned to AM1 where he created The House of the Dead, though these did not spawn franchises. In this period he also designed the new arcade titles Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt, Motor Raid and Brave Firefighters.

At WOW Entertainment, he continued to director The House of the Dead series as well as the adjacent Namco title Vampire Night. After directing the console-exclusive Altered Beast for Sega WOW, the split into AM1 and GE2 had him return to arcade development to continue THOTD', and even create a new shooter in its footsteps: Rambo.

He became planning manager of Sega R&D1 by 2014.

Production history

Games

• Astronomicon (Large attraction; 1994)
• Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt (Sega Titan Video; 1995) — Designer
• Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt (Saturn; 1996) — アーケード版企画 (as 小田 隆志)
• The House of the Dead (Model 2; 1997) — Director & Planner
• Motor Raid (Model 2; 1997) — Planner
• The House of the Dead (Saturn; 1998) — Director & Planner
• The House of the Dead (Windows PC; 1998) — Director & Planner
• The House of the Dead 2 (NAOMI; 1998) — Director & Planner
• The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Director & Planner
• Dynamite Cop (Dreamcast; 1999) — Special Thanks
• Brave Firefighters (Hikaru; 1999) — Directors & Planners
• The House of the Dead 2 (Windows PC; 2001) — Director & Planner
• Vampire Night (PlayStation 2; 2001) — Director
• Altered Beast (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Directors
• The House of the Dead 4 (Lindbergh; 2005) — Director
• Sega Superstars Tennis (PlayStation 3; 2008) — AM1
• Sega Superstars Tennis (Wii; 2008) — AM1
• The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii; 2008) — Special Thanks
• Rambo (Lindbergh Red EX; 2008) — Director
• Harley-Davidson: King of the Road (Lindbergh Red; 2008) — Director
• The House of the Dead 4 (PlayStation 3; 2012) — Special Thanks
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Windows PC; 2013) — R&D#1
• House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn (ALLS UX; 2018) — Director
• Sega Heroes (Android; 2018) — House of the Dead
• The House of the Dead: Remake (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA
• The House of the Dead: Remake (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA

Music

• The House of the Dead 4 Original Sound Tracks (CD; 2005) — Director
• House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn Original Sound Tracks (CD; 2019) — Director

• Starlight Fortune (1993)

Magazine articles

Main article: Takashi Oda/Magazine articles.

Interviews

• SEGA VOICE interview with Yasuhiro Nishiyama & Takashi Oda (February 16, 2006)
• Takashi Oda interview by Sega Interactive

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Takashi Oda