Sonic and the Secret Rings/Production credits

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Global Entertainment R&D Dept.#1

• Creative Producer / Game Director: Yojiro Ogawa
• Lead Game Designer: Morio Kishimoto
• Art Director: Yoshitaka Miura
• Lead Programmer: Makiko Nishimura
• Technical Programmer: Tetsu Katano
• Sound Director: Kenichi Tokoi

MAIN GAME

• Game Designers: Yojiro Ogawa, Morio Kishimoto, Shiro Maekawa, Emiko Sunaga, Harumasa Nakajima, Jyunpei Ootsu, Takayuki Okada, Eitaro Toyoda
• Game Tuning Support: SARUGAKUCHO Inc.

Toru Hashimoto, Naoya Kojima, Atsuhito Watanabe, Masayuki Uesugi, Shintaro Nishida

• Player Character Programmers: Makiko Nishimura, Tetsu Katano
• Stage Programmers: Mikio Kume, Yuji Nakayama, Syuhei Ono, Syo Ohhira
• Enemy Programmers: Nobuo Nakagawa, Masayoshi Kamai
• Text / Stage Effect Tools / System Programmer: Mikio Kume
• Menu Programmers: Tatsunori Yumoto, Takahiro Sekiguchi, Masayoshi Kamai
• Tool / Library Support: Yoshitaka Kawabata, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Hiroto Hayashi
• Middleware Support: Shun Hosaka (CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.), Tatsuya Suizu (CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.)
• Field Art Director: Yoshitaka Miura
• Field Artists: Kyoko Chino, Daizo Kimura, Shuto Matsuo, Haruka Yoshida, Wataru Kawahara, Hiroyuki Yagi, Fujisawa Hideaki, Keihan Fujii, Shuhei Sakamoto, Masaru Shimatani, Hiroyoshi Oosawa, Ken Suganuma, Toshiya Arai
• anima inc.: Asuka Ogiwara, Jun Arai, Yasuyuki Kobayashi, Yuuichirou Ootuka, Nobunao Ono, Daisuke Suzuki, Hiroaki Miura
• NAC, inc.: Tomoyuki Izawa, Aki Watanabe, Naohiko Zaitsu, Hiroshi Kiyota, Takuya Matsuda, Mitsuhiro Ohmori
• Creature CG Artists: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Ken Kogawa, Yuki Hirohara
• Motion Artists: Tohru Honda, Kenji Tanaka
• Effect CG Artist: Ryutaro Sugiyama
• Lead Interface CG Artist: Taro Hino
• Interface CG Artists: Rieko Muramatsu, Yasunori Kawaguchi
• Character Design Support: cavia inc., Media.Vision Design Room
• CG Movie Production: anima inc.
• Executive Producer: Shinya Sasahara
• Producer: Haruyasu Akagi
• Project Manager: Kenji Nishino
• Director: Yuki Nakamura
• Art Director: Tomohisa Ishikawa
• Character Modeling: Naoki Kumazawa, Masakazu Taira
• Back Ground Modeling: Michito Nishino, Takahiro Morimoto, Tomohiro Kagawa, Akira Oono, Kenichi Kimura, Toru Okishima, Keiichi Kakogi
• Animators: Kentarou Narimatsu, Manabu Konno, Takayuki Shigekawa, Naoki Terada, Kuniharu Koike
• Visual Effects: Kazuo Mitsuyama, Shunsuke Tsuchiya, Katsuyoshi Yoshizawa, Takahiro Miura
• Compositors: Takafumi Oi, Shigemori Shii, Ryoujin Ota, JETSTUDIO INC.
• 2D Movie Production: SHIROGUMI INC.
• Producer & Director: Hiromasa Inoue
• Assistant Producer: Keiko Tozawa
• Layout & Animation: OZ
• Illustrators: Yuriko Sera, Asako Gotou, Yumi Makino, Makiko Kato, Miki Matsuyama, Ra Shauchin, Yukari Fujio
• Compositors: Toshifumi Yamada, Takeo Yoshikawa, Kanako Tokuyama
• Music: Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Seirou Okamoto, Hideaki Kobayashi
• Sound Effects: Tomonori Sawada, Naofumi Hataya, Masaru Setsumaru, Tatsuya Maeda
• CG Supervising Sound Editor: Eiji "AJ" Nakamura (RedAJ Sound)
• CG Sound Editors: Chiharu "Micchi" Minekawa (RedAJ Sound), Kenichi "KEN" Saito (RedAJ Sound), Yoshihiro "PIRO" Maeda (RedAJ Sound)
• Music Recording & Mix Engineers: Dave Darlington, Yoshitada Miya
• Music Assistant Engineers: Bevin Robinson (Chung King Studios, New York), Yu Aoki (Greenbird, Inc.), Ryosuke Maekawa (Power House, Inc.), Takao Nakazato (Power House, Inc.)
• CG Multi Audio Engineer: Toshihiro Hayano (Delfi Sound)
• New York Session Director: Atsushi "SUSHI" Kosugi (Beat On Beat, Inc.)
• Tokyo Session Coordinators: Hidetaka "CARL" Shibata (Power House, Inc.), Tetsuo Ohkawa (V.O.S, Inc.)
• SEVEN RINGS IN HAND (Theme of Sonic and the Secret Rings)
  • Music: Kenichi Tokoi
  • Lyrics: Runblebee
  • Vocal: Steve Conte
  • Drums: Clint de Ganon
  • Bass: Will Lee
  • E. Guitar: Oz Noy, Chewtaro Moritake
  • Chorus: Sizzle Ohtaka
• WORTH A CHANCE (Ending Theme of Sonic and the Secret Rings)
  • Music: Fumie Kumatani
  • Lyrics: Runblebee
  • Vocal: Steve Conte
  • Drums: Clint de Ganon
  • Bass: Will Lee
  • Aco. Piano: Philippe Saisse
  • Aco. Guitar: Steve Conte
• Japanese Voice Actors: Jun-ichi Kanemaru, Mai Nakahara, Masashi Ebara, Fubito Yamano, Ryoh Hirohashi, Nobutoshi Canna, Kouji Yusa, Daisuke Ono, Taeko Kawata, Sayaka Aoki, Nawo Takamori, Etsuko Kozakura, Chikao Ohtsuka
• Voice Recording Producer: Hiroyuki Inage (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
• Voice Recording Director: Eriko Kimura (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
• Recording: STUDIO UNI, TOKYO T.V.CENTER CO.,LTD.
• English Voice Actors: Adam Caroleson, Bella Hudson, Peter Cormican, Richard Will, Mike Pollock, Amy Palant, Dan Green, Pete Capella, Lisa Ortiz, Rebecca Hoenig
• Recording Engineers: Nick Miller, Mike Knoblauch, Alon Namdar, Ron London
• Voice Director: Chris Collet (4Kids Production, Inc.)
• Production Coordinator: Salvatore Oppedisano (4Kids Production, Inc.)
• Recording Coordinator: Keith Palmer (Sega Studio USA)

PARTY GAMES

• Party Game Development: NOW PRODUCTION Co.,Ltd.
• Party Game Director: Kenjiro Morimoto (SEGA)
• Party Game Art Director: Hideaki Moriya (SEGA)
• Party Game Lead Game Designer: Hiroki Atoji
• Party Game Level Designers: Hidekazu Kuroki, Shinichi Uemaki, Michiteru Okabe, Kenji Kitamura
• Party Game Lead Programmer: Takeshi Maeda
• Party Game System Programmers: Masakazu Fujiwara, Kumiko Ohuchi, Kouhei Imoto
• Party Game Programmers: Shouhei Nakajima, Masafumi Mizuno, Tsukasa Hoonoki, Yohei Yadori, Shigeru Sato, Makoto Morimoto, Ryo Sakamoto, Kazunori Masuda, Kunihiko Kurokawa, Yasuhiko Hayashi
• Party Game Lead Artist: Mitsuhiro Sasatani
• Party Game Field Artists: Daisuke Fujita, Naoki Hirata, Futoshi Okauchi, Yuichi Matsuda, Chiho Tsuguiwa
• Party Game Character Artists: Tomoaki Tsujino, Yusuke Tanaka, Masato Maeda
• Party Game Character Motion Designers: Yoichi Takeda, Mayumi Ohmura
• Party Game 2D Artists: Keiko Ueda, Natsumi Obe
• Party Game Debug Assistants: Takayasu Shirazu, Natsuki Okada, Takaaki Nomura, Mitsutoshi Matsumura, Michiharu Takaya, Masanori Okamoto
• Party Game Development Support: Junichi Ohno

PUBLICITY

• Promotional Visuals: Yuji Uekawa, Beans Magic Co.,Ltd., Masaki Hirooka
• Web Designers: Mayumi Moro, Yuichi Kikuchi
• Game Title: Shun Nakamura
• Special Thanks: Ai Muroi, Shinobu Yokota, Shizue Sakurai, Koji Matsumoto, Takashi Iizuka, Sachiko Kawamura, Masanobu Yamamoto, Miki Kosugi (Beat On Beat, Inc.), Yukifumi Makino (DelFi Sound, Inc.), Yoji Sugiyama (Witchcraft, Inc.), DiMAGIC Co.,Ltd, Takaaki Saito, Tomoatsu Imai, Masato Imamura, Minoru Kusakabe, Takashi Nakashima, AM Dept.#3
• Chief Producer: Akinori Nishiyama

SEGA CORPORATION

• President: Hisao Oguchi
• Executive Management: Hideki Okamura, Masanao Maeda, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Takayuki Kawagoe
• Product Marketing Managers: Yasushi Yamashita, Naoko Ooka
• Sales Promotion Leader: Osamu Sato
• Public Relations Leader: Hiromi Seida
• Retail Sales Managers: Akira Nomoto, Koji Nagata
• Retail Sales Leader: Akihide Ichimura
• Retail Sales Dept.: Toru Yasuda, Tomoaki Ishidao, Takeshi Shimizu, Yoshihito Endo, Teruyuki Awaji, Yasunobu Masahiro, Katsushi Yasuda, Yusuke Watanabe, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Katsutoshi Memezawa, Toyota Tokoro, Tomohiko Hayashi, Tetsuo Sasaki, Hiroshi Iizuka, Hiroki Ohta, Koichi Iino, Shinya Oosaki, Isokawa Taro, Mitsuaki Sugibayashi, Takayuki Murata
• Technical Support: Takashi Shoji, Akihiro Etori, Takashi Ando
• Collision System Support: Akira Kanasugi, Gary McHale, Toyoji Kurose
• Localization Support: Aya Takeuchi
• Representatives at IBPD: Shinobu Shindo
• Product Management: Junichi Shimizu
• Product Support Team: Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Akinobu Koechi, Hitoshi Abe
• Quality Control: Kazuhiro Morii, Yuji Nakamura
• Support Team: Kazunori Yagi, Yukihiro Taguchi, Masahiro Ozeki, Nobuyuki Inoue
• Software Manuals / Packaging: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Takashi Nishimura, Masaru Kobayashi, Tetsuya Honda

SEGA OF AMERICA, INC.

• CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
• President/COO: Simon Jeffery
• VP of Product Development: Dave Cobb
• Localization Manager: John Merlino
• Associate Producers: Christopher Kaminski, Keith Dwyer
• Senior Publishing Manager: Klayton Vorlick
• Development Services Manager: Deni Skeens
• QA Supervisor: Josh Morton
• Master, Duplication & Hardware: Rhianna Kellom, Ray Buzon, Andrew Byrne
• Compliancy Lead: Stephen Akana
• Vice President of Marketing: Scott A. Steinberg
• Director of Marketing: Don Mesa
• Product Manager: Ben Harrison
• Creative Services Manager: Jen Groeling
• Special Thanks: Osamu Shibamiya, Dana Whitney (One PR)

SEGA EUROPE, LTD.

• CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
• President/COO: Mike Hayes
• Development Director: Gary Dunn
• Creative Director: Matthew Woodley
• Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
• Head of Studio, Localisation: Kuniyo Matsumoto
• Localisation Producer: Ayano Murofushi
• UK Brand Director: David Miller
• Head of External Development: Jim Woods
• Publishing Manager: Nathalie Ransom
• European PR: Lynn Daniel, Kerry Martyn, Alistair Hatch
• Senior Brand Manager: Helen Lawson
• Assistant Brand Manager: Michele Dix
• International Brand Manager: Ben Chalmers-Stevens
• Creative Services: Alison Peat, Tom Bingle, Morgan Gibbons, Akane Hiraoka, Arnoud Tempelaere
• Head of Operations: Mark Simmons
• Purchasing Manager: Caroline Searle
• Operations: Natalie Cooke, Michelle Blake
• Head Of Online: Justin Moodie
• Online Marketing Manager: Mike Evans
• Online Development Manager: Nina Ahmad
• Online Creative Manager: Bennie Booysen
• Head of UK Marketing: Tina Hicks
• UK Product Manager: Phil Lamb
• UK PR Manager: Stef McGarry
• UK Trade Marketing Manager: Clare Davis
• Legal Counsel: Nicola Steel, Mark Bennett
• Licensing Manager: Nivine Emeran
• Head of Development Services: Mark Le Breton
• Localisation Manager: Marta Lois Gonzalez
• Localisation Coordinator: Giuseppe Rizzo
• Localisation Team: Antonella Marras, Antonio Catanese, Bannmuller Jay, Sebastian Perez Salguero, Luis J. Paredes, Daniela Kaynert, Brigitte Nadesan, Carole Kunzelmann
• QA Supervisor: Marlon Grant, Stuart Arrowsmith
• Master Technicians: John Hegarty, Jigar Patel
• Senior Team Lead: James Langtry
• Game Engine: PhysX
• Special Thanks to: All staff members and their families
• Created by: SONICTEAM
• Copyright(C)SEGA

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In-game credits

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• Artist (Demo Version): Satoshi Okano

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Developer mentions

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• Localization Producer: Patrick Riley

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US manual