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Masaaki Somaki

Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1992^[1] – ) Divisions: Sega CS5 Sega AM2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 2 AM2 of CRI Sega-AM2 Hitmaker
Role(s): Designer, director

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Masaaki Somaki (杣木昌明) is a former designer and assistant director at Sega. After graduating high school, he worked part-time at an arcade in Shinjuku named Spream-Rei^[2]. After joining Sega in 1992, he worked on Game Gear titles, including co-designing Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira at CS5 (with Ryushin Hamada). After CS5 dissolved, he was one of its members of joined AM2, with Somaki taking on a role as a stage graphic designer. He and several other developers involved with Shenmue, such as Wataru Sakomura and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, then moved to Hitmaker, where he became the assistant director of Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz.

He seems to currently work at Pyramid Inc..

Production history

Games

Ninku (Game Gear; 1995) — Special Thanks (as M.Somaki)
Pro Striker Final Stage (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special thanks to^[3] (as 杣木昌明)
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 6 Lau Chan (Saturn; 1995) — CG Designer^[4]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 5 Wolf Hawkfield (Saturn; 1995) — CG Designer^[5]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series The Final Dural (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[6]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 7 Shun Di (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[7]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 8 Lion Rafale (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[8]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 10 Jeffry McWild (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[9]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 9 Kage Maru (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[10]
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Stage Design, Modeling
Virtua Striker 2 (Model 3; 1997) — Designers
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Stage Design, Modeling
Fighting Vipers 2 (Model 3; 1998) — Stage Designers
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Stage Design, Modeling
Outtrigger (NAOMI; 1999) — Stage Designers
Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Debug Management
Fighting Vipers 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Stage Designers^[11]
US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Debug Management
Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — System Planners
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Assistant Director

Videos

Sega Super Game 6 (VHS; 1987) — Game Player

External links

Profile on Hitmaker (backup)

References

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20230820114341.2Fhttps:.2F.2Figcc.jp.2Fkenjo-03-01.2F-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://igcc.jp/kenjo-03-01/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-20 11:43)

[Sega_Super_Game_6-2] Sega Super Game 6

[:File:Pro_Striker_Final_Stage_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Pro Striker Final Stage MD credits.pdf

[:File:VFCGP06_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-4] File:VFCGP06_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP05_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-5] File:VFCGP05_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Virtua_Fighter_CG_Portrait_Series_The_Final_Dural_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series The Final Dural Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:VFCGP07_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-7] File:VFCGP07_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP08_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-8] File:VFCGP08_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP10_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-9] File:VFCGP10_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP09_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-10] File:VFCGP09_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Fighting_Vipers_2_Dreamcast_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Fighting Vipers 2 Dreamcast credits.pdf

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-{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (杣木 昌明) is a former designer and assistant director at [[Sega]]. After graduating high school, he worked part-time at an arcade in Shinjuku named Spream-Rei{{intref|Sega Super Game 6}}. After joining Sega in 1992, he worked on  [[Game Gear]] titles, including co-designing ''[[Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira]]'' at [[CS5]] (with [[Ryushin Hamada]], joined [[AM2]] as a graphic designer, and later became the assistant director of ''[[Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz]]'' under [[Hitmaker]]. He seems to currently work at Pyramid Inc..
+{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (杣木 昌明) is a former designer and assistant director at [[Sega]]. After graduating high school, he worked part-time at an arcade in Shinjuku named Spream-Rei{{intref|Sega Super Game 6}}. After joining Sega in 1992, he worked on  [[Game Gear]] titles, including co-designing ''[[Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira]]'' at [[CS5]] (with [[Ryushin Hamada]]). After CS5 dissolved, he was one of its members of joined [[AM2]], with Somaki taking on a role as a stage graphic designer. He and several other developers involved with ''[[Shenmue]]'', such as [[Wataru Sakomura]] and [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], then moved to [[Hitmaker]], where he became the assistant director of ''[[Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz]]''.
+He seems to currently work at Pyramid Inc..
 ==Production history==