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Sohey Yamamoto

Date of birth: 1969^[1] (age 54-55)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1989-04^[2]^[3] – ) Divisions: Sega R&D 1 Sega AM3 AM Annex Sega Mechatro Sega Divisions: Sega Mechatro Sega R&D1 Sega Interactive Divisions: R&D1
Role(s): Programmer
Education: National Institute of Technology, Numazu College (1989)^[3]

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Sohey Yamamoto (山本宗平) joined Sega in 1989 as a programmer, though intended to join as an arcade cabinet engineer. The first game he worked on was the System 18 version of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker^[6]. Notable works included VR-1, the Sega Rally series and the StarHorse series. In the 2010's he became more involved with game servers, web clients and eSports tournament broadcast tools.^[2]

Yamamoto is married to Yuko Takizaki^[7].

Production history

Games

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (System 18; 1990) — Programmer
Rail Chase (Y Board; 1991) — Programmer
Wally o Sagase! (System 18; 1992) — Program^[8] (as S.Yamamoto)
Title Fight (System 32; 1993) — Special Thanks to (as S.Yamamoto)
Star Wars Arcade (Model 1; 1993) — Programmed by
Sega Rally Championship (Model 2; 1995) — Chief Programmer (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Sega Rally Championship (Saturn; 1995) — Special Thanks^[9] (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Sega Touring Car Championship (Model 2; 1996) — Chief Programmer (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Sega Rally Championship Plus (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks^[10] (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Sega Rally Championship (Windows PC; 1997) — Special Thanks (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Sega Touring Car Championship (Saturn; 1997) — Technical Advisers^[11] (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Sega Rally 2 (Model 3; 1998) — Chief Programmer
Sega Touring Car Championship (Windows PC; 1998) — Technical Advisors (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Sega Touring Car Championship (Windows PC; 1998) — Technical Advisers^[12] (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Chief Programmer
Ring Out 4x4 (NAOMI; 1999) — Programmers
Club Kart: European Session (NAOMI 2; 2001)
Shootout Pool (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2002) — Special Thanks^[13] (as Sohei Yamamoto)
Club Kart Prize (NAOMI 2; 2003)
Sega Rally Championship (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Chief Programmer (as Sohei Yamamoto)
StarHorse 3 Season I: A New Legend Begins (RingEdge 2; 2011) — Programmers
Code of Joker (RingEdge 2; 2013) — Live Broadcast System
StarHorse 3 Season II: Blaze of Glory (RingEdge 2; 2013) — Special Thanks (as Sohei Yamamoto)
StarHorse 3 Season IV: Dream on the Turf (RingEdge 2; 2015) — Special Thanks
Maimai Finale (RingEdge 2; 2018) — プログラマー (as 山本宗平)

Videos

Sega Amusement CG World Best Collection (LaserDisc; 1995) — Chief programmer (as Sohei Yamamoto)
CGMV Sega Rally Championship 1995 (VHS; 1995) — Chief Programmer (as Sohei Yamamoto)
CGMV Sega Rally Championship 1995 (VHS; 1995) — Technical Driver (as Sohei Yamamoto)

Magazine articles

Main article: Sohey Yamamoto/Magazine articles.

External links

Sohey Yamamoto on Facebook

References

↑ https://www.facebook.com/sohey.yamamoto/about_contact_and_basic_info
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://cedec.cesa.or.jp/2017/session/BP/s58de24fdaea16.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-11 09:14)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://www.facebook.com/sohey.yamamoto/about_work_and_education
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (JP; 1995-10-07), page 63
↑ https://www.photron-digix.jp/showcase/20160614.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-11-26 07:12)
↑ Facebook Messenger interview with Sohey Yamamoto
↑ https://www.facebook.com/yuko.takizaki/about
↑ File:WallyoSagase credits.pdf
↑ File:Sega Rally Championship JP Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:Sega Rally Championship Plus Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:Sega Touring Car Championship Saturn credits.pdf
↑ File:STCC PC US Manual.pdf, page 37
↑ File:ShootoutPool credits.pdf

[https:.2F.2Fwww.facebook.com.2Fsohey.yamamoto.2Fabout_contact_and_basic_info-1] ttps://www.facebook.com/sohey.yamamoto/about_contact_and_basic_info

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20230911091444.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fcedec.cesa.or.jp.2F2017.2Fsession.2FBP.2Fs58de24fdaea16.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://cedec.cesa.or.jp/2017/session/BP/s58de24fdaea16.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-11 09:14)

[https:.2F.2Fwww.facebook.com.2Fsohey.yamamoto.2Fabout_work_and_education-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://www.facebook.com/sohey.yamamoto/about_work_and_education

[:File:SSM_JP_19951101_1995-11.pdf_p63-4] Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (JP; 1995-10-07), page 63

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20231126071241.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.photron-digix.jp.2Fshowcase.2F20160614.html-5] ttps://www.photron-digix.jp/showcase/20160614.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-11-26 07:12)

[6] Facebook Messenger interview with Sohey Yamamoto

[https:.2F.2Fwww.facebook.com.2Fyuko.takizaki.2Fabout-7] ttps://www.facebook.com/yuko.takizaki/about

[:File:WallyoSagase_credits.pdf_p-8] File:WallyoSagase credits.pdf

[:File:Sega_Rally_Championship_JP_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Sega Rally Championship JP Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sega_Rally_Championship_Plus_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Sega Rally Championship Plus Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sega_Touring_Car_Championship_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Sega Touring Car Championship Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:STCC_PC_US_Manual.pdf_p37-12] File:STCC PC US Manual.pdf, page 37

[:File:ShootoutPool_credits.pdf_p-13] File:ShootoutPool credits.pdf

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