Rikiya Nakagawa

Rikiya Nakagawa
Place of birth: 1959-10-24
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Programmer, Producer, Executive
Education: Tokai University

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Rikiya Nakagawa (中川 力也) is the former head of Sega AM1 and WOW Entertainment. He was the producer of many of the division's titles, including the Dynamite Deka and The House of the Dead series. After graduating university, he joined Sega in 1983 as a programmer. Having been employed by the company for nearly 20 years. In 2004, he move to Sammy.

After leaving Sega-Sammy Group, Nakagawa became the President of the Paon, a video game development company.

Production history

• Choplifter (System 1 version) (1985) — Programmer
• Ninja Princess (System 1 version) (1985)
• Alien Syndrome (1987)
• Thunder Blade (1987)
• Sega Super Circuit (1989?)
• Die Hard Arcade (1996/1997) — Producer
• Motor Raid (1997) — Producer
• The House of the Dead (1997/1998) — Producer
• Dynamite Cop (1998/1999) — Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 (1998/1999/2001) — Producer
• The Ocean Hunter (1998) — Producer
• Airline Pilots (1999) — Producer
• Brave Fire Fighters (1999) — Producer
• Sega Tetris (Arcade version) (1999) — Executive Producer
• Zombie Revenge (Dreamcast Version) (1999) — Producer
• The Typing of the Dead (Dreamcast and Arcade Versions) (2000) — Producer
• Sega GT (2000) — Producer
• Sega Marine Fishing (Dreamcast Version) (2000) — Producer
• Sega Tetris (Dreamcast Version) (2000) — Executive Producer
• Virtua Golf (2001) — Produce
• The Pinball of the Dead (2002) — Executive Producer
• The House of the Dead III (Xbox Version) (2002) — Producer
• Nightshade (2003) — Executive Producer
• Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters (2004) — Most Special Thanks to

Magazine articles

Main article: Rikiya Nakagawa/Magazine articles.