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Rikiya Nakagawa

Place of birth: 1959-10-24^[1]
Employment history: Sega of Japan (1983 – ) Divisions: Sega AM1 Sega Software R&D Dept. 1 WOW Entertainment Sega WOW
Role(s): Programmer, Producer, Executive
Education: Tokai University^[1]

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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.^[1] Having been employed by the company for nearly 20 years. In 2004, he move to Sammy.^[2]

After leaving Sega-Sammy Group, Nakagawa became the President of the Paon, a video game development company.^[3]

Production history

Games

Water Match (System 1; 1984) — Programmed by
Ninja Princess (System 1; 1985) — Programmer
Alien Syndrome (System 16; 1987) — Programmer
Thunder Blade (X Board; 1987) — Programmer^[4]
Sega Super Circuit (Large attraction; 1988) — Programmer
Last Survivor (X Board; 1989) — Programmer^[5]
Line of Fire (X Board; 1989) — Programmed by
Laser Ghost (System 18; 1990) — Programmer
Air Rescue (System 32; 1992) — Programmer
Final Arch (Sega Titan Video; 1995) — AM1 Manager
Ejihon Tantei Jimusho (Sega Titan Video; 1995) — Producer
Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video; 1996) — Producer
Die Hard Arcade (Saturn; 1997) — Producers^[6]
The House of the Dead (Model 2; 1997) — Producer
Motor Raid (Model 2; 1997) — Producer
The House of the Dead (Saturn; 1998) — Producer^[7]
The House of the Dead (Windows PC; 1998) — Producer
Dynamite Cop (Model 2; 1998) — Producer
The House of the Dead 2 (NAOMI; 1998) — Producer
Dynamite Baseball NAOMI (NAOMI; 1998) — Producer^[8]
Airline Pilots (NAOMI Multiboard; 1999) — Producer
Zombie Revenge (NAOMI; 1999) — Producer
The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
Dynamite Cop (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
Brave Firefighters (Hikaru; 1999) — Producer
Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (Dreamcast; 1999) — スペシャルサンクス (as 中川力也)
Sega Tetris (NAOMI; 1999) — Executive Producer
Zombie Revenge (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
Dynamite Baseball '99 (NAOMI; 1999) — プロデューサー (as 中川力也)
Dead or Alive 2 Millennium (NAOMI; 2000) — Special thanks
Sega GT (Dreamcast; 2000) — Head of Project
Sega GT (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
Sega Marine Fishing (NAOMI; 2000) — Producer
The Typing of the Dead (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producers (as 中川力也)
Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
Sega Marine Fishing (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
Sega Tetris (Dreamcast; 2000) — Executive Producer
Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (Dreamcast; 2000) (as 中川力也)
Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (Dreamcast; 2000) — プロデューサー (as 中川力也)
The Typing of the Dead (Windows PC; 2000) — Producers
The House of the Dead 2 (Windows PC; 2001) — Producer
Sports Jam (Dreamcast; 2001) — Executive Producer
Virtua Golf (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2001) — Produce
Sega Bass Fishing 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Executive Producer
Columns Crown (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Executive Producer^[9]
The Pinball of the Dead (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Special Thanks
Sega GT 2002 (Xbox; 2002) — Executive Producer
Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Executive Producer
Lilliput Oukoku: Lillimoni to Issho Puni! (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー^[10] (as なかがわりきや)
Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Most Special Thanks to^[11]
The Typing of the Dead: Zombie Panic (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Producers (as 中川力也)

Music

Motor Raid/Water Ski (CD; 1998) — Producer^[12]
Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders (CD; 1998) — Producer^[13]
Zombie Revenge (CD; 1999) — Executive Producer
Sega GT 2002 Original Soundtrack (CD; 2002) — Executive Producer (as RIKIYA Nakagawa)

Magazine articles

Main article: Rikiya Nakagawa/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Rikiya Nakagawa

References

[:File:DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf_p94-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf, page 94

[http:.2F.2Fwww.famitsu.com.2Fgame.2Fnews.2F1144960_1124.html-2] ttp://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1144960_1124.html

[http:.2F.2Fgame.watch.impress.co.jp.2Fdocs.2F20080919.2Ftaito.htm-3] ttp://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20080919/taito.htm

[:File:ThunderBlade_Best10Ranking.png_p-4] File:ThunderBlade Best10Ranking.png

[:File:LastSurvivor_BestSurvivor.png_p-5] File:LastSurvivor BestSurvivor.png

[:File:Die_Hard_Arcade_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:House_of_the_Dead_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-7] File:House of the Dead Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:DynamiteBaseballNAOMI_NAOMI_JP_credits.pdf_p-8] File:DynamiteBaseballNAOMI NAOMI JP credits.pdf

[:File:Columns_Crown_GBA_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Columns Crown GBA credits.pdf

[:File:Lilliput_Oukoku_GBA_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Lilliput Oukoku GBA credits.pdf

[:File:FinnytheFish_PS2_JP_credits.pdf_p-11] File:FinnytheFish PS2 JP credits.pdf

[:File:MotorRaid_WaterSki_Booklet.pdf_p6-12] File:MotorRaid WaterSki Booklet.pdf, page 6

[:File:HDaLAR_Album_JP_Booklet.pdf_p8-13] File:HDaLAR Album JP Booklet.pdf, page 8

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 ==Production history==
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-[[Category:Uncredited role]]
-[[Category:Use ProductionHistory template]]
-* ''[[Ninja Princess]]'' (System 1 version) (1985)
-* ''[[Alien Syndrome]]'' (1987)
-* ''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1987)
-* ''[[Sega Super Circuit]]'' (1989?)
 ==Magazine articles==