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Kazuhiro Izaki

Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1991^[1] – ) Divisions: Sega AM2 Sega AM11 Sega Software R&D Dept. 4 Amusement Vision Sega Divisions: New Entertainment R&D Dept. Sega CS1 Sega Interactive Divisions: R&D2
Role(s): Artist, Animator

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Kazuhiro Izaki (伊崎和宏) is an artist at Sega of Japan, primarily an animator, who got his start at Sega AM2. The same year he joined, he worked on Rent A Hero^[1]. He was later involved with the Virtua Fighter series up to VF3. During the development of Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge, he followed Toshihiro Nagoshi to the new department Sega AM11, becoming a section manager^[3]. He stayed with its direct successors, becoming involved with franchises like Spikeout, Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, until sometime in the 2010's when he moved back to AM2, where he is known to have worked on Soul Reverse Zero.

Production history

Games

Rent A Hero (Mega Drive; 1991) — Design^[4] (as Zaki)
F1 Exhaust Note (System 32; 1991)^[5]
Virtua Cop (Model 2; 1994) — Design Support
Virtua Fighter 2 (Model 2; 1994) — Main designer
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 5 Wolf Hawkfield (Saturn; 1995) — CG Design Director^[6]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 6 Lau Chan (Saturn; 1995) — CG Design Director^[7]
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Design Director
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Main Motion Design, Direction
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Scroll Design
Scud Race (Model 3; 1996) — Designers
Digital Dance Mix Vol. 1 Namie Amuro (Saturn; 1997) — Motion Design
Scud Race Plus (Model 3; 1997) — Designers
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Design Director
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Main Motion Design, Direction
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Scroll Design
Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge (Model 3; 1998) — Motion Design
Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge (Model 3; 1998) — Design Support (AM11)
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3; 1998) — Chief Motion Designer
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Design Director
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Main Motion Design, Direction
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Scroll Design
Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (Model 3; 1998) — Motion Design
Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (Model 3; 1998) — Design Support (AM11)
Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3; 1999) — Chief Motion Designer
Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — R&D Dept. #4 Designers
Rent A Hero No.1 (Dreamcast; 2000) — アドバイザースタッフ (as 伊崎和宏)
Planet Harriers (Hikaru; 2000) — Motion design director
Spikers Battle (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2001) — Design Director
Spikers Battle (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2001) — Motion Designer
Super Monkey Ball (GameCube; 2001) — Motion Design Director
Virtua Striker 3 Ver. 2002 (GameCube; 2002) — Data Research Team
Super Monkey Ball Jr. (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Design
Super Monkey Ball 2 (GameCube; 2002) — Motion Design Director
F-Zero AX (Triforce; 2003) — Thanks To
F-Zero GX (GameCube; 2003) — Thanks to
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Main designer
Spikeout: Battle Street (Xbox; 2005) — Supervisor
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (Xbox; 2005) — Motion Design Director
Yakuza (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Motion Design
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii; 2006) — Motion Design Director
Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3; 2008) — モーション制作 (as 伊崎和宏)
Yakuza 3 (PlayStation 3; 2009) — Animation Production
Yakuza 4 (PlayStation 3; 2010) — Battle Animation
Yakuza Kiwami (PlayStation 3; 2016) — Yakuza Development Staff
Yakuza Kiwami (PlayStation 4; 2016) — Yakuza Development Staff
Soul Reverse Zero (iOS; 2016) — Designers (as 伊崎和宏)
Soul Reverse Zero (Android; 2016) — Designers (as 伊崎和宏)

Videos

CGMV Virtua Fighter 2 (VHS; 1995) — Main designer
Sega Amusement CG World Best Collection (LaserDisc; 1995) — Main designer

Music

Planet Harriers The Original Soundtrack (CD; 2001) — Graphic Designers

Magazine articles

Main article: Kazuhiro Izaki/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Kazuhiro Izaki

References

[:File:Sega_Magazine_JP_Issue_04_199702.pdf_p25-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sega Magazine, "1997-02 (1997-02)" (JP; 1997-01-13), page 25

[Shenmue.2FProduction_credits-2] Shenmue/Production credits

[:File:DCM_JP_19981225_1998-06.pdf_p164-3] Dreamcast Magazine, "1998-06 (1998-12-25)" (JP; 1998-12-11), page 164

[:File:Rent_A_Hero_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Rent A Hero MD credits.pdf

[:File:F1ExhaustNote_rankingdisplay.png_p-5] File:F1ExhaustNote rankingdisplay.png

[:File:VFCGP05_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-6] File:VFCGP05_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP06_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-7] File:VFCGP06_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

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-{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (伊崎 和宏) is an artist at [[Sega of Japan]], primarily an animator, who got his start at [[Sega AM2]]. The same year he joined, he worked on ''[[Rent A Hero]]''{{magref|segamagjp|4|25}}. He was later involved with the ''[[:category:Virtua Fighter (franchise)|Virtua Fighter]]'' series up to ''VF3''. During the development of ''[[Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge]]'', he followed [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] to the new department [[Sega AM11]]. He stayed with its direct successors, becoming involved with franchises like ''[[:category:Spikeout|Spikeout]]'', ''[[:category:Super Monkey Ball (franchise)|Super Monkey Ball]]'' and ''[[:category:Yakuza (franchise)|Yakuza]]'', until sometime in the 2010's when he moved back to AM2, where he is known to have worked on ''[[Soul Reverse Zero]]''.
+{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (伊崎 和宏) is an artist at [[Sega of Japan]], primarily an animator, who got his start at [[Sega AM2]]. The same year he joined, he worked on ''[[Rent A Hero]]''{{magref|segamagjp|4|25}}. He was later involved with the ''[[:category:Virtua Fighter (franchise)|Virtua Fighter]]'' series up to ''VF3''. During the development of ''[[Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge]]'', he followed [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] to the new department [[Sega AM11]], becoming a section manager{{magref|dmjp|1998-06|164}}. He stayed with its direct successors, becoming involved with franchises like ''[[:category:Spikeout|Spikeout]]'', ''[[:category:Super Monkey Ball (franchise)|Super Monkey Ball]]'' and ''[[:category:Yakuza (franchise)|Yakuza]]'', until sometime in the 2010's when he moved back to AM2, where he is known to have worked on ''[[Soul Reverse Zero]]''.
 ==Production history==