Kenji Arai

Kenji Arai
Date of birth: 1970 (age 53-54)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises Divisions: AM Annex Sega AM12 Sega Software R&D Dept. 5 Sega Rosso Hitmaker Sega Divisions: Sega AM3 Sega AM1 Sega R&D1 Sega Interactive Divisions: R&D3 R&D4 Sega Divisions: Sega AJ5 Sega GCS2 Sega GCS1
Role(s): Producer

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Kenji Arai (新井 健二) joined Sega in 1991. After serving as designer at the third AM R&D division, he went from the arcade title Sega Rally 2 to the role of assistant producer. Afterwards, he worked on numerous racing games as producer at Sega Rosso. He is a car lover, to the point that he rides one on weekends all the way to where Mt. Fuji is.

Production history

Games

• Dark Edge (System 32; 1993) — Graphics Design
• Jurassic Park (System 32; 1994) — graphic designers
• Sega Rally Championship (Model 2; 1995) — Graphic Designer
• Baku Baku Animal (Saturn; 1995) — ぎじゅつ きょうりょく (as あらい けんじ)
• Sega Touring Car Championship (Model 2; 1996) — Graphic Designer
• Sega Rally 2 (Model 3; 1998) — Assistant Producers
• Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Assistant Producers
• Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — License Cordinator
• Sega Rally 2 (Windows PC; 1999) — License Cordinator
• NASCAR Arcade (Hikaru; 2000) — Producer
• Initial D: Arcade Stage (NAOMI 2 GD-ROM; 2002) — Producer
• Initial D: Special Stage (PlayStation 2; 2003) — プロデューサー (as 新井 健二)
• Initial D Arcade Stage Ver. 3 (NAOMI 2 GD-ROM; 2004) — プロデューサー (as 新井 健二)
• Sega Rally Championship (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Graphic Designer
• Initial D: Street Stage (PlayStation Portable; 2006) — シリーズプロデューサー (as 新井 健二)
• Hummer Extreme Edition (Lindbergh; 2009) — Support
• Initial D Arcade Stage 5 (Lindbergh; 2009) — Producer
• Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA (RingEdge; 2011) — Producer
• Initial D Arcade Stage 7 AA X (RingEdge; 2012) — Producer
• The World of Three Kingdoms (Arcade; 2014) — Producer
• The World of Three Kingdoms (Arcade; 2014) — Gameplay
• Initial D: Perfect Shift Online (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Producer/Supervisor
• Initial D Arcade Stage 8 Infinity (RingEdge; 2014) — Producer
• Maimai PiNK (RingEdge 2; 2015) — Producer
• Maimai Finale (RingEdge 2; 2018) — プロデューサー (as 新井 健二)
• Ongeki bright Memory (ALLS HX; 2022) — プロデューサー (as 新井 健二)

Videos

• Sega Amusement CG World Best Collection (LaserDisc; 1995) — Graphic Designers
• CGMV Sega Rally Championship 1995 (VHS; 1995) — Graphic Designers
• CGMV Sega Rally Championship 1995 (VHS; 1995) — Technical Driver

Music

• Initial D Special Stage Sega Original Tracks (CD; 2004) — Producer
• Initial D Arcade Stage Sega Original Tracks (CD; 2004) — Producer
• The Works II (CD; 2016) — Producers & Directors for the Original Projects

• Sega Rally 2006 (2006) — Producer
• Initial D: Extreme Stage (2008) — Producer
• Initial D Arcade Stage Zero (2017) — Producer

Magazine articles

Main article: Kenji Arai/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Kenji Arai

Interviews

• Kenji Arai interview by Sega (June 26, 2003)
• Kenji Arai & Kazumasa Nishijima interview by GAME Watch (March 15, 2004)