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Masaaki Somaki

Employment history: Sega Enterprises Divisions: Sega CS5 Sega AM2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 2 AM2 of CRI Sega-AM2 Hitmaker
Role(s): Designer, director

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Masaaki Somaki (杣木昌明) is a former designer and assistant director at Sega. After graduating high school, he worked part-time at an arcade in Shinjuku named Spream-Rei. In 1992 he also began working as a part-time game designer for Sega's CS2 and CS5 departments which developed Game Gear titles, such as Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira (with Somaki assisting Ryushin Hamada). After CS5 was dissolved in 1995, he was one of its members of joined AM2, with Somaki taking on a role as a stage graphic designer, most notably Virtua Fighter 3. He and several other developers involved with the Shenmue series, such as Wataru Sakomura and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, then moved to Hitmaker, where he became the assistant director of Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (under Nobuyuki Yamashita).

After leaving Sega, Somaki worked on Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix for Genki, before moving to Pyramid Inc. where he worked on the Patapon and Darius franchises.

He goes by SPREAM-REI or simply REI in high score entries^[2]^[1].

Production history

Games

World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks to^[3] (as Rei)
Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Game Gear; 1993) — Special Thanks to^[4] (as Rei)
Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Master System; 1993) — Special Thanks to^[5] (as Rei)
Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble (Game Gear; 1994) — Thanks^[6] (as R.Somaki)
Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira (Game Gear; 1995) — Plan
Ninku (Game Gear; 1995) — Special Thanks (as M.Somaki)
Pro Striker Final Stage (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special thanks to^[7] (as 杣木昌明)
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 5 Wolf Hawkfield (Saturn; 1995) — CG Designer^[8]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 6 Lau Chan (Saturn; 1995) — CG Designer^[9]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series The Final Dural (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[10]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 7 Shun Di (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[11]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 8 Lion Rafale (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[12]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 9 Kage Maru (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[13]
Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol. 10 Jeffry McWild (Saturn; 1996) — CG Designer^[14]
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Stage Design, Modeling
Virtua Striker 2 (Model 3; 1997) — Designers
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Stage Design, Modeling
Fighting Vipers 2 (Model 3; 1998) — Stage Designers
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Stage Design, Modeling
Outtrigger (NAOMI; 1999) — Stage Designers
Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Debug Management
Fighting Vipers 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Stage Designers^[15]
US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Debug Management
Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — System Planners
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Assistant Director

Videos

Sega Super Game 6 (VHS; 1987) — Game Player

External links

Profile on Hitmaker (backup)

References

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20230820114341.2Fhttps:.2F.2Figcc.jp.2Fkenjo-03-01.2F-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://igcc.jp/kenjo-03-01/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-20 11:43)

[Sega_Super_Game_6-2] Sega Super Game 6

[:File:World_of_Illusion_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:World of Illusion MD credits.pdf

[:File:Land_of_Illusion_GG_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Land of Illusion GG credits.pdf

[:File:Land_of_Illusion_SMS_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Land of Illusion SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Triple_Trouble_GG_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Sonic Triple Trouble GG credits.pdf

[:File:Pro_Striker_Final_Stage_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Pro Striker Final Stage MD credits.pdf

[:File:VFCGP05_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-8] File:VFCGP05_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP06_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-9] File:VFCGP06_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Virtua_Fighter_CG_Portrait_Series_The_Final_Dural_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series The Final Dural Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:VFCGP07_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-11] File:VFCGP07_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP08_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-12] File:VFCGP08_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP09_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-13] File:VFCGP09_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:VFCGP10_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-14] File:VFCGP10_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Fighting_Vipers_2_Dreamcast_credits.pdf_p-15] File:Fighting Vipers 2 Dreamcast credits.pdf

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-{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (杣木 昌明) is a former designer and assistant director at [[Sega]]. After graduating high school, he worked part-time at an arcade in Shinjuku named Spream-Rei{{intref|Sega Super Game 6}}. After joining Sega in 1992, he worked on  [[Game Gear]] titles, including co-designing ''[[Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira]]'' at [[CS5]] (with [[Ryushin Hamada]]). After CS5 dissolved, he was one of its members of joined [[AM2]], with Somaki taking on a role as a stage graphic designer. He and several other developers involved with ''[[Shenmue]]'', such as [[Wataru Sakomura]] and [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], then moved to [[Hitmaker]], where he became the assistant director of ''[[Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz]]''.
+{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (杣木 昌明) is a former designer and assistant director at [[Sega]]. After graduating high school, he worked part-time at an arcade in Shinjuku named Spream-Rei. In 1992 he also began working as a part-time game designer for Sega's [[Sega CS2|CS2]] and [[Sega CS5|CS5]] departments which developed [[Game Gear]] titles, such as ''[[Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira]]'' (with Somaki assisting [[Ryushin Hamada]]). After CS5 was dissolved in 1995, he was one of its members of joined [[AM2]], with Somaki taking on a role as a stage graphic designer, most notably ''[[Virtua Fighter 3]]''. He and several other developers involved with the ''[[Shenmue]]'' series, such as [[Wataru Sakomura]] and [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], then moved to [[Hitmaker]], where he became the assistant director of ''[[Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Marz]]'' (under [[Nobuyuki Yamashita]]).
-He seems to currently work at Pyramid Inc..
+After leaving Sega, Somaki worked on ''Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix'' for [[Genki]], before moving to Pyramid Inc. where he worked on the ''Patapon'' and ''Darius'' franchises.
+He goes by '''SPREAM-REI''' or simply '''REI''' in high score entries{{intref|Sega Super Game 6}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230820114341/https://igcc.jp/kenjo-03-01/}}.
 ==Production history==
-{{ProductionHistory|Masaaki Somaki|M.Somaki|杣木 昌明}}
+{{ProductionHistory|Masaaki Somaki|M.Somaki|R.Somaki|Rei|杣木 昌明}}
 ==External links==