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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Kunoichi''''' (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a [[PlayStation 2]] game developed by [[WOW Entertainment]] and published by [[Sega]]. It is an entry in the ''Shinobi'' series of games, and is a direct sequel to ''[[Shinobi (2002)|Shinobi]]''. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.
 
{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Kunoichi''''' (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a [[PlayStation 2]] game developed by [[WOW Entertainment]] and published by [[Sega]]. It is an entry in the ''Shinobi'' series of games, and is a direct sequel to ''[[Shinobi (2002)|Shinobi]]''. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.
  
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==Production credits==
 
==Production credits==
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'''Voice Cast'''
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{{creditstable|
:'''Hibana:''' Atsuko Tanaka<br>
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{{creditsheader|}}
:'''Onibi:''' Wataru Takagi<br>
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*'''Voice Cast'''
:'''Hisui:''' Chiwa Saito<br>
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**'''Hibana:''' Atsuko Tanaka
:'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Unsho Ishizuka<br>
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**'''Onibi:''' Wataru Takagi
:'''Countdown Announce:''' Mami Kosuge<br>
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**'''Hisui:''' Chiwa Saito
:'''Agent:''' Isshin Chiba<br>
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**'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Unsho Ishizuka
:'''Kurohagane α/Soldier Leader:''' Toshitsugu Takashina<br>
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**'''Countdown Announce:''' Mami Kosuge
:'''Kurohagane F:''' Hiroshi Iida<br>
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**'''Agent:''' Isshin Chiba
:'''Kurohagane β:''' Masao Harada<br>
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**'''Kurohagane α/Soldier Leader:''' Toshitsugu Takashina
:'''Jimushi:''' Ikuya Sawaki<br>
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**'''Kurohagane F:''' Hiroshi Iida
'''Voice Talent Staff'''
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**'''Kurohagane β:''' Masao Harada
:'''Hibana:''' K.Swenson<br>
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**'''Jimushi:''' Ikuya Sawaki
:'''Hisui/Countdown Warning:''' E.Cahill<br>
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*'''Voice Talent Staff'''
:'''Jimushi:''' A.Chriest<br>
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**'''Hibana:''' K.Swenson
:'''Kazaguruma/Commander:''' T.Enos<br>
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**'''Hisui/Countdown Warning:''' E.Cahill
:'''Kurohagane/Narration:''' C.Robertson<br>
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**'''Jimushi:''' A.Chriest
:'''Onibi:''' K.Miller<br>
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**'''Kazaguruma/Commander:''' T.Enos
:'''Agent:''' I.Cross<br><br>
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**'''Kurohagane/Narration:''' C.Robertson
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**'''Onibi:''' K.Miller
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**'''Agent:''' I.Cross
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'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
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{{creditsheader|'''Designers'''}}
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*'''Main/Character:''' Kazutaka Karashima
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*'''Maps:''' Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue
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*'''Enemies:''' Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama
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*'''Cutscenes:''' Kenji Matsumura
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{{creditsheader|'''Programmers'''}}
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*'''Main:''' Tsutomu Matsuo
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*'''Maps:''' Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki
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*'''Character (Player):''' Yoshiji Kosaka
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*'''Character (Enemy/Boss):''' Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, [[Mitsugu Hara]], Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa
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*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]
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*'''Interface:''' Motohiko Hayashi
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*'''Technical Support:''' Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo
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{{creditsheader|'''Artists'''}}
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*'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
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*'''Lead Artist:''' Hirotaka Kanazawa
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*'''Character Concepts:''' Makoto Tsuchibayashi
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*'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
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*'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
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*'''Enemy Design:''' [[Nobuto Iwao]], [[Makiko Ishizuka]], [[Takashi Iida]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
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*'''Map Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]], Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase, [[Nobuto Iwao]]
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*'''Lead Map Modeler:''' Hitoshi Fukazawa
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*'''Map Modelers:''' Tadashi Oomine, Kayo Hoshina, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Naoyuki Takashima, Yosuke Muto, Yuki Kanayama, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase
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*'''Character Model/Lead Modeler:''' [[Makiko Ishizuka]]
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*'''Enemy Model:''' Shizuyo Kanda, [[Takashi Iida]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]], Hajime Goto, Kiyonori Osawa, [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
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*'''Character Animation/Lead Animator:''' Hisashi Tohyama
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*'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]
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*'''Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist:''' [[Yasushi Homma]]
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*'''Visual Effects:''' Sayaca Takahashi, [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]]
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*'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]
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*'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]
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*'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]
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*'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki
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{{creditsheader|'''CG Movies'''}}
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*'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe
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*'''Movie Leader:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
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*'''CG Artist:''' Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
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*'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa
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*'''Script (Cooperation):''' Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
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*'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta
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*'''Web Support:''' Masakatu Watanabe
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{{creditsheader|'''Motion Capture Staff'''}}
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*'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''
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**'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji
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**'''Chief Manager:''' Hiromiti Suzuki
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*'''Motion Capture Cast'''
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**'''Hibana:''' Miwa Hashiguchi
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**'''Jimushi/Kurohagane:''' Kazutoshi Yokoyama
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**'''Onibi:''' Hikaru Takahashi
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**'''Hisui:''' Hitomi Hiraki
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**'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Arata Okumiyama
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**'''Safety:''' Manabu Kato
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**'''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi
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**'''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
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*'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka
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*'''Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo:''' Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda
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*'''Sound:''' Wave Master Inc.
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**'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]
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**'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]
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**'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]
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*'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' Webtone Productions
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:[[Greg Weber]], Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller
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*'''Movie Cooperation:''' Equipment Inc.
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:Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama
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{{creditsheader|'''Sega Corporation'''}}
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*'''Marketing:''' [[Tadashi Takezaki]], Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka
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*'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], Kouki Akiyama
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*'''Research:''' Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa
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*'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]
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*'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi
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{{creditsheader|'''Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.'''}}
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*'''Software Manual & Package Design:''' Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami
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*'''QA:''' Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa
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{{creditsheader|'''Sega of America Inc.'''}}
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*'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]
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*'''Product Manager:''' Heather Hall
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*'''Senior Media Specialist:''' Terin Higgins
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*'''Creative Services Manager:''' Arianne McCarthy
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*'''Public Relations Manager:''' Bret Blount
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*'''Director of PD:''' Osamu Shibamiya
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*'''Localization Producer:''' Klayton Vorlick
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*'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham
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*'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin
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*'''Release Manager:''' Andrei Belkin
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{{creditsheader|'''Special Thanks'''}}
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*'''Sega WOW:''' [[Atsushi Seimiya]], [[Tomoyuki Ito]], [[Akira Nishino]], [[Tohru Yosida]], [[Yoshiaki Endo]], [[Toru Shimizu]], [[Hirabayashi Takao]], [[Satoshi Arai]]
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*'''Sega of America Inc.:''' Lori Von Rueden, Noah Musler
 
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<br>
'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>
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*'''Senior Director:''' [[Masahiro Kumono]]
;'''Designers'''
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*'''Producer:''' [[Ryutaro Nonaka]]
'''Main/Character:''' Kazutaka Karashima<br>
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*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], [[Noriyoshi Ohba]]
'''Maps:''' Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue<br>
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:[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]
'''Enemies:''' Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama<br>
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*'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]
'''Cutscenes:''' Kenji Matsumura<br>
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*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
;'''Programmers'''
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'''© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003'''<br>
'''Main:''' Tsutomu Matsuo<br>
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}}
'''Maps:''' Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki<br>
 
'''Character (Player):''' Yoshiji Kosaka<br>
 
'''Character (Enemy/Boss):''' Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, [[Mitsugu Hara]], Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa<br>
 
'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]<br>
 
'''Interface:''' Motohiko Hayashi<br>
 
'''Technical Support:''' Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo<br>
 
;'''Artists'''
 
'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]<br>
 
'''Lead Artist:''' Hirotaka Kanazawa<br>
 
'''Character Concepts:''' Makoto Tsuchibayashi<br>
 
'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]<br>
 
'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]<br>
 
'''Enemy Design:''' [[Nobuto Iwao]], [[Makiko Ishizuka]], [[Takashi Iida]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
 
'''Map Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]], Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase, [[Nobuto Iwao]]<br>
 
'''Lead Map Modeler:''' Hitoshi Fukazawa<br>
 
'''Map Modelers:''' Tadashi Oomine, Kayo Hoshina, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Naoyuki Takashima, Yosuke Muto, Yuki Kanayama, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase<br>
 
'''Character Model/Lead Modeler:''' [[Makiko Ishizuka]]<br>
 
'''Enemy Model:''' Shizuyo Kanda, [[Takashi Iida]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]], Hajime Goto, Kiyonori Osawa, [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
 
'''Character Animation/Lead Animator:''' Hisashi Tohyama<br>
 
'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]<br>
 
'''Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist:''' [[Yasushi Homma]]<br>
 
'''Visual Effects:''' Sayaca Takahashi, [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]]<br>
 
'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]<br>
 
'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]<br>
 
'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]<br>
 
'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki<br>
 
;'''CG Movies'''
 
'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe<br>
 
'''Movie Leader:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]<br>
 
'''CG Artist:''' Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
 
'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa<br>
 
;'''Script (Cooperation):'''
 
Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>
 
'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta<br>
 
'''Web Support:''' Masakatu Watanabe<br>
 
;'''Motion Capture Staff'''
 
'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''<br>
 
:'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji<br>
 
:'''Chief Manager:''' Hiromiti Suzuki<br>
 
'''Motion Capture Cast'''<br>
 
:'''Hibana:''' Miwa Hashiguchi<br>
 
:'''Jimushi/Kurohagane:''' Kazutoshi Yokoyama<br>
 
:'''Onibi:''' Hikaru Takahashi<br>
 
:'''Hisui:''' Hitomi Hiraki<br>
 
:'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Arata Okumiyama<br>
 
:'''Safety:''' Manabu Kato<br>
 
:'''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi<br>
 
;'''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
 
'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka<br>
 
'''Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo:''' Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda<br>
 
<br>
 
'''Sound:''' Wave Master Inc.<br>
 
:'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]<br>
 
:'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]<br>
 
:'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]<br>
 
'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' Webtone Productions
 
:[[Greg Weber]], Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller<br>
 
'''Movie Cooperation:''' Equipment Inc.
 
:Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama<br>
 
<br>
 
;'''Sega Corporation'''
 
'''Marketing:''' [[Tadashi Takezaki]], Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka<br>
 
'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], Kouki Akiyama<br>
 
'''Research:''' Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa<br>
 
'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]<br>
 
'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi<br>
 
;'''Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.'''<br>
 
'''Software Manual & Package Design:''' Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami<br>
 
'''QA:''' Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa<br>
 
;'''Sega of America Inc.'''
 
'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]<br>
 
'''Product Manager:''' Heather Hall<br>
 
'''Senior Media Specialist:''' Terin Higgins<br>
 
'''Creative Services Manager:''' Arianne McCarthy<br>
 
'''Public Relations Manager:''' Bret Blount<br>
 
'''Director of PD:''' Osamu Shibamiya<br>
 
'''Localization Producer:''' Klayton Vorlick<br>
 
'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham<br>
 
'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin<br>
 
'''Release Manager:''' Andrei Belkin<br>
 
<br>
 
;'''Special Thanks'''<br>
 
'''Sega WOW:''' [[Atsushi Seimiya]], [[Tomoyuki Ito]], [[Akira Nishino]], [[Tohru Yosida]], [[Yoshiaki Endo]], [[Toru Shimizu]], [[Hirabayashi Takao]], [[Satoshi Arai]]<br>
 
'''Sega of America Inc.:''' Lori Von Rueden, Noah Musler<br>
 
<br>
 
'''Senior Director:''' [[Masahiro Kumono]]<br>
 
'''Producer:''' [[Ryutaro Nonaka]]<br>
 
'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], [[Noriyoshi Ohba]]<br>
 
[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]<br>
 
'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]<br>
 
'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]<br>
 
© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003<br>
 
 
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==Physical scans==
 
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Nightshade
System(s): PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sony PlayStation 2
JP
¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329) SLPM-65447
Sony PlayStation 2
US
$49.9549.95[1] SLUS-20810
Sony PlayStation 2
EU
SLES-52238
Sony PlayStation 2
KR

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Nightshade, known as Kunoichi (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a PlayStation 2 game developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega. It is an entry in the Shinobi series of games, and is a direct sequel to Shinobi. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.

Production credits

  • Voice Cast
    • Hibana: Atsuko Tanaka
    • Onibi: Wataru Takagi
    • Hisui: Chiwa Saito
    • Kazaguruma/Narration: Unsho Ishizuka
    • Countdown Announce: Mami Kosuge
    • Agent: Isshin Chiba
    • Kurohagane α/Soldier Leader: Toshitsugu Takashina
    • Kurohagane F: Hiroshi Iida
    • Kurohagane β: Masao Harada
    • Jimushi: Ikuya Sawaki
  • Voice Talent Staff
    • Hibana: K.Swenson
    • Hisui/Countdown Warning: E.Cahill
    • Jimushi: A.Chriest
    • Kazaguruma/Commander: T.Enos
    • Kurohagane/Narration: C.Robertson
    • Onibi: K.Miller
    • Agent: I.Cross

Director: Masahide Kobayashi

Designers
  • Main/Character: Kazutaka Karashima
  • Maps: Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue
  • Enemies: Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama
  • Cutscenes: Kenji Matsumura
Programmers
  • Main: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Maps: Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Character (Player): Yoshiji Kosaka
  • Character (Enemy/Boss): Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, Mitsugu Hara, Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa
  • Cutscenes: Mitsugu Hara
  • Interface: Motohiko Hayashi
  • Technical Support: Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo
Artists
CG Movies
  • Movie Director: Tamotsu Kushibe
  • Movie Leader: Kiminori Kusano
  • CG Artist: Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • CG Character Modeler: Hiroaki Ichikawa
  • Script (Cooperation): Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, Koki Mogi, Masahide Kobayashi
  • Cutscene Storyboarding: Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta
  • Web Support: Masakatu Watanabe
Motion Capture Staff
  • Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.
    • Action Director: Yuta Morokaji
    • Chief Manager: Hiromiti Suzuki
  • Motion Capture Cast
    • Hibana: Miwa Hashiguchi
    • Jimushi/Kurohagane: Kazutoshi Yokoyama
    • Onibi: Hikaru Takahashi
    • Hisui: Hitomi Hiraki
    • Kazaguruma/Narration: Arata Okumiyama
    • Safety: Manabu Kato
    • Setting Safety: Eiichi Takagi
    • Motion Capture Studio Staff
  • Sega Motion Capture Studio: Hans van Veenendaal, Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo: Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda
  • Sound: Wave Master Inc.
  • English Voice Over Recordings by: Webtone Productions
Greg Weber, Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller
  • Movie Cooperation: Equipment Inc.
Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama
Sega Corporation
  • Marketing: Tadashi Takezaki, Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka
  • Public Relations: Yasushi Nagumo, Kouki Akiyama
  • Research: Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa
  • Localization Support: Shinobu Shindo
  • Domestic License Coordinator: Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi
Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.
  • Software Manual & Package Design: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami
  • QA: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa
Sega of America Inc.
  • Executive Vice President: Shinobu Toyoda
  • Product Manager: Heather Hall
  • Senior Media Specialist: Terin Higgins
  • Creative Services Manager: Arianne McCarthy
  • Public Relations Manager: Bret Blount
  • Director of PD: Osamu Shibamiya
  • Localization Producer: Klayton Vorlick
  • Director of QA: Deborah Kirkham
  • Lead Tester: Demetrius Griffin
  • Release Manager: Andrei Belkin
Special Thanks


Sofdec, ADX

© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003

Magazine articles

Main article: Nightshade/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №15, p88[2]
Sony PlayStation 2
70
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Edge (UK) PAL
60
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
55
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[5]
GMR (US) NTSC-U
70
[2]
Hyper (AU) PAL
65
[6]
PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK) PAL
60
[7]
Play Games (DE) PAL
71
[8]
Play (US) NTSC-U
58
[9]
Surge (US) NTSC-U
60
[10]
Sony PlayStation 2
65
Based on
9 reviews

Nightshade

PlayStation 2, US
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Cover
PlayStation 2, JP
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, UK
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, FR

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Disc
PlayStation 2, DE

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Disc
PlayStation 2, ES

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Disc
PlayStation 2, IT

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Disc
PlayStation 2, KR
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References



Games in the Shinobi series
Arcade
Shinobi (1987) | Shadow Dancer (1989)
Sega Master System
Shinobi (1988) | The Cyber Shinobi (1990) | Shadow Dancer (1991)
Amiga
Atari ST
Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum
IBM PC compatibles
MSX
Shinobi (1989)
Sega Mega Drive
The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
Sega Game Gear
The GG Shinobi (1991) | The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992)
Sega Saturn
Shinobi Legions (1995)
Game Boy Advance
The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
Sony PlayStation 2
Shinobi (2002) | Nightshade (2003)
Nintendo 3DS
Shinobi 3D (2011) | 3D Shinobi III (2013)
Nintendo Switch
Sega Ages Shinobi (2019)
Shinobi related media
Music
The Super Shinobi & Works (1989) | Shinobi Original Soundtrack (2002) | Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (2009) | Shinobi 3D Original Soundtrack (2012) | Kunoichi Original Soundtrack (2014) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (2015) | The Revenge of Shinobi (2016) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (2022)
Book
Shinobi: The Fear Pavilion (1994) | Shin Shinobi Den Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1995) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Shinobi (2002) | Shinobi: The Rise of Hotsuma (2002) | Shinobi: The Complete Guide (2002) | Shinobi the Wide Ilustration Archive (2003) | Kunoichi Koushiki Guide Book (2003) | Kunoichi Perfect Guide (2004)