Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 2

Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 2 Division of Sega of Japan
Founded: 2004-07-01
Defunct: 2008-05-01
Headquarters: Japan
2004-07-01 2008-05-01 ← Sega WOW Sega CS3 →

Global Entertainment R&D Dept. #2 or GE2 was a division within Sega of Japan. It was created by Sega WOW staff, and mainly focused on the home or handheld market. It continued as Sega CS3 after a restructure.

The major and only console project from the division was Valkyria Chronicles. Aside from this, the last entries of the Sakura Wars were released, some entires in the edutainment Naruhodo amongst other smaller fare titles, mostly aimed at Japan.

Members

• Akira Nishino
• Kagasei Shimomura
• Rieko Kodama
• Ryutaro Nonaka
• Shinji Motoyama
• Shuntaro Tanaka
• Takaharu Tereda
• Tetsuo Shinyu
• Tetsu Okano
• Yosuke Okunari

Softography

PlayStation 2

• Sakura Wars V (2005) (with Red Entertainment)
• Sega Ages 2500 (2005-2008) (with M2, Sega Studio China, Land Ho!)

GameBoy Advance

• Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society (2005)
• Gunstar Super Heroes (2005)

Nintendo Gamecube

• Bleach GC: Tasogare ni Mamieru Shinigami (2005) (with Polygon Magic)

Nintendo DS

• Black Jack: Hi no Tori Hen (2006) (with Genki)
• Bleach: The Blade of Fate (2006) (with Treasure)
• Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006 DS (2006)
• Bleach: Dark Souls (2007) (Development: Treasure)
• Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Makai Daibouken DS (2007)
• Dramatic Dungeon Sakura Taisen: Kimi Aru ga Tame (2008) (with Red Entertainment)

PlayStation Portable

• Kanji Trainer Portable (2005) (with Land Ho!)
• Brain Trainer Portable (2006) (with Land Ho!)
• Mind Quiz (2006) (with Land Ho!)
• Nou ni Kaikan: Aha Taiken! (2006)
• Nou ni Kaikan: Minna de Aha Taiken! (2006)
• Sakura Taisen 1 & 2 (2006) (with Red Entertainment)

PlayStation 3

• Miyazato San Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Golfclub (2006) (with Sega AM2)
• Valkyria Chronicles (2008)

List of staff

• Haruki Akiba
• Tomomasa Chin
• Tsunemasa Endo
• Yoshiaki Endo
• Daisuke Fujimoto
• Hitoshi Fukazawa
• Katsuhito Goto
• Shinnosuke Hirasawa
• Takayoshi Hirose
• Yuji Horikawa
• Hideo Ikeuchi
• Yuichi Isobe
• Tomoyuki Ito
• Toshihiro Ito
• Katsuaki Kawahara
• Sota Kikuchi
• Hisao Koba
• Rieko Kodama
• Chika Kojitani
• Haru Maruyama
• Kazuhiro Matsuta
• Emiko Mikuni
• Shinji Motoyama
• Akira Nishino
• Hiroshi Nishio
• Kouichi Nomura
• Ryutaro Nonaka
• Takuya Ogawa
• Satoshi Ohmori
• Tetsuya Ohtsubo
• Masako Okuda
• Tatsuhiro Oshii
• Takeshi Ozawa
• Yutaka Saito
• Akio Sakai
• Kaichi Satoh
• Naoki Shimada
• Tetsuo Shinyu
• Paku Sugiura
• Hitomi Tanaka
• Shinpei Tanaka
• Takuya Toyota
• Masakatsu Watanabe
• Yuji Watanabe
• Kohei Yamashita
• Toru Yoshida
• Yuko Yoshida
• Takanobu Yoshino

References

https://www13.atwiki.jp/game_staff/pages/603.html#id_3d7108ad