Yakuza 2/Production credits

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• Original Concept: Toshihiro Nagoshi
• Planning: Masayoshi Kikuchi
• Script: Masayoshi Yokoyama, Makoto Itakura
• Director: Ryuta Ueda
• Art Director: Daisuke Sato
• Technical Director: Tetsuya Kaku
• Overall Design: Takeshi Tanaka
• Action Director: Jun Orihara
• Scenario/Storyline: Masayoshi Yokoyama

Cast

• Kazuma Kiryu: Takaya Kuroda
• Kaoru Sayama: Yu Daiki
• Makoto Date: Kazuhiro Yamaji
• Haruka: Rie Kugimiya
• Kage: Yoshiaki Fujiwara
• Tsutomu Bessho: Hidekazu Akai
• Wataru Kurahashi: Shun Sugata
• Yayoi Dojima: Orine Fukushima
• Goro Majima: Hidenari Ugaki
• Kazuki: Hiroshi Tsuchida
• Yuya: Kenta Miyake
• Tamiyo Sayama: Yoko Fujimoto
• Toranosuke Sengoku: Tadahisa Saizen
• Yukio Terada: Gou Shinomiya
• Jin Goda: Masuo Amada
• Ryuji Goda: Masami Iwasaki
• Ryuji Mizuki, Naomi Kusumi, Shunsuke Sakuya, Kenji Nojima, Tomoyuki Dan, Hideyuki Kanaya, Shunsaku Kudo, jyunichi kawamoto, Kappei Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka Tanaka
• 'Grand' Manager/Suzuki: Kazutoshi Iida
• The Masked Yakuza/Patriarch Yamazaki: Suda51
• Nana (Hostess): Nana Natsume
• Yuma: Yuma Asami
• Kaede: Kaede Matsushima
• Masseuse: Aya Koizumi
• Keichi Asada, Masato Ishii, Taketsugu Ishidai, Yohei Inoue, Uoken, Yasuki Uchida, Keisuke Okubo, Yoshiko Ogata, Makisuke Okamura, Kazuma Oku, Orenge, Yoshikazu Kazuma, Katsuya, Kou Kaneshiro, Kotaro Kano, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Orie Kimoto, Takuya Kinimoto, Koichi Kuriyama, Kesuke, Kiyotaka Koga, Takafumi Koshima, Kazuhiro Goto, Nobuko Koyashu, Ryuhei Sakata, Chie Sawaguchi, Kentaro Shimazu, Mako Shimizu, Daigaku Sekine, Kaou Dai, Shingo Takaguchi, keiichi Takahashi, Ken takigawa, Satoshi Taki, Munetoshi Takubo, Mikami Tachibana, Katsumi Tyou, Chon Ganson, Kouko Tsukimoto, Ayako Teraoka, Aya Tenshou, Jin Domon, Kayou Nakajima, Yoshikazu Nagano, Daisuke Nagamine, Ken Nishiyama, Maya Nemoto, Satoru Hamaguchi, Yutaka Funasaka, Babe Hanna, Masanori Machida, Shinya Matsukawa, Kengo Mine, Masonori Machida, Rie Miyoshi, Kazuya Mori, Naoki Yanagi, Kiyo Yoshizawa, Keita Yoshida, Hiroaki Yoshida, Yukiko Wakai

Motion Capture Performance

• Kazuma Kiryu: Masanori Mimoto
• Makoto Date, Others: Keichi Asada
• Ryuji Goda, Others: Daisuke Nagamine
• Shintaro Fuma, Others: Makisuke Okamura
• Kaoru Sayama, Others: Nobuko Otani
• Yukio Terada, Others: Takestsugu Ishidai
• Haruka, Others: Shizuka Moriyama
• Action Assistance: ALPHA STUNTS Inc.
• Director: Tatsuro Koike
• Action: Akihiro Noguchi, Makoto Arakawa, Tomoaki Kawasumi, Fumihito Minimitsuji, Hiromi Sunaoshi, Yoshio Miyaki
• Ring Announcer: Kei Grant
• Jiro Kawara: Susumu Terashima
• Ryo Takashima: Hiroshi Tachi
• Shintaro Fuma: Tetsuya Watari

"Yakuza 2" Production Team

• Chief Development Lead: Ryuta Ueda
• Adventure Mode Lead: Takeshi Tanaka
• Battle Lead: Jun Orihara
• Sub-Story Development: Hiroyuki Sakamoto
• Battle Production: Tadashi Okuda
• Adventure Mode Production: Mariko Kawase, Kazunobu Takeuchi
• Development/Production Assistant: Ryousuke Horii

"Yakuza 2" Design Team

• Lead Designer: Daisuke Sato
• Event Sequence Lead: Yuichi Higuchi
• Background Lead: Nobuaki Mitake
• Background Production: Tsuyoshi Tsunoi, Naoki Someya, Michihiko Hatoyama, Eiji Hamatsu, Kumiko Sakurai, Kenichiro Kimizuka, Mari Tamayose, Kohei Shimizu, Takahiro Yamada, Hidenori Oda
• Character Design Lead: Daisuke Tomoda
• Character Production: Toshihiro Fujimaki, Yukie Shimizu, Maiko Hagiwara, Chiharu Ariga, Tomohiko Takeuchi, Miho Hashimoto, Kaori Tsuruta
• Animation Lead: Michio Shirako
• Animation Production: Yuji Saito, Takayuki Sorimachi, Tatsuya Zaizen, Kunihito Ihara, Shinji Ito, Keiichi Kizu, Makoto Ichimura, Kazuhito Tamukai, Hiroyuki Abe
• Visual Effects Lead: Takashi Iwade
• Visual Effects Production: Masaharu Ijichi, Gyou Ueda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroko Yamamoto, Daisuke Fukuda
• 2D Graphics Production: Yosuke Karasawa, Miho Nakamura
• Movie Special Effects: Kazuki Hosokawa

"Yakuza 2" Programming Team

• Programming Lead: Tetsuya Kaku
• Chief Programmer: Koji Tokieda
• Event Programmer: Kazuhisa Hasuoka
• Adventure Mode Programming: Yutaka Ito, Kazunori Oyama, Fumiaki Hara, Shoji Katsuragawa, Tamotsu Maeno, Yusuke Sekine, Kouta Sato, Daiki Tsuchimoto, Tatsuya Kato, Yasunori Yamamoto
• Battle Programming: Hirohito Horino, Tomoaki Nakamura

"Yakuza 2" Sound Team

• Music Directors: Haruyoshi Tomita, Hidenori Shoji
• Sound Effects Directors: Takashi Nagasaka

"Yakuza 2" Technical Support Team

• Developer Support Manager: Mitsunori Fujimoto
• Developer Environment Assistance: Yukie Hisadomi, Hiroshi Okamoto, Atsushi Suzuki, Wataru Yamanaka

Event Movie Production Assistance

Scene Production/Editing Assistance

AVANT Inc.

• Producer: Yoshimi Fujii
• Director: Daisuke Fukagawa
• Scene Editing: Yukie Chiba, Naoki Moro, Kei Jumonji, Tadashgi Tsukahara, Atsushi Sugiyama, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Megimi Nagoya, Takahiro Abe, Yuki Ito, Takayuki Unemoto, Harumi Noguchi, Takafumi Moro, Yuki Kato, Takanori Daito, Akira Fujisaki, Tetsuya Yabumoto, Hiroko Morita, Naoki Shibata, Daisuke Kanabayashi, Tsukasa Shigaki, Ryo Takagi, Naoyuki Yamashita, Chinatsu Ishida, Ryohei Kawai

Digital Frontier Inc.

• Producer: Yusaku Toyoshima
• Production Managers: Nobuhiro Suzuki, Takehisa Yoshimura, Sachiko Sakamoto
• Director: Yasuhiro Ohysuka
• Designers: Yukinobu Fujimatsu, Akihiko Kawashima, Kiyoshi Ishimaru, Goichirou Inoue, Lin Hsuan fu Anderson, Rikiya Masuda, Wataru Osada, Satoko Kobashigawa
• Technical Engineer: Hiroyuki Goto
• Motion Capture Team: Kouki Koshita
• Technical Director: Hitoshi Araki, Kouta Tanaka

LinksDigiWorks Inc. Sakuratei

• Producer: Shigeru Ohata
• Chief Editor: Ryuji Tominaga
• D.A.G. Inc.: Yuichi Sakai, Takashi Kogure, Hiroshi Tomiyama

Animation Design Assistance

IJO Limited Partnership Company

• Producer: Kouji Kudou
• Animation Designer: Kazuaki Kitazawa, Hidenori Kobayashi

STUDIO IBUKI Inc.

• Producer: Masashi Sakamoto
• Director: Masahiro Miura
• Animation Designers: Keisuke Matsumoto, Ken Hatsuumi, Koji Hayashi, Masatoshi Kasuya, Takahisa Ueno, Takamitsu Kousaka, Shinsaku Hashimoto

Animation Photography/Studio Assistance

OPAKIS (Digital Frontier Inc.)

Sega Corporation Motion Capture Team

• Engineers: Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hitoshi Noda, Yuki Hagiwara

Film Editing Assistance

PlusPulse Inc.)

• Directors: Toshio Yasuda, Yuko Kunihara

Storyboarding Assistance

• Director: Katsurao Hirano

Business Design, Inc.

Game Design/Programming Assistance

Sub Story Scanrio Assistance

• Scenario: Retsu Iwakata

Business Design, Inc.

Game Programming Assistance

• Usapyon software: Yasuhiro Ike

Pachislot Simulator Production Assistance

• Aladdin A: Manufactured by Sammy Corporation
• JYU-OH: Manufactured by Sammy Corporation
• Special Thanks: Sammy Corporation and All Sammy Staff

• Tattoo Design: Horitomo

Music Assistance

Recording/Casting Assistance

Water Orion Co., Ltd.

• Music Director: Orine Fukushima
• Coordinator: Tomohiro Iwaba
• Engineer: Shunya Inubuse
• Production Assistant: Kiyo Yoshizawa

Voice Recording Studio

INTERCOMMUNICATIONS Co.,Ltd., Studio INSPIRE

• Producer: Nobuyuki Abe
• Engineer: Atsushi Sato

POWER HOUSE Inc., POWER HOUSE STUDIO

• Fumiki Yamamoto, Ryosuke Maekawa

Sega Corporation, AM2 STUDIO

• Engineer: Naoyuki Machida

Composition Assistance

noisycroak Co., Ltd.

• Composer: Hideki Sakamoto
• Support: Yasushi Asada, Hiroyoshi Kato
• Data Editors: Tsuyoshi Yukawa, Yuko Sakamoto

CONCORDIA Inc.

• Composer: Atsushi Yamaji

Gem Impact Inc.

• Composer: Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani

Vocal Assistance

Manual of Errors Artists Inc.

• Vocals: Eri Kawai

Studio Cube Inc.

• Vocals: So Youki

Promotional Film Production

Studio Interfield Coporation

• Producer: Atsuki Ichikawa
• Director: Yoshinari Fuse

Musical Services

CRAZY KEN BAND

• Ending Theme Song
• "December 17th"
• Sony and Lyrics by Ken Yokoyama

• Featured Song
• "Black Scar Blues"
• Sony and Lyrics by Ken Yokoyama

• produced by Ken Yokoyama a.k.a. CRAZY KEN
• Licensed by blues interactions, inc.
• Presented by DOUBLE JOY RECORDS CO., LTD

SEGA Corporation Production Staff

• Marketing Manager: Koji Uemura
• Product Support Team: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Kenji Takano, Daisuke Suzuki
• Quality Control: Yuji Nakamura
• Design Team: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Colin Restall, Tetsuya Honda
• Creative Services: Mariko Okada
• Support Team: Yukihiro Taguchi
• Web Design: Akiko Yoshizawa
• Magical V Engine Team: Hirokazu Kudo, Megumi Hatanaka, Junko Yoshida, Kazunori Nakamura, Yoshinori Sakamoto
• Special Thanks: Takaya Segawa, Takeshi Ito, Ai Yamada, Yuka Yoshida, Tsubasa Izumi, Izumi Shirafune, Emi Yamane, Akiko Kuroda
• Sammy Ebisu Plaza: Jun Matsunaga, Sachiko Ide

Sega of America Staff Credits

• CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
• President/COO: Simon Jeffery
• Vice President of Product Development: David Cobb
• Localization Producer: Kevin Frane
• Supervising Localization Producer: Patrick Riley
• Vice President of Marketing: Sean Ratcliffe
• Director of Marketing: Elliott Chin
• Marketing Coordinator: Mabel Chung
• Public Relations Specialist: Thu Nguyen
• Senior Publishing Manager: Klayton Vorlick
• Publishing Manager: Brody Phillips
• Vice President of Sales: Sue Hughes-Taigen
• Creative Services Manager: Jen Groeling
• Creative Services: Heather Lucchetti, Marco Garcia, Bridget Oates, Mary Disbrow
• Head of Operations: Tom Dudley

Operations

• Senior Purchasing Coordinator: Lu Luna
• Inventory and Materials Coordinator: Andy Navarro
• Director of Sales Operations: Laurie Mendez

Sales Operations

• Senior Account Managers: May Hayes, Kathy Nebel
• Account Manager: Linda Lei
• Sales/Operations Coordinator: Helen Kang
• Director of Online: Rhonda Giedt
• Web Producer/Associate Community Manager: Julian Mehlfeld
• Web Designer: Jeremy Caine
• Online Art Director: Rodwin Pabello
• Legal Counsel: Tristan Higgins Goodell, Jana Rubenstein
• Development Operations Director: John Merlino
• QA Supervisors: Shawn Dobbins, Demetrius Griffin
• QA Lead Tester: Anthony Banks
• QA Assistant Lead Tester: Daniel Pangelina
• QA Testers: John Belcher, Dennis DeBernardi, Niroth Keo, Marta Khosraw, Jonathan Lalas, Tamara Williamson
• Localization Text Support: Teressa Guest, Ricky Ramey, Christine Letheby, Junior Sison
• Mastering Supervisor: Rhianna Kellom
• Mastering Lab Technicians: Keith Alorro, Rey Buzon, Chris Rilles
• Hardware Technician: Matt Ellison
• Special Thanks: Carl Smolka, Greg Ammen, Keith Dwyer, Justin Morris, Nestor Protacio
• Overseas Consumer Business Department: Yuka Yoshida
• (SEGA of Japan): Tatsuya Shikata
• Translation: Inbound, Osamu Shibamiya
• Text Implementation: Yousei Muto, Shiori Suzuki

Sega Europe Limited Staff Credits

• CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
• President/COO: Michael Hayes
• Development Director: Gary Dunn
• Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
• Head of Studio, Localisation: Kuniyo Matsumoto
• Producer, Localisation: Ayano Murofushi
• Publishing Manager: Nathalie Ranson
• European PR: Lynn Daniel, Wouter Van Vugt
• Brand Manager: Richard Lassiter
• International Brand Manager: Ben Chalmers-Stevens
• Creative Services: Alison Peat, Tom Bingle, Morgan Gibbons, Akane Hiraoka, Arnoud Tempelaere
• Head of Operations: Mark Simmons
• Purchasing Manager: Caroline Searle
• Operations: Natalie Cooke
• Online Marketing Manager: Mike Evans
• Online Creative Manager: Bennie Booysen
• Legal Counsel: Nicky Boxall, Mark Bennett
• Licensing Manager: Nivine Emeran
• Head of Development Services: Mark Le Breton
• Shift Managers: Marlon Grant, Stuart Arrowsmith
• Senior Mastering Tech: John Hegarty
• Mastering Group: Jigar Patel, Roy Boateng, Wayne Quarmby, Cary Vidal
• Senior Team Lead: Dwayne Buck
• Team Leads: Yusuf Ibrahim, David Higgins
• Testers: Richard Haw, Stephen Amadi, Adam Burgess, Aaron Francis
• Standards Co-ordinator: Mohammed Ajaib
• Assistant Standards Co-ordinator: Mike Hanley
• Standards Tester: Ibrahim Bhatti, Antony Philips

• Executive Management: Hideki Okamura, Masanao Maeda
• Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
• In Cooperation With: Ichimonkai., Idea Corporation (TSURUHASHI FUGETSU), KANDOURAKU Inc., GANKO FOOD SERVICE CO., LTD., GOZOROPPU, SUNTORY LIMITED, TSUTENKAKU KANKO CO., LTD., ZUBORAYA, Decorations, Ltd., (Kushikatsu Doteyaki Ichiban, Kushikatsu-janjan), Central Japan Railway Company, Dream Project Takoten, Don Quijote Co., Ltd, Promise Co., Ltd., MATSUYA FOODS CO., LTD., Sammy Corporation, ISHIHARA PROMOTION

• Executive Producer: Hajime Satomi
• Chief Scenario Editor: Seishu Hase
• Producer: Masayoshi Kikuchi
• General Producer: Toshihiro Nagoshi

Source:

In-game credits

The following credits are omitted from the English version, most likely because these developers had left Sega/their respective companies prior to the Western release.

• Battle Production: 石原 大己
• Background Production: Kenichiro Yasutomi, Masayuki Shirai
• Character Production: Kohichiro Tamura
• Animation Production: Tatsuo Suzuki
• Sound Effects Directors: Hideki Naganuma

AVANT

• Scene Editing: 小泉 禎久

Sega Corporation Motion Capture Team

• Engineers: Shunkichi Yukitake, Kimiko Nakaizumi

Source:

In-game credits (JP)