Yakuza: Dead Souls/Production credits

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Cast

• Kazuma Kiryu: Takaya Kuroda
• Shun Akiyama: Koichi Yamadera
• Goro Majima: Hidenari Ugaki
• Ryuji Goda: Masami Iwasaki
• Haruka: Rie Kugimiya
• Kage the Florist: Yoshiaki Fujiwara
• Hana: Aya Hirano
• Makoto Date: Kazuhiro Yamaji
• Gunsmith: Unsho Ishizuka
• Hiroshi Hayashi: Shun Sugata
• Hisao Egawa, Hirohiko Kakegawa, Yasuhiko Kawazu, Masaya Takatsuka, Yasuhiro Takato, Isao Teramoto, Kohei Fukuhara, Takahiro Fujimoto, Miyuki Kawasho, Akemi Sato, Hiromi Sudo, Kenji Akabane, Shunzo Miyasaka, Hiromu Miyazaki, Takao Ishii, Takashi Irie, Koji Ochiai, Yohei Tadano, Katsuhiko Kawamoto, Kenichi Fujiwara, Keijin Okuda, Hideki Tanaka, Motohiko Hamano, Taiyo Matsuzawa, Takayuki Sado, Takuji Katou, Yusuke Ochiai, Shohei Owada, Yoshihiro Fukushima, Junpei Endo, Tomoka Kuzutani, Kaori Sawayama, Ai Okita, Mayuko Gomi, Fukuko Terakawa, Ayumi Miyazaki, Madoka Okumura, Yui Satou, Ayano Yamamoto
• Love in Heart "Jun": Jun Komori
• Hostess: Miyabi Tateishi, Hina Sakuragi, Saaya Kawai, Erika Mizushima, Yuria Hayashida, Ai Sakura, Yuna
• Batting Center Model (Cameo Appearance): Konomi Kimura
• Tetsuo Nikaido: Kohji Matoba
• Tomoaki Nagahama: Tetta Sugimoto
• Misuzu Asagi: Chiaki Kuriyama
• Daigo Dojima: Satoshi Tokushige
• POPS: Renji Ishibashi
• DD: Peter

"Yakuza: Dead Souls" Development Team

• Director: Kazuki Hosokawa
• Game Design Director: Riichiro Yamada
• Art Director: Saizo Nagai
• Programming Director: Koji Tokieda
• Battle Action Programming Director: Yutaka Ito
• Music Director: Fumiyoshi Shimohara

"Yakuza: Dead Souls" Game Design Team

• Game Design Team: Takeshi Tanaka, Tadashi Okuda, Koji Yoshida, Mariko Kawase, Shinnosuke Hirasawa, Kotaro Motohashi, Yasuaki Uehara, Yusaku Mizno, Daisuke Takahashi
• Story and Script Written by: Tsuyoshi Furuta
• Production Assistant: Ryota Ishikawa
• Karaoke Production: Ryosuke Horii

"Yakuza: Dead Souls" Art Team

• Environment & Object Lead Artist: Naoki Someya
• Environment & Object Artists: Eiji Hamatsu, Kumiko Sakurai, Mari Tamayose, Michiko Hirasako, Masashi Kuma, Tomoyasu Nakai, Ayako Okamura, Yukiko Takeya, Ryousuke Chiba, Masashi Tobiyama, Daisuke Sato, Kohei Magome, Toshinori Tanizawa, Keisuke Tsugita
• Character Model Lead Artist: Maiko Hagiwara
• Character Model Artists: Kenichiro Kimizuka, Chiharu Ariga, Takashi Kasai, Shin Oonoda, Hisaya Suzuki
• Lead Animator: Takayuki Sorimachi
• Animators: Sota Kikuchi, Masaaki Wanifuchi, Koji Ooki, Shinya Murakami, Wakako Aizawa, Kazumi Ozahata, Takayuki Minato, Kanno Yuichiro, Tatsuya Zaizen
• Event Sequence Lead: Yuichi Higuchi
• Event Production: Marie Tomita, Makoto Ichimura, Suguru Yamada, Kenichi Takanami
• Visual Effects Lead: Kei Iwade
• Visual Effects: Minobu Fujii
• Interface Design Lead: Chigaku Fukuhara
• Interface Design: Junpei Matsuda
• Art Production Support: Miho Nakamura
• AM R&D Dept.#1: Norihito Omoda

"Yakuza: Dead Souls" Programming Team

• Adventure Mode Programming: Yusuke Sekine
• Battle Action Programming: Tomoaki Nakamura
• Boss AI Programming: Tatsuya Kato
• Enemy AI Programming: Yosuke Yamazaki
• Event Programming: Daiki Tsuchimoto
• Physics Programming: Sumito Nakai
• Interface Programming: Shoji Katsuragawa
• Background Programming: Naoki Sakaue
• Character Programming: Kouta Sato
• Sequence Programming: Tamotsu Maeno
• Programming: Daiki Matsuura, Tomonobu Takahashi

"Yakuza: Dead Souls" Sound Team

• Sound Lead: Mitsuharu Fukuyama
• Sound Effect Production: Takashi Nagasaka, Maeda Tatsuyuki, Masaru Setsumaru, Takeshi Isozaki
• Music Composers: Yuri Fukuda, Susumu Tsukagoshi, Yuichi Kanatani, Chihiro Aoki, Takahiro Kai
• Audio Production Assistant: Saori Yoshida
• Audio Production Support: Haruyoshi Tomita
• Interpretation Support: Hidenori Shoji
• Recording Engineer: Naoyuki Machida

Facial Animation Engine Support

• Team Leader: Yuichi Kudo
• Designer: Megumi Hatanaka
• Programmers: Kazunori Nakamura, Yoshiki Sakamoto

Library Team

• System Programming: Takashi Atsu
• Physics Programming: Naohiro Warama

"Yakuza: Dead Souls" Technical Support Team

• Developer Support Management: Mitsunori Fujimoto
• Support Staff: Hisato Tanaka, Yukie Hisadomi, Yuji Umeki, Yusuke Yanagisawa, Akihiro Shimatsu, Toshio Nakamura, Tomoko Kisara

Development Support

Animation Capture Support

• SEGA Motion Capture Team: Takeo Iwata, Hotoshi Noda, Masaki Odagiri, Shinya Sanada, Osamu Sato, Eri Tabei, Misako Ikeda, Satoshi Kitagawa

Data / Programming Support

• SEGA GOLFCLUB Development Team

Production Support

Video Production Support

Avex Entertainment Inc.

• Producers: Atsuki Ichikawa, Kazuhito Hirano
• Production Manager: Toshima Syojiro
• Directors: Toshio Yasuda, Takeshi Kawabuchi, Yoshinari Fuse, Hisashi Murakumo (NewestWorks Inc.), Yukiko Takagi (NewestWorks Inc.)
• Chief Editor: Kazuhiro Ishida (NewestWorks Inc.)
• Editors: Shou Senou (NewestWorks Inc.), Daigo Kogure (NewestWorks Inc.)
• Storyboarding Support: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Kazuo Yorikane, TUETUE KOMBINATO.
• Script Support: Ryohei Terui (BIGFACE.inc), Hideaki Mizuno (BIGFACE.inc)
• Casting Support: Yasuo Fukumitsu (BIGFACE.inc)
• Hair & Makeup: Kijuro Hasegawa (JULLY Co.)

Tattoo Design

• Horitomo

Event Motion Performance

• Mocap Actors: Masanori Mimoto, Akihiro Haga, Makisuke Okamura, Takayuki Yamamoto, Miho Ishikawa, Yumeno Hosoi

Combat Action Choreagraphy

ALPHA STUNTS Inc.

• Combat Mocap Director: Tatsuro Koike
• Performers: Makoto Arakawa, Masahito Okamoto, Koji Kawamoto, Toshinori Sasaki, Hideki Sugiguchi

Event Movie Production Support

Digital Frontier Inc.

• CG Producer: Yusaku Toyoshima
• CG Director: Yasuhiro Ohtsuka
• Senior Artist: Yukinobu Fujimatsu
• Principal Artists: Kiyoshi Ishimaru, Hiroyasu Kondo, Yuu Takahashi, Hideharu Matsukawa, Koichi Kishimoto, Daihichi Hashimoto, Takuya Iida
• Artists: Naoyuki Takeda, Kiyotaka Hirata, Shuhei Kitano, Yasuaki Ikeda, Atsushi Saito, Tomonori Miyawaki, Yosuke Iwasaki, Mayu Ito, Hiroya Wakui, Yuki Tajima, Yuka Kanbayashi, Hideo Isoda, Hidetomo Kanemaki, Masahiro Mushikami, Takehiko Hayashi, Kensuke Kusamoto, Kou Sakurai, Jun Katou, Junki Honma, Seiji Muramatsu, Hiroyoshi Tamura, Yusuke Korenaga, Yusuke Matsumoto, Yusuke Nakamura, Sho Saito, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Makiko Tsukamoto
• Technical Director: Hiroyuki Goto
• CG Line Producer: Takehisa Yoshimura
• Production Manager: Sayuri Masuda
• Motion Capture Unit:
  • Technical Director: Kohki Koshita
  • Technical Assistants: Hitoshi Araki, Tadafumi Tsuchiya, Ami Kurita, Hiroaki Sato

SHIROGUMI Inc.

• Producer: Hiromasa Inoue
• Line Producer: Masayo Ono
• Sequence Director: Dwight Hwang
• Artists: Masahito Honda, Hiroshi Saratani, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Satoko Kawarasaki, Atsushi Sato, Tomoyoshi Yasuno, Katsumi Suzuki, Motosuke Kuroda, Shinji Kato

MARZA ANIMATION PLANET Inc.

• Line Producer: Masahito Imamura
• Project Assistants: Ayano Fukuda, Takashi Chiba
• Effects: Masaya Sugimura, Yoshihisa Inoue, Tai Komatsu
• Compositor: Hirokazu Ayukawa

Game Programming Support

Usapyon Software

• Yasuhiro Ike

3D Scanning Support

• GENERALASAHI Co Ltd. 3DScanning Studio, Shuji Iwamatsu, GA XROSSING Co.,Ltd., Yuji Kimura

Music Production Support/Recording Support

MIT GATHERING CO.,LTD.

• Sound Director: Keisuke Hara
• Recording Engineers: Yuki Yasojima, Sosuke Tsujinaka, Hideyuki Yoshikawa, Yuya Sato
• Mixing Engineer: Naoki Sakurai
• Assistant Engineers: Ryota Mase, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Junpei Shioya
• Composers: YOSHITSURU, EIJI

ONKIO HAUS Inc.

• Studio Mangement: Kumiko Arai
• Recording Engineer: Norihiro Ninomiya

Wang Guang Rec Lab

• Recording Engineers: Naoki Hayami, Ryo Amakasu

Flarewave inc.

• Sound Effect Production: Hideaki Miyamoto, Scat Goto

Dagmusic

• Composer: Daniel Lindholm
• Music Coordinator: Chizu Iwaki

Little Wing Corporation

• Original Score Production: Hiroshi Furukawa, ABOTTO Reo

Studio Echo Inc.

• Recording Engineers: Toshiaki Uemura, Akira Toshima

on your groove

• Sound Director: Hiroyuki Nakayama(en)

Music Production Support

• Vocals: KAZCO, Mayumi Koizumi
• First Violin: Akiko Nasu, Rina Sato, Kaori Murakami
• Second Violin: Natsuki Terasawa, Tomoko Hirayama
• Viola: Ikuno Oike
• Cello: Dangaku Watanabe
• Composers: 83key, Toru Ishizuka, LOVE SOUND SYSTEM (DJ Giuliano, Yoshiji Kobayashi, Ayako)
• Mixer: Leftbrown
• Special Thanks: AM R&D Dept.#1 Sound Section, AM R&D Dept.#2 Sound SectionH, erringbone Co. Ltd, UP-FRONT STYLE Co.,Ltd, Hideki Sakamoto (noisycreak Co. Ltd.)

Casting Support

AoniProduction Co.,Ltd.

• Producer: Katsuaki Ikeda
• Manager: Sachiko Sekine

Theatre Echo Inc.

• Manager: Michiko Takeuchi

Localization

SEGA of Japan Staff Credits

Product Development

• Localization Producers: Jun Orihara, Mariko Kawase
• Localization Director: Ryota Ishikawa
• Programming Lead: Tamotsu Maeno
• System Programming: Tomonori Oshita
• UI Artist: Daisuke Aoyama
• Remix: Hyd Lunch (matsuzakiXwatanabe)
• Music Director: hiroyuki nakayama (on your groove)
• Mixer: 83key

CS Product Support Team

• Manager: Takeshi Shoji
• Vice-Manager: Junichi Shimizu
• Team Manager: Akira Nishikawa
• Staff: Osamu Sato, Satoshi Kuwano, Kenji Takano

Software Manual Production

• Software Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Colin Restall, Tetsuya Honda

Localization Support

• Localization Support: Tatsuya Shikata, Nobuyuki Minato, Ai Sato

SEGA of America Staff Credits

• CEO: Mike Hayes
• President/COO: Masanao Maeda
• Senior Producer: Yasuhiro Noguchi
• Project Manager: Takeshi Shimura
• Localization Specialists: Hayato Wong, Chiaki Ray, Ayumi Yamamoto
• Development Director, International: Patrick Riley
• Senior VP of Production: Gary Dunn
• Executive VP of Sales and Marketing: Alan Pritchard
• Senior Publishing Manager: Katrin Darolle
• Senior Director of Marketing: Darren Williams
• Marketing Director: Marcella Churchill
• Associate Brand Manager: Aaron Webber
• Senior Public Relations Manager: Kerstin Mueller
• Public Relations Manager: Thu Nguyen
• Director, Creative Services: Jen Groeling
• First Party Specialist: Queenie Magsakay
• Production Manager: Mary Disbrow
• Video Editor: Greg Ammen
• Senior Web Designer: Annie Shaw
• Community Managers: Kellie Parker, Julian Mehlfeld
• Senior Operations Director: Tom Dudley
• Business Planning Coordinator: Shinya Fujisaki
• Director of Legal: Liana Larson
• Legal Counsel: Cindy Lin
• Development Operations Director: John Merlino
• QA Manager: Mark Cartwright
• QA Supervisors: Shawn Dobbins, Demetrius Griffin
• QA Lead Tester: Lee Frohman
• Assistant Lead Tester: Keith Geiser
• QA Tester: Tony Lo, Sean Lavender, Kyle Brabender, Alex Truong, John Nelson
• Standards Supervisor: Stephen Akana
• Standards Leads: John Belcher, Lawrence Mann
• Standards Assistant Leads: Jonathan Lalas, Austin Storms, Jake Alejo, Richard Hideshima, Bernard De La Torre
• Standards Testers: Chris Ruane, Wesley Woo
• Text Proofreading: Teressa Guest, Camden Tayler, Junior Sison, Christine Letheby
• Mastering Lab Supervisor: Rey Buzon
• Mastering Lab Technician: Christopher Rilles
• Hardware Specialist: Matt Ellison
• Hardware Lab Technician: Kirsten Coleman
• Special Thanks: Masayo Noda, Enrica Balagot, Miyuki Friedman, Benoni Cabrera

Text Localization

• Inbound: Osamu Shibamiya

SEGA Europe Limited Staff Credits

• CEO: Mike Hayes
• Senior Vice President - Production: Gary Dunn
• Senior Vice President of Marketing: Gary Knight
• Head of Studio Localisation & ESD: Charlotte O'Connor
• Senior Producer: Bobby Wertheim
• Assistant Producer: Renee Teloka
• Brand Manager: Amy Hutchison
• Publishing Manager: Lee Harris
• European PR Manager: Kieran Brigden
• Director of Creative Services: Alison Peat-Borelli
• Traffic Manager: Jeff Webber
• Creative Services: Arnoud Tempelaere, Akane Hiraoka, Matthew Webber, Ed Bostock, Ranjan Vekaria, Elliot Kidner
• Senior Vice President Business Planning & Operations: Yusuke Suai
• Senior Purchasing Manager: Caroline van Venrooij
• Production Manager: Natalie Forsyth
• Online Marketing Manager: Charlotte Mills
• Director of Legal & Business Affairs: Nicky Ormrod
• Legal Counsel: Polly Bennett
• Legal Executive: Marine Cabour
• Head of Licensing: Nivine Emeran
• Director of Development Services SEGA West: Jim Woods
• Head of Development Services: Mark Le Breton
• Resource Manager: Ben Jackson
• Mastering, Equipment and Submissions Manager: Dave Pither
• Senior Mastering Technician: Phil Adams
• Assistant Mastering Technicians: Cara Gifford-Pitcher, Michael Veness
• Project Lead: Andrew Sparks
• Compliance Supervisor: Darran Wall
• Compliance Senior Technician: Arron Caney
• Compliance Technician: Anthony Phillips

• Executive Management: Shigeru Yamashita, Yukio Sugino
• Executive Producer: Okitane Usui
• Senior Executive Producer: Hajime Satomi

In Cooperation With

• DonQuijote Co., Ltd, MATSUYA FOODS CO.,LTD., PRONTO CORPORATION, B&V Corporation., ACECOOK CO.,Ltd., SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED., Kai Co.,Ltd., Gree, Inc., okinawaken hoken shokuhin kaihatu kyoudoukumiai, APA HOTEL, Sunrice Japan Co Ltd., Lejacks Media Pro,Inc., Sony Magazines Inc., DARTSLIVE Co.,Ltd., Sammy NetWorks Co., Ltd., Watami Co., Ltd., TOKYO-SPORTS, FUSOSHA Publishing Inc., Tokyo News Service, Ltd., Nihon Journal Publishing Inc., KODANSHA LTD., TAKESHOBO Co.LTD., DWANGO Co.,Ltd., Fits Corporation K.K., Digital Media Mart Co.,Ltd., ENTERBRAIN, INC., bijintokei Inc., Es Total Produce Inc., IKCO.,LTD., Mitsui Real Estate Sales Co., Ltd., NestaJapan Inc., Tokyo Fire Department, HotLand Co.,Ltd., PIA CORPORATION, TATSUMI PUBLISHING CO.,LTD, Decoo, Inc., Tokyo News Service, Ltd., Genesix, Inc., Xing Inc., Inforest Co.,Ltd., Isuzu Motors Ltd.

• Project Manager: Koji Uemura
• Producer: Yasuhito Baba
• Chief Producer: Masayoshi Kikuchi
• General Director: Toshihiro Nagoshi

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In-game credits