Sakae Osumi

Sakae Osumi (大隅栄え) is a former member of Amusement Vision (formerly Sega AM4) involved with motion design and sound production for the Spikeout and Super Monkey Ball series.

Beginning with SpikeOut: Battle Street, Osumi started taking on directorial roles, but would later leave Amusement Vision to join Sonic Team and then move to London to join Sega Europe, where he remains to this day. In this time he has served as a director for the Sonic Rush series and a producer for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.

Osumi is also noted for writing the lyrics for Sonic Rush Adventure's title theme, "A New Venture."

Production History

SpikeOut (1998) — Motion Designer (Designers), Assistant Sound Producer
SpikeOut: Final Edition (1999) — Motion Designer (Designers), Assistant Sound Producer
Super Monkey Ball (2001) — Sound Designer
Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) — Motion Designer
F-Zero GX (2003) — Thanks to
SpikeOut: Battle Street (2005) — Sub Director
Sonic Rush (2005) — Assistant Director (Sonic Team)
Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) — Director (Sonic Team), Lyrics (Title Theme "A New Venture")
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010) — Producer (Sega Europe Limited Staff Credits)