Rikiya Nakagawa

Rikiya Nakagawa
Place of birth: 1959-10-24
Company(ies): Sega AM1, WOW Entertainment
Role(s): Programmer, Producer
Education: Tokai University

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Rikiya Nakagawa (中川 力也) is the former head of Sega AM1 and WOW Entertainment. He was the producer of many of the division's titles, including the Dynamite Deka and The House of the Dead series. After graduating university, he joined Sega in 1983 as a programmer. Having been employed by the company for nearly 20 years, Nakagawa originally headed Sega DD #3, the branch responsible for titles created by Team Shinobi. In 2004, he move to Sammy.

After leaving Sega-Sammy Group, Nakagawa became the President of the Paon, a video game development company.

Production history

• Choplifter (System 1 version) (1985) — Programmer
• Ninja Princess (System 1 version) (1985)
• Alien Syndrome (1987)
• Thunder Blade (1987)
• Sega Super Circuit (1989?)
• Die Hard Arcade (1996/1997) — Producer
• Motor Raid (1997) — Producer
• The House of the Dead (1997/1998) — Producer
• Dynamite Cop (1998/1999) — Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 (1998/1999/2001) — Producer
• The Ocean Hunter (1998) — Producer
• Airline Pilots (1999) — Producer
• Brave Fire Fighters (1999) — Producer
• Sega Tetris (Arcade version) (1999) — Executive Producer
• Zombie Revenge (Dreamcast Version) (1999) — Producer
• The Typing of the Dead (Dreamcast and Versions) (2000) — Producer
• Sega Marine Fishing (Dreamcast Version) (2000) — Producer
• Sega Tetris (Dreamcast Version) (2000) — Executive Producer
• The House of the Dead III (Xbox Version) (2002) — Producer
• Nightshade (2003) — Executive Producer

Magazine articles

Main article: Rikiya Nakagawa/Magazine articles.