Toshihiro Nagoshi
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Toshihiro Nagoshi |
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Place of birth: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
Date of birth: 1965-06-17 (age 59) |
Company(ies): Sega of Japan |
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer, Executive |
Education: Tokyo University of Art and Design |
Toshihiro Nagoshi (名越 稔洋) is a the current Chief Creative Officer of Sega.
He graduated from the Tokyo University of Art and Design in 1989 and joined the company shortly thereafter, working for AM2 under Yu Suzuki as a CG designer. He quickly ascended the ranks, and in 1998 became the manager of Sega AM11. When Sega AM11 became Amusement Vision, Nagoshi took the helm as president. He designed and created AM2's arguably most famous racing game Daytona USA, as well as the popular titles Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza.
On April 1, 2012, following a 2012 reshuffling, Nagoshi became the CCO of Sega[1]. He started getting executive unrelated to his division from 2003 onwards. This stopped in April 2005, when he only managed the New Entertainment R&D Dept.. He returned to managing Sega's entire output when New Entertainment turned into CS1 in the middle of 2008.
Production history
- G-LOC: Air Battle (1990)
- Virtua Racing (1992) — Chief Designer
- Burning Rival (1993) — Jackson (Voice Cast), Special Thanks
- Virtua Fighter 2 (1994) — Stage Designer
- Daytona USA (1994) — Chief Designer, Producer, Director
- Virtua Fighter 3 (1996) — Character Modeling Direction (Character Designers) (Designers), Supervisor
- Scud Race (1996) — Producer, Director
- Virtua Fighter 3tb (1997/1998) — Character Modeling Direction (Character Designers) (Designers), Supervisor
- Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition (1997) — Advisor
- Daytona USA Deluxe (1997) — Supervisor
- Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (1998) — Chief Designer, Producer, Director
- Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge (1998) — Producer
- Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (1998) — Producer
- Spikeout: Final Edition (1999) — Chief Designer, Producer, Director
- Shenmue (1999) — Supervisor (R&D Dept. #4)
- Slashout (2000) — Producer, Director
- Planet Harriers (2000) — Producer, Director
- Daytona USA 2001 (2000) — Producer, Game Director, Design Director
- Spikers Battle (2001) — Producer
- Monkey Ball (2001) — Producer, Director
- Super Monkey Ball (2001) — Producer, Director
- Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002) — Producer, Director
- Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) — Producer, Director
- F-Zero GX (2003) — Producer
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003) — Executive Management
- Sonic Battle (2004) — Executive Management
- Sonic Heroes (2004) — Development Division
- Sonic Advance 3 (2004) — Development Division
- Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004) — Executive Producer
- Ollie King (2004) — Special Thanks
- Spikeout: Battle Street (2005) — Producer
- Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005) — Director
- Yakuza (2005) — General Supervisor, General Producer
- Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll (2005) — Producer, Director
- Sonic Riders (2006) — Development Support
- Yakuza 2 (2006) — Producer
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (2006) — Producer, Director
- NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (2007) — Chief Producer
- The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (2007) — Chief Producer
- Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (2008) — Planning/Original Concept
- Sonic Unleashed (2008) — Chief Producer
- Yakuza 3 (2009) — Planning/Original Concept
- Bayonetta (2009) — Chief Producer
- Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Chief Producer
- Puyo Puyo 7 (2009) — Chief Producer
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) — Chief Producer
- Sonic Free Riders (2010) — Chief Producer
- Yakuza 4 (2010) — General Director
- Super Monkey Ball 3D (2011) — Chief Producer
- Yakuza: Dead Souls (2012) — General Director
- Sonic Generations (2011) — Chief Producer
- Jet Set Radio (2012) — Executive Producer (Sega of Japan)
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz (2012) — Chief Producer
- Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (2012) — Creative Officer
- Yakuza 5 (2012) — General Director
- Ryu ga Gotoku 1&2 HD Edition — General Director
- Sonic Lost World (2013) — Chief Producer
- Ryu ga Gotoku: Ishin! (2014) — General Director
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) — Executive Supervisor (Sega)
- Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (2014) — Executive Producer
- Yakuza Zero (2015) — General Director
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) — Executive Supervisor (Sega Games)
- Yakuza Kiwami (2016) — General Director
- Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016) — General Director
Magazine articles
- Main article: Toshihiro Nagoshi/Magazine articles.