Masao Yoshimoto
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Masao Yoshimoto (吉本 昌男) joined Sega's engineering division. Chief member of Sega's cabinet design engineering from about the mid 90's onwards. Now at Chief Officer at Sega Sammy Creation since about 2015.
Production history
Games
- Thunder Blade (X Board; 1987) — Cabinet Engineer
- Galaxy Force (Y Board; 1988) — Mechanical Engineers
- Super Monaco GP (X Board; 1989) — Mechanical Engineers
- Rad Mobile (System 32; 1991) — Mechanic Design by
- Rail Chase (Y Board; 1991) — Cabinet Engineer
- Virtua Formula (Model 1; 1993) — Mechanical Design
- Sega Rally Championship (Model 2; 1995) — Mechanical Engineer
- Rail Chase 2 (Model 2; 1995) — Mechanical Designers
- Manx TT Super Bike (Model 2; 1995) — Mechanical Superviser
- Sega Touring Car Championship (Model 2; 1996) — Mechanical Supervisor
- WaveRunner (Model 2; 1996) — Mechanical Design (as M.Yoshimoto)
- Scud Race (Model 3; 1996) — Cabinet Engineers
- Top Skater (Model 2; 1997) — mechanical supervisor
- Le Mans 24 (Model 3; 1997) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Scud Race Plus (Model 3; 1997) — Cabinet Engineers
- Sega Rally 2 (Model 3; 1998) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Daytona USA 2: Battle on the Edge (Model 3; 1998) — Product Supervisor
- Dirt Devils (Model 3; 1998) — Product Supervisor
- Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (Model 3; 1998) — Product Supervisor
- Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Crazy Taxi (NAOMI; 1999) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Airline Pilots (NAOMI Multiboard; 1999) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Ring Out 4x4 (NAOMI; 1999) — Producers
- Jambo! Safari (NAOMI; 1999) — mechanical supervisor
- Samba de Amigo (NAOMI; 1999) — Material Supervisor
- Kasei Channel Mars TV (NAOMI; 1999) — Mechanical Supervisor
- NASCAR Arcade (Hikaru; 2000) — Cabinet Design
- Confidential Mission (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2000) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 (NAOMI; 2000) — Material Supervisor
- Planet Harriers (Hikaru; 2000) — Mechanical supervisor
- WaveRunner GP (NAOMI; 2001) — Adviser
- Air Trix (Hikaru; 2001) — Cabinet Supervisors
- Wild Riders (NAOMI 2; 2001) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Crackin' DJ Part 2 (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2001) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Monkey Ball (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2001) — Mechatronics
- Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball (NAOMI 2 GD-ROM; 2001) — Cabinet
- Virtua Fighter 4 (NAOMI 2; 2001) — Cabinet Design
- Initial D: Arcade Stage (NAOMI 2 GD-ROM; 2002) — Cabinet Design
- The Maze of the Kings (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2002) — Mechanical Supervisor
- Soul Surfer (NAOMI 2; 2002) — Director
- Initial D: Arcade Stage Ver. 2 (NAOMI 2 GD-ROM; 2002) — 筐体デザイン (as 吉本 昌男)
- Virtua Cop 3 (Chihiro; 2003) — Supervisor
- Sega Rally Championship (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Mechanical Engineer
- OutRun 2 SP SDX (Lindbergh; 2006) — Product Supervisor
- StarHorse Progress Returns (NAOMI; 2009) — Special Thanks
- Sega Golden Gun (RingWide; 2010) — Producer
- StarHorse 3 Season I: A New Legend Begins (RingEdge 2; 2011) — Special Thanks
- StarHorse 3 Season II: Blaze of Glory (RingEdge 2; 2013) — Special Thanks
- Showdown (Europa-R; 2015) — Special Thanks
Videos
- CGMV Sega Rally Championship 1995 (VHS; 1995) — Mechanical Engineers (courtesy of AM#4)
Hardware
- R360 (Mid-size attraction; 1990) — Mechanical Engineers
External links
- Video Game Storytellers Part 19: Sega's genes, passed down to the next generation by the development team of the ultimate sensory game cabinet, R360. interview with Fumio Kurokawa at 4Gamer.net (Japanese)