Fumio Kurokawa
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| Fumio Kurokawa |
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| Place of birth: Taitō City, Tokyo, Japan |
| Date of birth: 1960 (age 63-64) |
| Company(ies): Gaga Communications, AM2, Digicube |
| Role(s): Publicist, Journalist |
| Education: Musashi University |
Fumio Kurokawa (黒川 文雄) is a Japanese publicist, journalist, and businessman. Born during late 1960 in in Taito Ward, Tokyo, over the course of his 40+ year career he has worked for numerous multimedia-related companies. Of these, he has seen both official and unofficial association with Sega more than once, through freelance writing and publicity work.
His younger sister is actress/singer Suzuko Mimori.[1]
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Career
Kurokawa was born during late 1960 in Taitō City, Tokyo. After graduating from Humanities studies at Musashi University, he found work at Apollon Music Industry and subsequently Gaga Communications. His first work related to Sega was within the company itself; over a three year-long period during the mid 1990s, Kurokawa was heavily involved in publicity and promotion work for many of AM2's arcade and early Saturn titles.[2]
Following his departure from Sega in 1996, he joined Digicube. Sometime after this, he moved into journalism, notably writing a serialized column for Dreamcast Magazine in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[3] 2003 saw Kurokawa establish Dex Entertainment, under which he was involved with Alteil until 2008. After this, he was vice president at Bushiroad and general manager of online games at NHN Japan, before beginning a freelance career.
During the 2010s, Kurokawa has primarily worked as a content advisor, consultant, and news columnist, as well as presiding over the "Kurokawa Juku" entertainment study group. His "Video Game Storytellers" series of articles for 4Gamer.net, primarily focused on historic Japanese gaming culture, have interviewed several Sega personnel including Hisashi Suzuki, Masao Yoshimoto, Hiroshi Yagi, and Seiichi Ishii.[4]
Production history
Games
- Virtua Fighter 2 (Model 2; 1994) — Publicist
- Virtua Cop (Saturn; 1995) — Publicity[5]
- Virtua Fighter Kids (Saturn; 1996) — Thanks[6] (as 黒川 文雄)
- Fighting Vipers (Saturn; 1996) — Publicity by[7]
Videos
- Daytona USA CGMV (VHS; 1994) — Special Thanks
- CGMV Virtua Fighter 2 (VHS; 1995) — Publicist
- Sega Amusement CG World Best Collection (LaserDisc; 1995) — Publicist
- Virtua Fighter 2 Wheel of Fortune (VHS; 1995) — Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Publicity Section AM R&D Dept #2
Music
- Virtua Fighter 2 Dancing Shadows (CD; 1995) — Special Thanks[8] (as 黒川文雄)
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On Official Sound Data (CD; 1996) — Special Thanks to (as 黒川文雄)
- Fighting Vipers Sega Saturn Original Soundtrack (CD; 1996) — Thanks to
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Fumio Kurokawa
External links
- Video Game Storytelllers Part 2: The life of Seiichi Ishii in the Virtua Fighter prototype
- Video Game Storytellers Part 5: The Journey of Satoshi Mifune and Hiroyuki Nakagome, the Creators of Virtua Striker
- Video Game Storytellers Part 11: Sega's arcade game golden age, where Mr. Hisashi Suzuki poured his soul into
- 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.
- Video Game Storytellers Part 21: Game Gear pursuing ideals at the forefront of the times... Mr. Hiroshi Yagi's pride in the hardware of Sega Video
References
- ↑ http://blog.livedoor.jp/kurokawa_fumio/archives/51317342.html (Wayback Machine: 2011-01-25 20:36)
- ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 8
- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-25 extra (1999-08-27ex)" (JP; 1999-08-13), page 83
- ↑ https://www.4gamer.net/words/011/W01181/ (Wayback Machine: 2022-02-23 07:56)
- ↑ File:VirtuaC1 Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:VirtuaFK_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:FightingV Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:VF2DancingShadows CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 15