Yakuza 3/Production credits

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Planning/Original Concept: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Masayoshi Kikuchi
Script: Masayoshi Yokoyama
Director: Daisuke Sato
Art Director: Kazuki Hosokawa
Technical Director: Tetsuya Kaku
Music Director: Haruyoshi Tomita
Overall Design: Takeshi Tanaka, Jun Orihara
Sound/Continuity: Masayoshi Yokoyama

Cast

Kazuma Kiryu: Takaya Kuroda
Rikiya Shimabukuro: Tatsuya Fujiwara
Yoshitaka Mine: Shido Nakamura
Tsuyoshi Kanda: Hiroyuki Miyasako
Mikio: Daisuke Miyagawa
Goh Hamazaki: Joji Takahashi
Daigo Dojima: Satoshi Tokushige

Makoto Date: Kazuhiro Yamaji
Shoyo Toma: Ryotaro Okiayu
Kage: Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Tetsuo Tamashiro: Unsho Ishizuka
Kazuki: Hiroshi Tsuchida
Yuya: Kenta Miyake
Osamu Kashiwagi: Shunsuke Sakuya
Kaoru Sayama: Yu Daiki
Junichi Sudo: Mitsutaka Tanaka
Yoshinobu Suzuki: Michihiro Ikemizu
Lau Ka Long: Shinichi Takizawa
Richardson: Charles Glover

Atsuko Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Takuya Kirimoto, Masami Suzuki
Taichi: Shunzo Miyasaka
Koji: Yuta Kasuya
Mitsuo: Kimiko Saito
Shiro: Mariko Tonomura
Ayako: Yumi Sudo
Eri: Kanae Ito
Riona: Sayaka Maeda
Izumi: Mai Aizawa
Saki: Umeka Shoji

Goro Majima: Hidenari Ugaki
Haruka: Rie Kugimiya
Ryuzo Tamiya: Akio Otsuka
(In Japanese Alphabetical Order)
Taruuke Shingaki, Yuichi Ishigami, Chihiro Ishiguro, Yasuhiko Ishizu, Naoki Imamura, Noriko Uemura, Yuichi Unemi, Daisuke Endo, Masato Obara, Masumi Kageyama, Kozue Kamada, Machiko Kanawa, Keisuke Koumoto, Mami Kingetsu, Yuka Komatsu, Rika Komatsu, Youko Komuro, Hiromi Konno, Yuka Saito, Takahiko Sakaguma, Satomi Sato, Yuka Shioyama, Bin Shimada, Mie Sonozaki, Masaya Takatsuka, Eiji Takemoto, Kanako Tateno, Kazunari Tanaka, Keita Toide, Rie Tozuka, Ryohei Nakao, Kayou Nakazima, Makiko Nabei, Hiromi Nishikawa, Tomotsu Nishiwaki, Keisuke Baba, Aya Hara, Aiko Hibi, Kouhei Fukuhara, Eriko Fujimaki, Takahiro Fujimoto, Katsuya Fujiwara, Yukitoshi Hori, Yukihiro Matsumura, Kouhei Matsumoto, Toru Maruyama, Junichi Miyake, Takeshi Mori, Miwa Yasuda, Naoki Yanagi, Shouhei Yamaguchi, Takahiro Yoshimizu

Cameo Appearance

koakuma ageha: Sayaka Araki, Shizuka Muto, Rina Sakurai, Eri Momoka, Riho Nishiyama, Nemu

Ring Announcer: Kei Grant
Shigeru Nakahara: Shigeru Izumiya
Joji Fuma: Tetsuya Watari

"Yakuza 3" Development Team

Director: Daisuke Sato

Yakuza 3 Production Team

Adventure Game Design: Takeshi Tanaka
Main Sequence Design: Mariko Kawase, Kazunobu Takeuchi, Kotaro Motohashi, Yuichi Isobe, Yusaku Mizuno

Battle Game Design: Jun Orihara
Battle Game Sequence: Tadashi Okuda, Keisuke Suzuki, Ryosuke Horii, Shinnosuke Hirasawa, Masao Shirosaki

Sub-Story Script: Katsuhito Goto, Koji Yoshida, Hiroyuki Sakamoto
Production Assistant: Risa Miyatake

"Yakuza 3" Design Team

Chief Designer: Kazuki Hosokawa
Yukio Oda, Tsuyoshi Tsunoi, Naoki Someya, Michihiko Hatoyama, Gyou Ueda, Masashi Kuma, Kumiko Sakurai, Michiko Hirasako, Keisuke Zama, Eiji Hamatsu, Hitoshi Fukazawa, Mayo Sudo, Tomoyasu Nakai, Toshinori Tanizawa, Yuto Nishioka, Takuji Sameshima, Akiyoshi Tamanoi, Keihan Fujii

Scenario Character Design Lead: Saizo Nagai
Game Character Design Lead: Daisuke Tomoda
Character Production: Kenichiro Kimizuka, Maiko Hagiwara, Chiharu Ariga, Yuu Honya, Paku Sugiura, Kazuo Fukasawa, Hisaya Suzuki, Yuichi Nakagawa

Animation Lead: Michio Shirako
Animation Production: Takayuki Sorimachi, Yuji Saito, Takuya Toyota, Kazuhiro Izaki, Sota Kikuchi, Masaaki Wanifuchi, Shinsuke Kajiki, Kazuhito Tamukai, Yousuke Takahashi, Tatsuya Zaizen, Kunihito Ihara,Ken Naitou, Masahiro Oomomo

Event Sequence Lead: Yuichi Higuchi
Event Production: Tomohiko Takeuchi, Sawako Ogino, Katsuaki Kawahara, Masatsugu Saito, Kouhei Watanabe, Souichiro Kobayashi, Makoto Ichimura, Michiko Muto

Properties Production Lead: Takahiro Yamada
Properties Production: Ayako Okamura, Shin Oonoda

Visual Effects Lead: Takashi Iwade
Visual Effects Production: Masaharu Ijichi, Shinpei Okamoto

Interface Design Lead: Chigaku Fukuhara
Interface Design Production: Yosuke Karasawa, Miho Nakamura

"Yakuza 3" Programming Team

Chief Programmer: Tetsuya Kaku

System Programming: Takashi Atsu, Naohiro Warama, Eisuke Ito

Graphics Programming: Kazuhisa Hasuoka, Kouta Sato, Daiki Tsuchimoto, Eiji Takaki

Sounds Programming: Yoshiaki Hattori, Fumiyoshi Shimohara

2D Programming: Jun Tokuhara

Physics Programming: Hitoshi Ohta, Tetsu Yoshimitsu, Takashi Togo

Camera Programming: Hisashi Endo

Stage Programming:Yutaka Ito, Youichi Ishikawa, Yuuki Inagawa

Characters Programming: Kazunori Oyama

Sequence Programmeing: Koji Tokieda, Fumiaki Hara, Shoji Katsuragawa, Tamotsu Maeno, Yusuke Sekine, Yasunori Yamamoto, Shinki Kagawa, Yoshikazu Shibayama, Chiaki Sugiyama, Naoki Sakaue

Battle Programming: Tomoaki Nakamura, Tatsuya Katou, Sumito Nakai

"Yakuza 3" Sound Team

Sound Lead: Haruyoshi Tomita
Sounds Production: Hidenori Shoji, Yuri Fukuda, Takashi Nagasaka, Fumiyoshi Shimohara, Naofumi Hataya, Masaru Setsumaru, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Makito Nomiya, Yuichi Kanatani, Yuuki Takatsuto, Hiro, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Kentaro Koyama, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Takahiro Kai, Chihiro Aoki
Sound Engineer: Naoyuki Machida

"Yakuza 3" Technical Support Team

Developer Support Manager: Mitsunori Fujimoto
Technical Support: Tomonobu Takahashi
Support Staff: Yukie Hisadomi, Wataru Yamanaka

Development Assistance

Facial Animation Engine Assistance:
- Team Leader: Hirokazu Kudou
- Designer: Megumi Hatanaka
- Programmer: Kazunori Nakamura, Yoshinori Sakamoto
Animation Capture Assistance: Takeo Iwata, Hitoshi Noda, Masaki Odagiri, Eri Tabei, Shinya Sanada, Osamu Sato, Crescent, Inc., Hajime Kotani, Masayuki Wakai, Tadayuki Suzuki, Takaya Fukushima, Yoshitaka Honma, Gilles Brossard

Visiual Effects Assistance

Special Effects Lead: Yoshihisa Inoue
Special Effects Production: Takuto Yamamori
Motion Deta Support: VF5 Development Team
Texture Deta Support: MJ Development Team
Deta Support/Programming Support: SEGA GOLFCLUB Development Team, DARTSLIVE Co.,Ltd.
Interview/Production Assistance: SEGA SAMMY BASEBALL CLUB, Atsushi Inoue, Tetsurou Motomura

Video Production Assistance

Studio Interfield Coporation

Creative Director: Mikitada Yamamoto
Producer: Atsuki Ichikawa
Director: Toshio Yasuda (PlusPulse Inc.), Hisashi Murakumo (NewestWorks,Inc.), Yoshinari Fuse
Production Manager: Yasuyo Suga, Shojiro Toshima, Hirotoshi Yamane
Storyboarding Assitance: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Kazuo Yorikane, TUETUE KOMBINATO.

Tattoo Design

Horitomo

Motion Capture Performance

Kazuma Kiryu: Masanori Mimoto, Akihiro Haga, Keichi Asada, Hosoi Yumeno, Makisuke Okamura, Miho Ishikawa, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yoshiki Kobori

Battle Sequence Motion Capture Coordination

ALPHA STUNTS Inc.

Director: Tatsuro Koike
Motion Capture Actors: Masaki Onishi, Masafumi Oishi, Kawamoto Koji, Koichi Funayama, Junya Iwamoto, Muneki Ebinuma, Hiromi Sunatoshi

Pole Dance Coordination

REIKO INTERNATIONAL Co.,Ltd.

Pole Dance Studio LUXURICA

Coordinator: Hitomi Suemune
Pole Dancer: KUMI

Event Movie Production Assistance

AVANT Inc.

Producer: Yoshimi Fujii
Director: Daisuke Fukagawa
Designers: Kei Jumonji, Atsushi Sugiyama, Yukie Chiba, Takahiro Abe, Yuki Kato, Takanori Daito, Ryo Takagi, Tsukasa Shigaki, Chinatsu Ishida, Dony Chiang, Daisuke Kanabayashi, Akira Fujisaki, Tadashi Ohashi, Tetsuya Otani, Syogo Yamaguchi, Yuta Shimizu, Tetsuya Yabumoto, Naoki Shibata, Tomomi Sakuma

DIGITAL FRONTIER Inc.

CG Producer: Yusaku Toyoshima
CG Director: Yasuhiro Ohtsuka
Chief Designers: Kiyoshi Ishimaru, Hiroyuki Okada, Kazuaki Kanou, Hiroyasu Kondo
Designers: Yuu Takahashi, Hidenobu Yoshiyama, Kouichi Kishimoto, Daisuke Kondo, Kiyotaka Hirata, Nao Tsujimura, Daichichi Hashimoto, Takayuki Yafune, Yasuaki Ikeda, Mayu Ito, Yuki Yoshioka, Jun Yonezawa, Atsushi Saito, Kyohei Tominaga, Tomonori Miyawaki
Technical Director: Atsushi Tsugaruya
Assistant Producer: Takehisa Yoshimura
Production Manager: Sayuri Masuda
Motion Capture Unit:
- Technical Director: Kouki Koshita
- Technical Assistants: Hitoshi Araki, Masashi Tsuchiya

SARUCHIN Inc.

Designers: Takuya Iida, Takashi Suzuki, Hideo Isoda, Kazuyuki Kitahara

Background Design Assistance

DIGITAL FRONTIER Inc.

CG Producer: Yusaku Toyoshima
CG Director: Ryo Horibe
Senior Designer: Kazutake Saito
Designers: Kouya Takahashi, Kouji Otomo, Ryosuke Mori, Rie Kanetake, Ikue Suetake, Shino Hiranabe, Yuta Ishikawa, Hideaki Kato, Daisuke Kato, Msaya Anno, Takashi Maruyama, Masato Suga
Sign Board Design: Kentaro "ANI" Fujimoto, Seishiro "RITO" Fujimoto, Tatuki Shigeno, Tsuguki Adachi, Tomoyo Ikegami, Hajime Tsunashima, Takako Okawa, Koki Fujimura, Kazuhiro Shimizu

GEMBA Inc.

CG Producer: Hideki Kuraku
Designers: Takeshi Saito, Sachie Matsuo, Keita Mizuhashi, Yoko Miyaguchi, Kazuo Okada

AVANT Inc.

Producer: Junko Sakurai
Artists: Hiroko Morita, Youko Honma, Yuki Anzou, Akio Watanabe, Yumiko Ashihara

Character/Animation Design Assistance

DIGITALSCAPE Co.,Ltd.

Producer: Kazuhisa Nishimura, Takemi Ichikawa

Bauhaus Entertainment

Animation Project Lead: Tamio Kimura
Animation Product: Kentaro Kato, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Jun Takada, Rena Oki, Saori Wada, Eriko Kato, Yosuke Takahashi, Kazuhiro Suganuma, Hiromichi Hidaka
Character Product Lead: Shoji Ando
Character Product: Yasuhisa Sakamoto, Yusuke Kawamura

IJO Limited Partnership Company

Producer: Kouji Kudou
Animation Product: Kazuaki Kitazawa, Hidenori Kobayashi, Murakawa akio

WEB Production Assistance

Threenine inc.

Producer: Akito Kitano
Designers: Tomoaki Terai, Kentarou Ohmori

Game Programming Assistance

Usapyon software: Yasuhiro Ike

3D Digitizing Assistance

Directors: Syuji Iwamatsu, Hiromitsu Hirashima

Extra Help

HOEI PROJECT Co.,Ltd., Free Wave Co.,Ltd

Music Production Assistance

noisycroak Co.,Ltd.

Sound Producer & Composer: Hideki Sakamoto
Sound Director: Yasuhiro Kawagoe
Composer: Hiroyoshi Kato, Keisuke Ito
Sound Effects: Tsuyoshi Yukawa
Sound Assistance: Yasushi Asada, Ichiro Ebisu, Yuko Sunaga, Naohito Kawano

Casting: Seiichi Negi (Fill In Inc.)
Vocals: Kaori Nishina, Yukari Kamikubo, NORI from PLIME, Remi, Re:Reese's, KIRARA, Keiko Takeuchi, Yuki Niino, Kumi Kousai, Ami Hraki
Violin: Hiroki Muto

Flarewave inc.