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

GENERALASAHI Co.,Ltd.

• 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.

• Sound Producer: Hideaki Miyamoto
• Composer: Love sound system (DJ Giuliano, Yoshji Kobayashi, Ayako)
• Mixer: Leftbrown

MIT GATHERING Co.,Ltd.

• BGM Arrangement: YOSHITSURU
• SE Production: Takashi Tachibana, Takahiro Saito, Takuro Hirosawa
• Coordinator: Keisuke Hara

POPHOLIC Inc.

• BGM Arrangement: Eiji, Kenichiro
• Coordinator: Keigo Mikami
• Vocal: Minako "mooki" Obata

Casting Assistance

Aoni Production Co.Ltd.

• Producer: Katsuaki Ikeda, Sachiko Sekine

LOCALIZATION

SEGA of Japan Staff Credits

• Product Development:
  • Localization Director: Hiroyuki Sakamoto
  • Programming Lead: Tamotsu Maeno
  • System Programming: Tomonori Oshita
  • Adventure Game Design: Mariko Kawase
  • Interface Design Production: Miho Nakamura, Kentaro Tsuji
  • Assistant Director: Risa Miyatake
• Product Testing: Junichi Shimizu, Kouji Nagata, Akira Nishikawa, Osamu Satou, Kenji Takano, Mitsuo konno
• Software Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Colin Restall, Tetsuya Honda
• Licensing: Tetsuya Hotozuka, Rio Kondo, Hitoshi Kawasaki
• Text Localise: Pole To Win Co., Ltd.

Sega of America Staff Credits

• CEO: Mike Hayes
• President/COO: Masanao Maeda

Product Development

• Associate Localization Producer: Kevin Frane
• Senior Localization Producer: Patrick Riley
• Vice President of Product Development: Bret Berry
• Vice President, Content: John Whitmore

Marketing And Public Relations

• Vice President of Marketing: Sean Ratcliffe
• Director of Marketing: Darren Williams
• Senior Brand Manager: Logan Parr
• Public Relations Manager: Denny Chiu
• Senior Public Relations Manager: Tali Fischer
• Public Relations Coordinator: Aaron Palacios
• Senior Creative Services Manager: Jen Groeling
• Media and Events Manager: Teri Higgins
• Associate Production Manager: Heather Lucchetti
• Advertising and Production Specialist: Mary Disbrow
• Graphic Designer: Marco Garcia
• Video Production Manager: Carl Smolka
• Assistant Editor: Greg Ammen
• Director, Online and Community: Brandon Laurino
• Senior Web Producer: Marjorie Puruganan
• Associate Web Producer: Jacqueline Lee
• Senior Web Designer: Annie Shaw

Sales

• Vice President of Sales: Brad Wildes
• Senior Director, Sales Operations: Laurie Mendez
• Senior Account Managers: May Hayes, Kathy Nebel
• Account Manager: Linda Lei
• Sales/Operations Coordinator: Helen Kang
• Director, Channel Marketing: Scott Lambrecht
• Senior Channel Marketing Manager: Sandee Ferrara

Operations

• Senior Operations Director: Tom Dudley
• Senior Purchasing Coordinator: Lu Luna
• Inventory and Materials Coordinator: Andy Navarro

Quality Assurance

• Development Operations Director: John Merlino
• QA Manager: Mark Cartwright
• QA Supervisors: Shawn Dobbins, Demetrius Griffin
• QA Lead Tester: Anthony Banks
• QA Assistant Lead Tester: Aryn Lockhart
• Standards Supervisor: Stephen Akana
• Standards Lead: Lawrence Mann
• Standards Assistant Leads: Dmirtryi Khlynin, Jonathan Lalas
• Standards Testers: David Casallas, Austin Storms
• Localization Text Support: Teressa Guest, Camden Tayler, Justin Honegger, Christine Letheby, Junior Sison
• Mastering Lab Supervisor: Rey Buzon
• Mastering Lab Technicians: Christopher Rilles, Kenneth Nacua
• Hardware Technician: Matt Ellison
• Special Thanks: Osamu Shibamiya, Kerri Hammernick, Aaron Webber
• Overseas Consumer Business Department: (SEGA of Japan) Yuka Yoshida, Tatsuya Shikata

Sega Europe Limited Staff Credits

• CEO: Mike Hayes
• Managing Director - European Development : Gary Dunn
• Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
• Head of Japan Studio: Kuniyo Matsumoto
• Producer: Ayano Murofushi-Arno
• Assistant Producer: Hiroki Saito
• Head of Marketing, Core and Sport: Matt Eyre
• Brand Manager: Amy Hutchinson
• Publishing Manager: Lee Harris
• International PR Manager: Gemma Willocks
• European PR Manager: Kerry Martyn
• European PR Executive: Luisa Mari
• Head of Creative Services: Alison Peat
• Traffic Coordinator: Jeff Webber
• Creative Services: Morgan Gibbons, Akane Hiraoka, Arnoud Tempelaere, Arnoud Tempelaere, Francesca Stella, Ranjan Vekaria, Ed Bostock

• Director of Business Planning and Operations: Yusuke Suai
• Purchasing Manager: Caroline van Venrooji
• Production Manager: Natalie Cooke
• Online Marketing Manager: Mike Evans
• Online Marketing Executives: Charlotte Mills
• Head of Online Services: Adam Hance
• Senior Community Manager: Martin Snelling
• Community Manager: Kevin Eva
• Head of Legal & Business Affairs: Nicky Ormrod
• Legal Counsel: Dan Barnett
• Legal Executive: Saad Choudri
• Licensing Manager: Nivine Emeran
• Head of Development Services: Mark Le Breton
• Production Managers: George Cover, Ben Howell
• Resource Manager: Ben Jackson
• Mastering, Equipment and Submissions Manager: Dave Pither
• Mastering Engineers: Phil Adams, Cary Vidal, Adam Waite, Renan Fabio Rizzi
• Equipment Coordinator: Roy Boateng
• Functionality Supervisor: Julie Metior
• Project Lead: Gabriel Ralls
• Testers: Jonas Carvell, Bryn Richards
• Standards Supervisor: Darran Wall
• Standards Coordinator: Shiva Allari
• Senior Standards Technicians: Arron Caney, Anthony Philips
• Standards Technicians: Warren Beckett, Clayton Victor, Darren Keig
• Administration and Finance Coordinator: Chris Bien
• QA Administrators: Chris Geiles, Martha Mulett
• Shift Monitors: Tony Langan, Chris Bailey, Aman Zadran

• Executive Management: Masanao Maeda, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Takayuki Kawagoe
• Executive Producer: Okitane Usui

• In Cooperation With: APA HOTEL, AEON CORP., Inforest Co., Ltd., ACECOOK CO.,LTD., ecomo.i, VELO TAXI JAPAN, Oenon Holdings, Inc., okinawaken hoken shokuhin kaihatu kyoudoukumiai, OKINAWA MITSUKOSHI, LTD., OKINAWAYA, ORION BREWERIES, LTD., Great Eastern Cooperation, KODANSHA LTD., SUNTORY LIMITED, Sunrice Japan Co Ltd., GEOS corporation, Skymark Airlines Inc., STONE MARKET Inc., DonQuijote Co., Ltd, OPA co.,ltd, B&V Corporation, Higa Shuzo co.,LTD, Foremost Blue Seal Corporation, Promise Co.,Ltd., PRONTO CORPORATION, MATSUYA FOODS CO.,LTD., Unilever Japan (The AXE Effect)

• Executive Producer: Hajime Satomi
• Project Management: Koji Uemura
• Producer: Masayoshi Kikuchi
• General Director: Toshihiro Nagoshi

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In-game credits