Shigemi Ohmori

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Shigemi Ohmori
Employment history:
Jungle (1998-10[1] – 1999-09[1])
Sega of Japan (1999-10[1] – )
Sega of Japan (?? – 2015-03[1])
Divisions:
Role(s): Animator, Artist
Twitter: @ashizuka16bit

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Shigemi Ohmori (大森 繁美) is a former animator and effect designer at Sega of Japan.

Career

Shigemi Ohmori began as a freelancer in 1997 before joining Jungle. During this era he worked on character modeling/coloring and 2D background design for various PC and console games.[1]

He joined Sega in 1999, two months before the release of his first project Shenmue He would continue to work with producer Yu Suzuki even after the company Sega-AM2 was split to create the new DigitalRex, as well as its successor AM Plus.[2][3] There seems to have been a period directly after AM Plus' closing, shrouded in mystery, where he worked on puzzle games in Shanghai.[4]

In 2015, at the same time Sega Interactive would have been established, he left Sega to become a representative of Aegis Design until 2018. Concurrently, served as a general development advisor for Aspect.[1] Since 2019 he has been co-representative of Toro Kikaku.[1]

Production history

Hardware

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 https://archive.ph/GOkxP
  2. https://archive.li/nWqQl
  3. https://archive.li/Sv6HU
  4. @ashizuka16bit on Twitter
  5. Listed on LinkedIn between Sega Race TV (2008) and StarHorse3/StarBoat (2011)