Akihito Hiroyoshi

Akihito Hiroyoshi

Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1988^[1] – ) Divisions: Studio 128 Sega R&D 8 Sega AM2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 2 Sega-AM2 Sega (?? – 2009^[1]) Divisions: Sega AM2
Role(s): Artist, designer
Twitter: @a_piroyoshi

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Akihito Hiroyoshi (廣吉明人) is a designer at Sega. He is notable for having designed various characters that have appeared in AM2 games, including Rage and Smarty from the Virtua Cop series.^[3]

Production history

Games

Power Drift (Y Board; 1988) — Character Design
Turbo OutRun (OutRun hardware; 1989) — Design
G-LOC: Air Battle (Y Board; 1990) — Graphics
GP Rider (X Board; 1990) — Cutscene Graphics
Rent A Hero (Mega Drive; 1991) — USO-800 Design
Arabian Fight (System 32; 1992) — Character Designer
F1 Super Lap (System 32; 1993) — Designer
Virtua Cop (Model 2; 1994) — Main Designer (as Akihito Hiroyosi)
Virtua Cop 2 (Model 2; 1995) — Main Designer
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Character Design
Scud Race (Model 3; 1996) — Designers
Scud Race Plus (Model 3; 1997) — Designers
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Character Design
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Character Design
Charge 'N Blast (NAOMI; 1999) — Character Designers
Charge 'N Blast (Dreamcast; 2000) — Character Designers
Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball (NAOMI 2 GD-ROM; 2001) — Designers
Virtua Fighter 4 (NAOMI 2; 2001) — Design Support
Virtua Cop: Elite Edition (PlayStation 2; 2002)
Virtua Cop 3 (Chihiro; 2003) — Character Designers
Ghost Squad (Chihiro; 2004) — Character Designers
After Burner Climax (Lindbergh; 2006) — Aircraft Model
After Burner Climax (Lindbergh; 2006) — Character Design
Ghost Squad Evolution (Lindbergh Red; 2007) — Character Designers

Videos

Sega Amusement CG World Best Collection (LaserDisc; 1995) — Chief designer

Music

Virtua Cop Soundtracks (CD; 1996) — CG Designers (as 廣吉明人)

Magazine articles

Main article: Akihito Hiroyoshi/Magazine articles.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://segabits.com/blog/2023/11/14/segabits-exclusive-interview-with-veteran-sega-designers-akihito-hiroyoshi-yumiko-miyabe/
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 159
↑ http://www.sega-am2.co.jp/vc3/html/community/mtg/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-06-18 13:08)

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[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p159-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 159

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