Masato Nishimura

Masato Nishimura

Place of birth: Kashiwa, Chiba prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1971^[1] (age 52-53)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1992^[1] – ) Divisions: Sega CS3 Sega CS Planning Business Sega AM2 CSK Research Institute Divisions: AM2 of CRI Sega-AM2^[5]^[3] Sega Divisions: Sega Production Dept. Digital Rex^[5]^[3] Sega Divisions: AM Plus Sega AM3 Sega Interactive (Japan) Divisions: R&D 2 Sega Divisions: Japan Asia Studio HQ: 5th R&D Dept. #2 Japan Asia Studio HQ: Div. 3rd Dept. #2 Game Contents & Service Business HQ: Sega Div. 3 3rd R&D. #2 Game Contents & Service Business HQ: Div. #3 Online R&D Design Dept. #2
Role(s): Designer
Education: Kashiwa Chuo High School
Twitter: @Mazin__

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Masato Nishimura (西村真人), also known as Majin/Mazin (まぢん) or CXXMAJIN,^[12] is a designer at Sega. In Sonic CD he was responsible for the infamous "fun is infinite" hidden image and also provided a few voice lines for Sonic in the game^[13]. He has been working on console and arcade games for more than 25 years and continues to develop arcade games to this day.

Production history

Games

Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Landscape Designers^[14]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Special Thanks^[14]
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Assistant Digitizer^[15] (as Cxxmajin)
Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (Mega-CD; 1994) — Graphic designers
Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Map Design^[16]
Bug! (Saturn; 1995) — Special Thanks
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Landscape Designers^[17]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Special Thanks^[17]
Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Assistant Main 3D Back Ground Designers
US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Asst. Main Designers
Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — Main 3D Back Ground Designers
Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (Lindbergh; 2006) — Scenery Designers
Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (Lindbergh; 2006) — Special Visual Effects
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii; 2007) — Programmers
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Lindbergh; 2010) — Designer
Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics (RingWide; 2010) — Artists
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Landscape Designers
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Special Thanks
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Landscape Designers
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Special Thanks
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Xbox 360; 2012) — Designer
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (PlayStation 3; 2012) — Designer
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (PlayStation 3; 2013) — Backgrounds
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone (Nu; 2013) — Stage Designers
3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros. (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Special Thanks
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (PlayStation 3; 2014) — Visual Effects
3D OutRun (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Special Thanks
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX (Nintendo 3DS; 2015) — Designers
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone (PlayStation 4; 2016) — Stage Designers
Fate/Grand Order Arcade (ALLS UX; 2018) — Artist
Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Phantasy Star (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages OutRun (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Puyo Puyo (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Virtua Racing (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Columns II (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Special Thanks
Fantasy Zone (Mega Drive; 2022) — Supervisor^[18]
Party Quiz Sega Q (Mega Drive; 2022) — 問題作成協力 (as まぢん)
Psy-Phi (Lindbergh; unreleased)
Sonic Crackers (Mega Drive; unreleased) — Map Design

Music

Sega SG-1000 30th Anniversary Collection (CD; 2013) — Special Thanks to^[19]
Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol. 1 (CD; 2014) — SPECIAL THANKS to^[20]
Mega Drive Mini: Celebration Album (CD; 2019) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
G-LOC Air Battle: Series Music Collection (CD; 2020) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force III & AC (CD; 2020) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Technosoft Music Collection: Herzog & Herzog Zwei (CD; 2020) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force IV (CD; 2021) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force I & II (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
Dyna Brothers 1 & 2: Music Album (CD; 2022) — Special Thanks (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Mega Drive Mini 2: Celebration Album (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Mega Drive Mini 2: Multiverse Sound World (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Technosoft Music Collection: Elemental Master (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Sega Archives - M2 Music Memorial - (CD; 2023) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)

Hardware

Mega Drive Mini (Mega Drive; 2019) — Supervisers

References

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↑ @Mazin__ on Twitter
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↑ @Mazin__ on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2019-02-22 19:07)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf
↑ File:Dark Wizard MCD credits.pdf
↑ File:Chaotix 32X good ending credits.pdf
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 File:Sonic CD PC DirectX good ending credits.pdf
↑ File:FantasyZone MD Credits.png
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↑ File:MD25AAV1 CD JP inlay back.jpg

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[:File:Sonic_CD_MCD_JP_credits.pdf_p-14] 14.0 ^14.1 File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf

[:File:Dark_Wizard_MCD_credits.pdf_p-15] File:Dark Wizard MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Chaotix_32X_good_ending_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Chaotix 32X good ending credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_PC_DirectX_good_ending_credits.pdf_p-17] 17.0 ^17.1 File:Sonic CD PC DirectX good ending credits.pdf

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