Naoki Aoki

Naoki Aoki

Employment history: Sega Enterprises Divisions: Sega Planning Production Dept.
Role(s): Designer, Executive

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Naoki Aoki (青木直喜) is a Japanese executive and game designer who worked at Sega. He joined Sega Enterprises in the 70's (both 72^[2] and 76^[1] have been given) and he worked as a game designer on Mark III, Mega Drive and Game Gear titles^[2]. Notable works include Osomatsu-kun Hachamecha Gekijou and Phantasy Star II^[1]. He has also been called the creator of Phantasy Star^[3].

Aoki gained fame^[3] during the Mega Drive era in the lead-up to the release of the Mega-CD. He became general manager Sega of Japan's Planning and Production division^[4] and the director of Sonic Co. ^[2], the developers of Shining Force. He is last recorded as being the manager for second-party developers.^[5]

Production history

Games

Osomatsu-kun Hachamecha Gekijou (Mega Drive; 1988)
Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive; 1989)
Shining Force (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks to^[6]
Dyna Brothers (Mega Drive; 1992) — Sega Planning Division^[7]
Triad Stone (Mega LD; 1994) — Sega Enterprises, Ltd.^[8]
Airs Adventure (Saturn; 1996) — 制作進行^[9] (as 青木直喜)
Zero Divide: The Final Conflict (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks^[10]
Nihon Daihyou Team no Kantoku ni Narou! Sekaihatsu, Soccer RPG (Saturn; 1998) — Sega Special Thanks
Evolution: The World of Sacred Device (Dreamcast; 1999) — プロデューシングコーディネーター (as 青木直喜)
Blue Stinger (Dreamcast; 1999) — Special Thanks
Time Stalkers (Dreamcast; 1999) — セガエンタープライゼス (as 青木直喜)
Gakkyuu Ou Yamazaki: Yamazaki Oukoku Daifunsou! (Dreamcast; 1999) — 開発プロデューサー (as 青木直喜)
Bikkuriman 2000 Viva! Festival! (Dreamcast; 2000) — プロデューサー (as 青木直喜)
Super Runabout (Dreamcast; 2000) — Sega Enterprises. Ltd.
Advanced Daisenryaku: Sturm über Europa - Der deutsche Blitzkrieg (Dreamcast; 2000) — ジェネラル・プロデューサー (as 青木直喜)
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast; 2000) — Special Thanks To...
Es (Dreamcast; 2001) — 制作 (as 青木直喜)
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren Gaiden: Onnakenshi Asuka Kenzan! (Dreamcast; 2002) — プロダクトマネジメント (as 青木直喜)

Music

Landstalker: Koutei no Zaihou (CD; 1992) — Special thanks

Magazine articles

Main article: Naoki Aoki/Magazine articles.

External links

Naoki Aoki on Facebook

References

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1991-09.pdf_p69-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Mega Drive Fan, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-xx), page 69

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1991-11.pdf_p98-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Mega Drive Fan, "November 1991" (JP; 1991-10-08), page 98

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1991-10.pdf_p8-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mega Drive Fan, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-xx), page 8

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-04.pdf_p84-4] Mega Drive Fan, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 84

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20230630155629.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.famitsu.com.2Fnews.2F201706.2F07134768.html-5] ttps://www.famitsu.com/news/201706/07134768.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-06-30 15:56)

[:File:Shining_Force_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Shining Force MD credits.pdf

[:File:Dyna_Brothers_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Dyna Brothers MD credits.pdf

[:File:Triad_Stone_MLD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Triad Stone MLD credits.pdf

[:File:Airs_Adventure_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Airs Adventure Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Zero_Divide_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Zero Divide Saturn credits.pdf

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