Tomohiro Nimura
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| Education: The University of Tokyo[1] (1990) |
Tomohiro Nimura (荷村 知宏) is a game designer at Sega who also had some programming experience[2]. He has worked on home console games and mobile games.
Career
After graduating from The University of Tokyo in 1990, Tomohiro Nimura joined the Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance company. 2 years later, he left said company and most likely joined Sega Enterprises. His earliest known contributions are some innovative technologies filed in March 1993, designing an automatic backup system to reduce players losing progress thanks to unexpected power failures[3] and a controller concept based a player's on eye movements[4].
The first game he is known to have worked on is The Hybrid Front[2]. After the game's development, he joined the Sega RPG Production department and co-designed the gameplay system for Magic Knight Rayearth with Akihiko Mukaiyama. His first role as lead game designer would come 4 years later, working on the Sega Software R&D Dept. 7/Overworks title Skies of Arcadia, including designing its innovative battle system[5].
Nimura then became involved with the Sakura Taisen entries on Sony PlayStation 2, but seems to have moved to mobile game development after this, and had been listed as a member of Sega WOW's mobile team in 2004[2].
Production history
Games
- The Hybrid Front (Mega Drive; 1994) — データ設定[6] (as 別所 未来)
- The Hybrid Front (Mega Drive; 1994) — マップエディット[6] (as 別所 未来)
- The Hybrid Front (Mega Drive; 1994) — ツール作成協力[6] (as 別所 未来)
- Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — システム仕様[7] (as 荷村 知宏)
- Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — System Arrangement
- Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast; 2000) — チーフプランナー (as 荷村 知宏)
- Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast; 2000) — Chief Planner
- Skies of Arcadia (GameCube; 2002) — Chief Planner
- Sakura Taisen V Episode 0: Kouya no Samurai Musume (PlayStation 2; 2004) — プランナー (as 荷村知宏)
- Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka (PlayStation 2; 2005) (as 荷村知弘)
- Sonic Runners (iOS; 2015) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Runners (Android; 2015) — Special Thanks
- Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop (Apple TV; 2024) — Release Support Team
Music
- Sega Simulation Best: Advanced Daisenryaku Original Soundtrack (CD; 2006) — Special Thanks
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.facebook.com/tomohiro.nimura.5
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://www.segawow.com/mobile/nikki/prof/prof.html#nim (Wayback Machine: 2004-06-03 14:59)
- ↑ https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200903094057299428
- ↑ https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200903028899929168
- ↑ https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200903001464828240
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 File:Hybrid Front MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf