Rikiya Nakagawa
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Rikiya Nakagawa |
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Place of birth: 1959-10-24[1][2] |
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1983[2] – )
Divisions:
Paon
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Role(s): Programmer, Producer, Executive |
Education: Tokai University[6] |
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Rikiya Nakagawa (中川 力也) is the former head of Sega AM1 and WOW Entertainment. After graduating university, he joined Sega in 1983 as a programmer, with his with first game being Water Match[6] He remained a programmer until 1993, with his last known programming work being Air Rescue[7]. He was the producer of many of the division's titles, including the Dynamite Deka and The House of the Dead series.
On January 1st 2004, after 20 years of being employed at Sega, he moved to Sammy to be the head of their NEWS R&D Department.[8][4] After leaving Sega-Sammy Group, Nakagawa became the President of the Paon, a video game development company.[9]
Based on his known works, he may used the names DAI and/or D&K (short for DAI & KEN[10]) in high score tables. During his programming days, he worked on 2 games which were cancelled, one between Ninja Princess and Alien Syndrome, the other between Thunder Blade and Sega Super Circuit[7].
Production history
Games
- Water Match (System 1; 1984) — Programmed by
- Ninja Princess (System 1; 1985) — Programmer
- Choplifter (System 1; 1985) — Main Programmer
- Alien Syndrome (System 16; 1987) — Programmer
- Thunder Blade (X Board; 1987) — Programmer[11]
- Sega Super Circuit (Large attraction; 1988) — Programmer
- Last Survivor (X Board; 1989) — Programmer[12]
- Line of Fire (X Board; 1989) — Programmed by
- Laser Ghost (System 18; 1990) — Programmer
- Air Rescue (System 32; 1992) — Programmer
- Final Arch (Sega Titan Video; 1995) — AM1 Manager
- Ejihon Tantei Jimusho (Sega Titan Video; 1995) — Producer
- Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video; 1996) — Producer
- The House of the Dead (Model 2; 1997) — Producer
- Motor Raid (Model 2; 1997) — Producer
- The House of the Dead (Saturn; 1998) — Producer[13]
- The House of the Dead (Windows PC; 1998) — Producer
- Dynamite Cop (Model 2; 1998) — Producer
- The House of the Dead 2 (NAOMI; 1998) — Producer
- Dynamite Baseball NAOMI (NAOMI; 1998) — Producer[14]
- Airline Pilots (NAOMI Multiboard; 1999) — Producer
- Zombie Revenge (NAOMI; 1999) — Producer
- The House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
- Dynamite Cop (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
- Brave Firefighters (Hikaru; 1999) — Producer
- World Series 99 (NAOMI; 1999) — PRODUCER (as NAKAGAWA,Rikiya)
- Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (Dreamcast; 1999) — スペシャルサンクス (as 中川 力也)
- Sega Tetris (NAOMI; 1999) — Executive Producer
- Zombie Revenge (Dreamcast; 1999) — Producer
- Dynamite Baseball '99 (NAOMI; 1999) — プロデューサー (as 中川 力也)
- Dead or Alive 2 Millennium (NAOMI; 2000) — Special thanks
- Sega GT (Dreamcast; 2000) — Head of Project
- Sega GT (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
- Sega Marine Fishing (NAOMI; 2000) — Producer
- The Typing of the Dead (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producers (as 中川 力也)
- Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
- Sega Marine Fishing (Dreamcast; 2000) — Producer
- Sega Tetris (Dreamcast; 2000) — Executive Producer
- Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (Dreamcast; 2000) (as 中川 力也)
- Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (Dreamcast; 2000) — プロデューサー (as 中川 力也)
- The Typing of the Dead (Windows PC; 2000) — Producers
- The House of the Dead 2 (Windows PC; 2001) — Producer
- Sports Jam (Dreamcast; 2001) — Executive Producer
- Virtua Golf (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2001) — Produce
- Sega Bass Fishing 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Executive Producer
- Columns Crown (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Executive Producer[15]
- The Pinball of the Dead (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Special Thanks
- Sega GT 2002 (Xbox; 2002) — Executive Producer
- Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Executive Producer
- Lilliput Oukoku: Lillimoni to Issho Puni! (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — エグゼクティブプロデューサー[16] (as なかがわ りきや)
- Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Most Special Thanks to[17]
- The Typing of the Dead: Zombie Panic (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Producers (as 中川 力也)
Music
- Motor Raid/Water Ski (CD; 1998) — Producer[18]
- Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders (CD; 1998) — Producer[19]
- Zombie Revenge (CD; 1999) — Executive Producer
- Sega GT 2002 Original Soundtrack (CD; 2002) — Executive Producer (as RIKIYA Nakagawa)
Magazine articles
- Main article: Rikiya Nakagawa/Magazine articles.
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Rikiya Nakagawa
References
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 94
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://sega.jp/studio/wow.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-10-31 02:30)
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "1997-02 (1997-02)" (JP; 1997-01-13), page 16
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2003/12/25/83531cd63edb0253e2e6aafcde1f5d7f.html
- ↑ [[4] [4]]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sega Magazine, "1997-02 (1997-02)" (JP; 1997-01-13), page 94
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book.pdf, page 30
- ↑ http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1144960_1124.html
- ↑ http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20080919/taito.htm
- ↑ File:LineofFire title.png
- ↑ File:ThunderBlade Best10Ranking.png
- ↑ File:LastSurvivor BestSurvivor.png
- ↑ File:House of the Dead Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:DynamiteBaseballNAOMI NAOMI JP credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Columns Crown GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Lilliput Oukoku GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:FinnytheFish PS2 JP credits.pdf
- ↑ File:MotorRaid WaterSki Booklet.pdf, page 6
- ↑ File:HDaLAR Album JP Booklet.pdf, page 8