Kotaro Hayashida

Kotaro Hayashida

Place of birth: Isahaya, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1983^[1]^[2] – 1996^[2]) Divisions: Sega R&D Sega R&D 2 Sega RPG Production Game Arts (1996^[2] – 2006^[2]) Liber Entertainment (2006-09^[2] – )
Role(s): Designer, Director
Education: Kumamoto University (1979-1984)^[6]

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Kotaro Hayashida (林田浩太郎), also known by his pseudonym Ossale Kohta (オサール・コウタ). He is best known for his contribution in Alex Kidd in Miracle World. He joined Sega in 1983 and left in 1996 to work at Game Arts. After leaving Game Arts in 2006, he formed Liber Entertainment Inc. in September of that same year and has been serving as its representative director to this day.

Production history

Games

Hustle Chumy (SG-1000; 1984) — Designer
Champion Pro Wrestling (SG-1000; 1985)
Zoom 909 (SG-1000; 1985)
Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns (SG-1000; 1985)
Great Soccer (Master System; 1985)
Pit Pot (Master System; 1985)
TransBot (Master System; 1985)
My Hero (Master System; 1986)
Ninja Princess (SG-1000; 1986)
Pro Wrestling (Master System; 1986)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System; 1986) — Planner (as Kotaro)
Woody Pop (Master System; 1987) — Designer
Zillion (Master System; 1987) — Plan (as Ossale Kohta)
Alex Kidd BMX Trial (Master System; 1987) — Planner
Phantasy Star (Master System; 1987) — Total Planning^[7] (as Ossale Kohta)
Phantasy Star (Master System; 1987) — Scenario Writer^[7] (as Ossale Kohta)
Tensai Bakabon (Master System; 1988) — Big Idea (as オサールコウタ)
Super Racing (Master System; 1988)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive; 1988) — Planner^[8] (as Ossale Kohta)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (Mega Drive; 1989) — Planner
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (Mega Drive; 1990) — Special Thanks^[9] (as Ossale Kohta)
Putter Golf (Mega Drive; 1990) — Special Thanks^[10] (as Ossale)
Phantasy Star II: Shilka's Adventure (Mega Drive; 1990)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Mega Drive; 1990) — Supervisor^[11] (as Hayhay)
Phantasy Star II: Amia's Adventure (Mega Drive; 1991)
Phantasy Star II: Kinds's Adventure (Mega Drive; 1991)
Phantasy Star II: Anne's Adventure (Mega Drive; 1991)
Phantasy Star II: Huey's Adventure (Mega Drive; 1991)
Phantasy Star II: Yushis's Adventure (Mega Drive; 1991)
Pyramid Magic (Mega Drive; 1991) — Special Thanks to (as Ossale)
Pyramid Magic Special (Mega Drive; 1991) — Special Thanks to (as Ossale)
Phantasy Star II: Rudger's Adventure (Mega Drive; 1991)
Phantasy Star II: Nei's Adventure (Mega Drive; 1991)
Riddle Wired (Mega Drive; 1991) — And Special Thanks^[12] (as K.H.)
Shining Force (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks to^[13]
Wondermega Collection (Mega-CD; 1992) — Special Thanks to (as Ossale)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Special Thanks^[14] (as 林田浩太郎)
Game no Kanzume Vol. 2 (Mega-CD; 1994) — Special Thanks^[10] (as Ossale)
Game no Kanzume Vol. 1 (Mega-CD; 1994) — Special Thanks to^[15] (as Ossale)
Space Harrier (32X; 1994) — Special Thanks^[16] (as K.Hayashida)
After Burner Complete (32X; 1995) — Special Thanks^[17] (as K.Hayashida)
Surging Aura (Mega Drive; 1995) — Scenario Writer^[18] (as Ossale Kohta)

Music

Alex Kidd Complete Album (CD; 2009) — SPECIAL THANKS to

Chain Pit^[1] (unreleased) — Planner

Magazine articles

Main article: Kotaro Hayashida/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

Meisaku Album interview (Japanese) [Translated]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/02.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-05-28 00:55)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 https://www.facebook.com/kotaro.hayashida.5/about_work_and_education
↑ https://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/03.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)
↑ Harmony, "1993 9-10" (JP; 1993-10-01), page 22
↑ Harmony, "1994 5-6" (JP; 1994-05-23), page 15
↑ https://www.facebook.com/kotaro.hayashida.5/about_overview
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:Phantasy Star SMS credits.pdf
↑ File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Phantasy Star III MD credits.pdf
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:Putter Golf MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Shadow Dancer MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Riddle Wired MD credits.png
↑ File:Shining Force MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Pyramid Magic MCD credits.pdf
↑ File:Space Harrier 32X credits.pdf
↑ File:After Burner 32X credits.pdf
↑ File:Surging Aura MD credits.pdf

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20220528005517.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F04_alex.2F02.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/02.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-05-28 00:55)

[https:.2F.2Fwww.facebook.com.2Fkotaro.hayashida.5.2Fabout_work_and_education-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 https://www.facebook.com/kotaro.hayashida.5/about_work_and_education

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20220407074122.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F04_alex.2F03.html-3] ttps://sega.jp/fb/album/04_alex/03.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)

[:File:Harmony_JP_122.pdf_p22-4] Harmony, "1993 9-10" (JP; 1993-10-01), page 22

[:File:Harmony_JP_128.pdf_p15-5] Harmony, "1994 5-6" (JP; 1994-05-23), page 15

[https:.2F.2Fwww.facebook.com.2Fkotaro.hayashida.5.2Fabout_overview-6] ttps://www.facebook.com/kotaro.hayashida.5/about_overview

[:File:Phantasy_Star_SMS_credits.pdf_p-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:Phantasy Star SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Space_Harrier_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Phantasy Star III MD credits.pdf

[:File:Putter_Golf_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:Putter Golf MD credits.pdf

[:File:Shadow_Dancer_MD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Shadow Dancer MD credits.pdf

[:File:Riddle_Wired_MD_credits.png_p-12] File:Riddle Wired MD credits.png

[:File:Shining_Force_MD_credits.pdf_p-13] File:Shining Force MD credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_Sennenki_no_Owari_ni_MD_credits.pdf_p-14] File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf

[:File:Pyramid_Magic_MCD_credits.pdf_p-15] File:Pyramid Magic MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Space_Harrier_32X_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Space Harrier 32X credits.pdf

[:File:After_Burner_32X_credits.pdf_p-17] File:After Burner 32X credits.pdf

[:File:Surging_Aura_MD_credits.pdf_p-18] File:Surging Aura MD credits.pdf

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