Toru Kujirai
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Toru Kujirai (鯨井 亨) was a programmer and director at CRI with works dating back to the Mega Drive era such as Galaxy Force II and After Burner III, and was the head of the company's Application R&D Department.[1]
He was one of the developers to join Sega-AM2, continuing to work on the Aero Dancing which he had been involved with since its debut. He also continued directorial duties with Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution, Choujikuu Yousai Macross and Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2, as well as being a programmer in charge of displaying graphics.[2]
Production history
- Galaxy Force II (Mega Drive; 1991) — Programmer[3] (as Tohru Kujirai)
- After Burner III (Mega-CD; 1992) — Chief Programmer[4] (as T.Kujirai)
- Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 (32X; 1995) — Programmers[5]
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Saturn; 1996) — Chief Programmer[6]
- Sega Touring Car Championship (Saturn; 1997) — Chief Programmer[7]
- AeroWings (Dreamcast; 1999) — Director (as 鯨井 亨)
- AeroWings (Dreamcast; 1999) — Tool, Library (as 鯨井 亨)
- Buggy Heat (Dreamcast; 1999) — Tool, Library (as Tooru Kujirai)
- Buggy Heat (Dreamcast; 1999) — Tool Library[8] (as Tooru Kujirai)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.4 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Direction & Programming
- AeroWings 2: Airstrike (Dreamcast; 2000) — Tool, Library
- WaveRunner GP (NAOMI; 2001) — Director
- Aero Dancing i (Dreamcast; 2001) — Director
- Virtua Athlete (NAOMI GD-ROM; 2002) — Director
- Aero Elite: Combat Academy (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Tool, Library (as Tooru Kujirai)
- Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Program Director[9]
- Choujikuu Yousai Macross (PlayStation 2; 2003) — テクニカルディレクター (as 鯨井 亨)
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Director
- OutRun 2 SP (Chihiro; 2004) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 19: Fighting Vipers (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Director
- Sonic Gems Collection (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Director
- Sonic Gems Collection (GameCube; 2005) — Director
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 24: Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi- (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Special Thanks
- OutRun 2 SP SDX (Lindbergh; 2006) — Special Thanks
- OutRun 2 SP (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II: Special Extended Edition (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Special Thanks
- OutRun Online Arcade (Xbox 360; 2009) — Special Thanks
- OutRun Online Arcade (PlayStation 3; 2009) — Special Thanks
Magazine articles
- Main article: Toru Kujirai/Magazine articles.
Interviews
References
- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "1998-02 (1998-11-27)" (JP; 1998-11-13), page 55
- ↑ https://www.sega.jp/fb/segavoice/041014/01_4.html
- ↑ File:Galaxy Force II MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:After Burner III MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Zaxxon's Motherbase 32X credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Cyber Troopers Virtual On Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sega Touring Car Championship Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:TNNMotorsportsHardcoreHeat DC US Manual.pdf, page 27
- ↑ File:VirtuaFighter4Evolution_PS2_JP_SSCredits.pdf