Akinori Nishiyama

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Akinori Nishiyama
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Tester, Designer, Director, Producer


Akinori Nishiyama (西山 彰則) is a Sega employee that has been involved with the company since the Master System era and has undertaken a varitety of roles.

Nishiyama was originally a test player (usually credited by his alias, Works Nishi) whose first title was the original Phantasy Star. For its sequel, however, he acted as Writer & Director (under another alias, Chiemushi) and would become a major contributor to the series' fourth installment. He may also have been known variably as Locky P.

Nishiyama retained his position as a scenario writer through the Saturn era with Magic Knight Rayearth. He then served once more as scenario writer for Sonic Adventure and reacquainted himself with the Phantasy Star series with Phantasy Star Online.

He then served as Director for the majority of the Sonic the Hedgehog series titles released for Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS and Producer for the Puyo Puyo series.

He served as the head for Sonic Team between Yuji Nakas resignation in 2006 and then Takashi Iizuka appointance in 2010. Afterwards he had general manager roles for titles from Sega. With Takashi Iizuka becoming the head of Sonic Team, Nishiyama would go to Sega's CS3 division and take the Phantasy Star Online franchise with him to over there as a Senior Producer, leaving Sonic Team to be able to completely focus on Sonic & Puyo.

His current role is "Director of Online Administration Department" at Sega Games.[1]

Production history

Games

Videos

Music

Interviews

References

  1. ↑ [ ]
  2. ↑ File:Phantasy Star SMS credits.pdf
  3. ↑ File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf
  4. ↑ File:Phantasy Star II MD credits.pdf
  5. ↑ File:Super League MD credits.pdf
  6. ↑ File:Forgotten Worlds MD credits.pdf
  7. ↑ File:Sorcerian MD credits.pdf
  8. ↑ File:Phantasy Star III MD credits.pdf
  9. ↑ File:Ghostbusters MD credits.pdf
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:Putter Golf MD credits.pdf
  11. ↑ File:Advanced Daisenryaku MD credits.pdf
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 File:Penguin Land MD credits.pdf
  13. ↑ File:Tougi Ou King Colossus MD credits.pdf
  14. ↑ File:Honoo no Toukyuuji MD credits.pdf
  15. ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD credits.pdf
  16. ↑ File:Switch MCD credits.pdf
  17. ↑ File:Panic MCD credits.pdf
  18. ↑ File:Columns III MD credits.pdf
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf
  20. ↑ File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42
  21. ↑ File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf
  22. ↑ File:ChuChu Rocket! GBA credits.pdf
  23. ↑ File:Sonic Advance GBA credits.pdf
  24. ↑ File:Sonic Advance 2 GBA credits.pdf
  25. ↑ File:Sonic Advance 3 GBA credits.pdf
  26. ↑ File:Puyo Puyo Fever GBA credits.pdf
  27. ↑ File:SonicXOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
  28. ↑ File:SevenRingsInHand CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11
  29. ↑ File:SRAOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
  30. ↑ File:TalesofKnighthood CD JP booklet.pdf, page 10
  31. ↑ File:FacetoFaith CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11
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