Hayao Nakayama

Hayao Nakayama

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Date of birth: 1932-05-21 (age 91)
Company(ies): Amuse Capital
Role(s): Executive

Hayao Nakayama (中山隼雄) is a Japanese businessman and served as Sega's CEO from 1984 to 1999. He also worked for Microsoft Japan and Virgin PLAY and was former CEO of Cavia (later AQ Interactive) and Pasona. He is currently CEO of Amuse Capital. His son Haruki Nakayama is president of Marvelous.

Nakayama became vice chairman of the board of Sega directors in 1998^[1].

Production history

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Executive Producer^[2]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Executive Producer^[3]
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Executive Producer^[4]
Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — Executive Producer^[5]
NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Executive Producer^[6]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Executive Producer
Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Executive Producer
Sonic Jam (Saturn; 1997) — Executive Producer^[7]
Burning Rangers (Saturn; 1998) — Executive Producer
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Executive producers
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Executive Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Executive Producer

Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) — Executive Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) — Executive Producer
Sonic CD (1993) — Executive Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) — Executive Producer
Sonic & Knuckles (1994) — Executive Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (1994) — Executive Producer
Sonic Jam (1997) — Executive Producer
Sonic Adventure (1998) — Executive Producer
Lost Odyssey (2007) — Special thanks

Magazine articles

Main article: Hayao Nakayama/Magazine articles.

References

SEGA of Japan Executives
Chairmen	Isao Okawa (1984-2001) \| Hajime Satomi (2004-current)
Presidents	Hayao Nakayama (1984-1998) \| Shoichiro Irimajiri (1998-2001) \| Hideki Sato (2001-2003) \| Hisao Oguchi (2003-2008) \| Okitane Usui (2008-2012) \| Naoya Tsurumi (2012-current) \| Hideki Okamura (2014-current) \| Haruki Satomi (2015-current)

[:File:NextGeneration_US_39.pdf_p20-1] Next Generation, "March 1998" (US; 1998-02-17), page 20

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_MCD_JP_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_.26amp.3B_Knuckles_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf

[:File:NiGHTS_into_Dreams_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-6] File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Jam_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf

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Hayao Nakayama

From Sega Retro

Production history

Magazine articles

References