Hiroaki Shoji

Hiroaki Shoji

Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1992^[1] – ) Divisions: Sega AM2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 2 AM2 of CRI Sega-AM2 Sega Divisions: Sega AM2 Sega R&D2
Role(s): Programmer, director

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Hiroaki Shoji (庄司弘明) joined Sega in 1992 as a programmer at Sega AM2, his first work being Soreike Kokology. He worked on the animation program for several early Virtua Fighter games before becoming the chief battle system programmer for Shenmue and Shenmue II. He is best-known for his extensive work on the Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ series, becoming its director with the third generation^[1]. Hiroaki is the older brother of composer Hidenori Shoji^[2].

Production history

Soreike Kokology (System 32; 1992)
Burning Rival (System 32; 1993) — Program (as 庄司弘明)
Virtua Fighter (Model 1; 1993) — Program Supports
Virtua Fighter (Saturn; 1994) — Programmers^[3]
Virtua Fighter Remix (Saturn; 1995) — Programmers^[4]
Virtua Fighter (32X; 1995) — Special Thanks^[5]
Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn; 1995) — Motion Program etc.^[6] (as 庄司弘明)
Virtua Fighter Kids (Sega Titan Video; 1996) — Motion Program (Many many Thanks)
Virtua Fighter PC (Windows PC; 1996) — Programmers
Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Chief Battle System Programmer
US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Chief Programer
Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — Chief Battle System Programmer
Virtua Fighter 4 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Training System^[7] (as 庄司弘明)
Sega Yonin Uchi Mahjong MJ (NAOMI Satellite Terminal; 2002) — Programmer
Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ2 (Chihiro Satellite Terminal; 2004) — Programmer
Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ3 (Chihiro Satellite Terminal; 2005) — Director
Yakuza 0 (PlayStation 3; 2015) — SEGA NET Mahjong MJ Team (as Hiroaki Shouji)