Difference between revisions of "Hisashi Suzuki"
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| − | '''Hisashi Suzuki'''. | + | '''Hisashi Suzuki''' is the earliest documented Sega employee, joining the [[Sega Production and Engineering Department]] in 1962. He helped create a lot of electro-mechanical games in the 1960s and 1970s moving up the corporate ladder, to the head of R&D at Sega, and was mainly involved in the arcade aspects of the company. He has a close relationship to former Sega Chairman [[Isao Okawa]] and was on the Board of Director of Sega. From 2001 to 2003, he held the presidental role of Sega AM2, demoting Yu Suzuki from his position. In 2003 he gave this position to [[Hiroshi Kataoka]]. Since 2003, he became part of the [[CSK Research Institute]] (now CRI Middleware), founded by Isao Okawa. He held the Chairman and Advsior for the company. In December 2014, he retired from this position at the age of 75. |
==Production History== | ==Production History== | ||
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* ''[[Space Channel 5: Part 2]]'' (2002) — Very Executive Producer | * ''[[Space Channel 5: Part 2]]'' (2002) — Very Executive Producer | ||
* ''[[The King of Route 66]]'' (2003) — Executive Producer | * ''[[The King of Route 66]]'' (2003) — Executive Producer | ||
| + | * ''[[Virtua Cop 3]]'' (2003) — Executive Producer | ||
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]] (PS2 Version)'' (2003) — Executive Producer | * ''[[Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution]] (PS2 Version)'' (2003) — Executive Producer | ||
* ''[[Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer | * ''[[Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned]]'' (2004) — Executive Producer | ||
Revision as of 07:55, 21 November 2015
Hisashi Suzuki is the earliest documented Sega employee, joining the Sega Production and Engineering Department in 1962. He helped create a lot of electro-mechanical games in the 1960s and 1970s moving up the corporate ladder, to the head of R&D at Sega, and was mainly involved in the arcade aspects of the company. He has a close relationship to former Sega Chairman Isao Okawa and was on the Board of Director of Sega. From 2001 to 2003, he held the presidental role of Sega AM2, demoting Yu Suzuki from his position. In 2003 he gave this position to Hiroshi Kataoka. Since 2003, he became part of the CSK Research Institute (now CRI Middleware), founded by Isao Okawa. He held the Chairman and Advsior for the company. In December 2014, he retired from this position at the age of 75.
Production History
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) — Executive Supporter
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1993) — Project Manager
- Sonic & Knuckles (1994) — Project Manager
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (1994) — Project Manager
- Die Hard Arcade (1997) — Executive Producer
- Space Channel 5 (1999) — Very Executive Producer
- Dynamite Cop (1999) — Executive Producer
- Sega Smash Pack 2 (2000) — Special Thanks
- Samba de Amigo (2000) — Executive Manager
- Space Channel 5: Part 2 (2002) — Very Executive Producer
- The King of Route 66 (2003) — Executive Producer
- Virtua Cop 3 (2003) — Executive Producer
- Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (PS2 Version) (2003) — Executive Producer
- Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned (2004) — Executive Producer
| 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) |