Masaharu Yoshii
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| Masaharu Yoshii |
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| Place of birth: Tomioka, Fukushima, Japan |
| Company(ies): Sega of Japan, Sega of America, Sega Technical Institute, Sega CS |
| Role(s): Executive, Director, Programmer |
| Education: Chitosegaoka High School, Nihon University (Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Science; 1970) |
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Masaharu Yoshii (吉井 正晴) is a Japanese businessman and former Sega executive, most known as Director of Sega Technical Institute and Senior Business Manager of Sega CS. He has been described as one of first 10 or so people to join Sega, following the merger between Rosen Enterprises and Nihon Goraku Bussan.[1]
History
Masaharu Yoshii joined Sega of Japan in April 1970, and stayed working within the company until his departure in May 2000. He soon joined CRI Middleware in 2001, and would remain there until 2010.
Production history
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Director[2]
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Project Manager[3]
- Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — Project Managers[4]
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Software Support
- Dreamcast Middleware Conference Demo Disc Part. 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Executive Adviser (as Yoshii Masaharu)
- Sega Swirl (Dreamcast; 2000) — Special Thanks
- Quake III Arena (Dreamcast; 2000) — Special Thanks[5]
- Planet Ring (Dreamcast; 2000) — Exective driver
- Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Special Thanks[6]
Hardware
- Sega Dreamcast (Dreamcast; 1998)
Interviews
- Masaharu Yoshii Interview Part 1: Testimony about game development and industry circumstances in the early days of Sega and the game industry (2020-02-03) by Research Library
- Masaharu Yoshii Interview Part 2: Testimony about game development and industry circumstances in the early days of Sega and the game industry (2020-02-03) by Research Library
- Masaharu Yoshii 2nd Interview Part 1: Testimony about game development and sales operations at Sega and Sega of America (2020-02-14) by Research Library
- Masaharu Yoshii 2nd Interview Part 2: Testimony about game development and sales operations at Sega and Sega of America (2020-02-14) by Research Library
- Technical development at the dawn of Sega 1970-1976 - Interview with Masaharu Yoshii (1) (2022-12-20) by onionsoftware
- Sega's first video game 1973-1977 - Interview with Masaharu Yoshii (2) (2023-01-11) by onionsoftware
- Sega's video game dawn 1976-1979 - Interview with Masaharu Yoshii (3) (2023-08-09) by onionsoftware
- From Head-On to Samurai 1979-1981 -Interview with Masaharu Yoshii (4) (2023-08-29) by onionsoftware