Masao Shirosaki

Masao Shirosaki
Employment history: Sega of Japan (2007 – ) Divisions: Sega CS1 Sega Games
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer

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Masao Shirosaki (城崎 雅夫) is currently a member of Ryu ga Gotoku Studio. Joining SEGA in April 2007, he started off working on Toshihiro Nagoshi’s Yakuza series as a Planner. Soon enough, he’d become a mainstay for the series and has since then reached a Lead Planner position.

Production history

• Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3; 2008) — バトルゲームデザイン (as 城崎 雅夫)
• Yakuza 3 (PlayStation 3; 2009) — Battle Game Sequence
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — プランナー (as 城崎 雅夫)
• Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou (PlayStation Portable; 2010) — プランナー (as 城崎 雅夫)
• Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura Hen (PlayStation Portable; 2012) — プランナー (as 城崎 雅夫)
• Yakuza 5 (PlayStation 3; 2012) — Game Designers
• Sanrio Characters: Fantasy Theater (iOS; 2016) — Director
• Sanrio Characters: Fantasy Theater (Android; 2016) — Director
• Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (PlayStation 4; 2018) — Planning Production Cooperation
• Judgment (PlayStation 4; 2018) — Game Design Supervisor
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Producer/Director
• Lost Judgment (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Production Cooperation
• Lost Judgment (PlayStation 5; 2021) — Production Cooperation
• Lost Judgment (Xbox One; 2021) — Production Cooperation
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Xbox One; 2021) — Producer / Director
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Producer / Director
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 5; 2021) — Producer / Director
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — Producer / Director
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Steam; 2021) — Producer / Director

• Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (2008) — Planner
• Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou (PSP) (2010) — Planner
• Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura Hen (PSP) (2012) — Lead Planner
• Yakuza 5 (2012) — Game Designer
• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016) — Game Design Production Assistants
• Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (2018) — Planning Production Cooperation
• Judgment (2018) — Game Design Supervisor
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (2019) — Producer & Director

Interviews

• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J interview with Masao Shirosaki and Katsuya Hisai