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{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (吉田 徹), also known as '''Yoshibon'''. He was a major artist, director and writer during the Mega Drive for various games. Afterwards he has been consulting and doing management for various games in his department. Ever since Sega opened mobile divisions with [[Mobile Phone Contents Development Dept.]] and [[Sega Networks]], he has been a design team leader there.
  
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{{stub}}'''Toru Yoshida''' (吉田 徹), also known as '''Yoshibon'''. He was a major artist, director and writer during the Mega Drive for various games. Afterwards he has been consulting and doing management for various games in his department. Ever since Sega opened mobile divisios with [[Mobile Content R&D]] and [[Sega Networks]], he has been a design team leader there.  
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==Career==
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{{PAGENAME}} joined Sega after 4 years in college, unable to get a job appointment. He was desperate for any opportunity where he would be an illustrator, and stumbled upon an orientation meeting at Sega's Hokkaido office. He originally submitted to work in marketing, as he didn't know the company very well, not knowing home consoles other than the [[Famicom]] existed..<ref>''PHANTA! Phantasy Star 30th Anniversary Cosplay Book + Developer Interview Supplement'', Pg. 30</ref>
  
 
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*''[[Super Thunder Blade]]'' (1988) — Art Designer (as '''Yoshibon''')
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*''[[Phantasy Star II]]'' (1989) — Character Design (as '''Yoshibon''')
 
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*''[[Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom]]'' (1990) — Special Thanks (as '''Yoshibon''')
 
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*''[[16t]]'' (1991) — Special Thanks (as '''Yoshipon''')
 
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*''[[Riddle Wired]]'' (1991) — Special Thanks (as '''Yoshibon''')
 
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*''[[Tougi Ou King Colossus]]'' —  (1992)  Art Director, Graphics Designed by, Written by
 
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*''[[Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium]]'' (1993) — Original Story Plan, Monster Graphic Design, Character Design, Map Design, Object Design, Visual Event Plan, Visual Event Graphic, Direction (as '''T.Yoshida''')
 
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*''[[Blue Seed]]'' — Design Chief
 
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*''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' (1996) — Graphic Designer
 
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*''[[Sakura Taisen 2]]'' (1998) — Designer
 
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*''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' (Dreamcast Version) (1999) — Special Game Advisor
 
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*''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' (2000) — Design Support
 
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*''[[Sakura Taisen 3]]'' (2001)
 
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*''[[Phantasy Star Collection]]'' (2002) — Supervisor (Overworks) (as '''Tohru Yoshida''')
 
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*''[[Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation: 1]]'' (2003) — Special Thanks (Sega WOW)
 
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* ''[[Sakura Taisen V Episode 0: Kouya no Samurai Musume]]'' (2004)
 
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*''[[Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love]]'' (2005) — Special Thanks
 
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*''[[Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 17: Phantasy Star Generation: 2]]'' (2005) — Special Thanks
 
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*''[[Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection]]'' (2008) — Software Package Illustration
 
  
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==Magazine articles==
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==Photographs==
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 26 December 2023

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Toru Yoshida (吉田 徹), also known as Yoshibon. He was a major artist, director and writer during the Mega Drive for various games. Afterwards he has been consulting and doing management for various games in his department. Ever since Sega opened mobile divisions with Mobile Phone Contents Development Dept. and Sega Networks, he has been a design team leader there.

Career

Toru Yoshida joined Sega after 4 years in college, unable to get a job appointment. He was desperate for any opportunity where he would be an illustrator, and stumbled upon an orientation meeting at Sega's Hokkaido office. He originally submitted to work in marketing, as he didn't know the company very well, not knowing home consoles other than the Famicom existed..[4]

Production history

Hardware

Magazine articles

Main article: Toru Yoshida/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Toru Yoshida

References

  1. ↑ Harmony, "1993 2" (JP; 1993-02-01), page 25
  2. ↑ File:SegaAges2500V17_PS2_JP_Leaflet.PDF, page 2
  3. ↑ Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
  4. ↑ PHANTA! Phantasy Star 30th Anniversary Cosplay Book + Developer Interview Supplement, Pg. 30
  5. ↑ File:Super Thunder Blade MD credits.pdf
  6. ↑ File:Phantasy Star II MD credits.pdf
  7. ↑ File:Phantasy Star III MD credits.pdf
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:16t MD credits.pdf
  9. ↑ File:Riddle Wired MD credits.png
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 File:Tougi Ou King Colossus MD credits.pdf
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf
  12. ↑ File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42
  13. ↑ File:Phantasy Star Collection GBA manual.pdf, page 19
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