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'''Toshihiro Nagoshi''' (名越 稔洋) is the current Chief Product Officer of [[Sega]].  
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'''Toshihiro Nagoshi''' (名越 稔洋) is the current Chief Product Officer of [[Sega]] and head of [[Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio]].
  
 
He graduated from the Tokyo University of Art and Design in 1989 and joined the company shortly thereafter, working for [[AM2]] under [[Yu Suzuki]] as a CG designer. He quickly ascended the ranks, and in 1998 became the manager of [[Sega AM11]]. When Sega AM11 became [[Amusement Vision]], Nagoshi took the helm as president. He designed and created AM2's arguably most famous racing game ''Daytona USA'', as well as the popular titles ''[[:Category:Super Monkey Ball|Super Monkey Ball]]'' and ''[[:Category:Yakuza|Yakuza]]''.
 
He graduated from the Tokyo University of Art and Design in 1989 and joined the company shortly thereafter, working for [[AM2]] under [[Yu Suzuki]] as a CG designer. He quickly ascended the ranks, and in 1998 became the manager of [[Sega AM11]]. When Sega AM11 became [[Amusement Vision]], Nagoshi took the helm as president. He designed and created AM2's arguably most famous racing game ''Daytona USA'', as well as the popular titles ''[[:Category:Super Monkey Ball|Super Monkey Ball]]'' and ''[[:Category:Yakuza|Yakuza]]''.
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* ''[[Ollie King]]'' (2004) — Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Ollie King]]'' (2004) — Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Spikeout: Battle Street]]'' (2005) — Producer
 
* ''[[Spikeout: Battle Street]]'' (2005) — Producer
* ''[[Super Monkey Ball Deluxe]]'' (2005) — Director
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* ''[[Super Monkey Ball Deluxe]]'' (2005) — Producer, Director
 
* ''[[Yakuza]]'' (2005) — General Supervisor, General Producer
 
* ''[[Yakuza]]'' (2005) — General Supervisor, General Producer
 
* ''[[Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll]]'' (2005) — Producer, Director
 
* ''[[Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll]]'' (2005) — Producer, Director
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* ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]]'' (2016) — General Director  
 
* ''[[Yakuza 6: The Song of Life]]'' (2016) — General Director  
 
* ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' (2017) — Executive Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' (2017) — Executive Producer
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* ''[[sonic:Sonic Forces|Sonic Forces]]'' (2017) — Executive Producer
 
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Revision as of 00:17, 8 November 2017

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Toshihiro Nagoshi
Place of birth: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Date of birth: 1965-06-17 (age 58)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer, Executive
Education: Tokyo University of Art and Design

Toshihiro Nagoshi (名越 稔洋) is the current Chief Product Officer of Sega and head of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.

He graduated from the Tokyo University of Art and Design in 1989 and joined the company shortly thereafter, working for AM2 under Yu Suzuki as a CG designer. He quickly ascended the ranks, and in 1998 became the manager of Sega AM11. When Sega AM11 became Amusement Vision, Nagoshi took the helm as president. He designed and created AM2's arguably most famous racing game Daytona USA, as well as the popular titles Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza.

He started getting executive credits unrelated to his current division from October of 2003 onwards. This stopped in April 2005, when he only managed the New Entertainment R&D Dept.. He returned to managing Sega's entire output when New Entertainment turned into CS1 in the middle of 2008. On April 1, 2012, following a 2012 reshuffling, Nagoshi became the CCO of Sega. [1]

For game development, he frequently collaborates or has collaborated with Tetsuya Kaku, Daisuke Sato, Jun Tokuhara, Masayoshi Yokoyama and Masayoshi Kikuchi. In the executive enviorment, he has worked with Naoya Tsurumi and is currently working with Osamu Ohashi and Haruki Satomi.

Production history

Magazine articles

Main article: Toshihiro Nagoshi/Magazine articles.

External links

References