Masahiro Kumono

Masahiro Kumono (雲野 雅広) is a game planner. Having joined Sega in 1992, he worked as a designer on titles such as OutRun on the Mega Drive and Tempo on the 32X before slowly shifting to CG-related work. He handled movie production on a series of family titles such as J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!, NiGHTS into Dreams, Panzer Dragoon Saga and Sonic Adventure, and was the movie director for Sakura Wars 3 and 4. In 2005 he left Sega and joined CAVE, working there from 2009 to 2010. A year later he joined Acquire and has been working there to this day.

Production history

 * OutRunners (Mega Drive; 1994) — Designer (as KumoPU)
 * Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — グラフィックデザイン助っ人 (as 雲野 雅広)
 * Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — Graphic Design (as Masahiro Unno)
 * Panic! (PlayStation 2; 2002) — グラフィックデザイン助っ人 (as 雲野 雅広)Tempo (32X; 1995) — 32X GraphicsIron
 * Storm (Saturn; 1995) — ユニットデザイン (as 雲野 雅広)J.
 * League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Saturn) (Saturn; 1996) — オープニング エンディング (as 雲野 雅広)
 * NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — CG Movie Artists
 * NiGHTS into Dreams (PlayStation 2; 2008) — Special Thanks
 * Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn; 1998) — キャラクター作成／アニメーション (as 雲野 雅広)
 * Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn; 1998) — 絵コンテ／演出 (as 雲野 雅広)
 * Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka (Dreamcast; 2001) — ムービーデザイナー (as 雲野 雅広)
 * Guru Guru Onsen 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — R&Dマネジメント (as 雲野 雅広)
 * Guru Guru Onsen 3 (Dreamcast; 2002) — R&Dマネジメント (as 雲野 雅広)
 * Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome (Dreamcast; 2002) — アートコーディネーター (as 雲野 雅広)
 * Shinobi (2002) (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Storyboarding
 * Shinobi (2002) (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Chief Director
 * Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Senior Director
 * OutRun (Mega Drive Version) (1991)
 * Sonic Adventure — CG Movie Artist
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Producer

Games

 * Sonic Adventure — CG Movie Artist
 * Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut — CG Movie Artist
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Producer