Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I/Staff

This article pertains to the staff members behind Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1.

Producer

 * Takashi Iizuka

Director

 * Toshiyuki Nagahara

Art Director

 * Hideaki Moriya

Technical Director

 * Makoto Suzuki

Sound Producer & Music Composer

 * Jun Senoue

Artists

 * Yuji Uekawa
 * Shinji Matsuura
 * Michikazu Tamamura

Technical Support

 * Akira Kanasugi
 * Hideki Kudo
 * Hiroto Hayashi
 * Masanobu Yanagisako
 * Mito Yoshida
 * Noriyuki Tarumi
 * Yoshifumi Okada

Producer

 * Hiroyuki Kawano

Line Producer

 * Kouichi Sakita

Lead Designer

 * Yukihiro Higashi

Designers

 * Kenji Ayukawa
 * Ayano Komatsu
 * Ayako Kurita

Technical Manager

 * Hiroshi Waki

Technical Support

 * Syuichi Goto
 * Takashi Nakano
 * Daisuke Kanauchi

Product Engineering Manager

 * Masahisa Naganuma

Product Engineering Support

 * Masaki Tanaka
 * Kazuhiro Gotani

Lead Programmer

 * Katsuya Kuramoto

Programmers

 * Koji Okugawa
 * Chinami Ishizaki
 * Kouhei Hanaoka
 * Satoshi Akitomi
 * Kouji Hokazono
 * Keisuke Tanaka
 * Kazuki Yoshida
 * Takashi Yamatani (Ei-Chi)
 * Kosuke Yurita (SAFARI GAMES)

Additional Art Manager

 * Kazuhiko Yamamoto

Lead Artist

 * Nobuyuki Kuroki

Artists

 * Yuko Yamanoue
 * Etsuko Hosokawa
 * Kaori Aoyama
 * Sadaki Matsumoto
 * Maki Fukunaga
 * Shinji Nohara
 * Maki Terasaka
 * Yumi Okamura
 * Mai Miyamoto
 * Rika Nagayasu (NEURON- AGE)
 * Shingo Hirotani (NEURON- AGE)
 * Makoto Hasegawa (NEURON- AGE)
 * Takahiro Tsukamoto (ACCESS GAMES)

Sound Support

 * Atsuyoshi Isemura

Localization Manager

 * Tatsuya Shikata

Localization Support

 * Nobuyuki Minato
 * Ai Sato
 * Satomi Okuma
 * Ryo Urushibata

Marketing

 * Takeshi Shimizu
 * Hitoshi Kurosawa

Publicity

 * Reiko Chiba

Project Support

 * Yasushi Yamashita

Quality Assurance

 * Seiji Hasegawa
 * Yuji Nakamura

Product Test

 * Junichi Shimizu
 * Koji Nagata
 * Akira Nishikawa
 * Osamu Sato
 * Atsushi Hirano
 * Tomoki Matsuura
 * Daichi Sasaki
 * Atsushi Furukawa
 * Akitoshi Nishida
 * Natsuki Sugiyama
 * Takaharu Arai

Special Thanks

 * Yuichiro Yamamoto
 * Wataru Yamanaka
 * Masatoshi Nakamura
 * Yoko Washino
 * Shinobu Yokota
 * Kenji Miyagawa
 * Eiichiro Zento
 * Yuki Yamanaka
 * Yoshihiro Sakuta
 * Hiroki Osawa
 * Yoichi Takahashi
 * Naofumi Hataya
 * Tadashi Kinukawa
 * Tatsuya Kouzaki
 * Kazuyuki Hoshino
 * Sachiko Kawamura

CEO

 * Mike Hayes

President & COO

 * Masanao Maeda

Executive VP of Corporate Planning

 * Hitoshi Okuno

VP. Strategic Planning & Business Development

 * Rob Lightner

Vice President, Digital Business

 * Haruki Satomi

Director of Business Development, Mobile

 * Mayra San Martin

Development Director, Mobile & Digital

 * Chris Johnson

Producer

 * Kevin Kuenstler

Associate Creative Director

 * Ethan Einhorn

Senior Brand Manager

 * Judy Gilbertson

Associate Digital Brand Manager

 * Ken Balough

Digital Brand Manager (iPhone)

 * Ilya Shereshevsky

Senior PR Manager

 * Tali Fischer

PR Manager

 * Thu Nygyen

Senior Web Producer

 * Marjorie Puruganan

Senior Web Designer

 * Annie Shaw

Community Manager

 * Kellie Parker

Associate Community Manager

 * Julian Mehlfeld

Assistant Community Manager

 * Aaron Webber

Director of Creative Services

 * Jen Groeling

Media and Events Manager

 * Teri Higgins

Production Specialist

 * Heather Lucchetti

Advertising Production Specialist

 * Mary Disbrow

Graphic Designer

 * Marco Garcia

Video Production Manager

 * Carl Smolka

Assistant Editor

 * Greg Ammen

Senior VP of Production

 * Bret Berry

Development Operations Director

 * John Merlino

QA Manager

 * Mark Cartwright

QA Supervisors

 * Shawn Dobbins
 * Demetrius Griffin

Lead Tester

 * Jason Bianchi
 * Kip Bunyea
 * Phil Musil

QA Testers

 * Adam Bright
 * Don Escueta
 * Johnny Moran

Mastering Supervisor

 * Rey Casto Buzon

Mastering Lab Technician

 * Christopher Rilles
 * Kenneth Nacua

Hardware Technician

 * Matt Ellison

Translation

 * Inboundgames

CEO

 * Mike Hayes

SVP of Production

 * Gary Dunn

SVP of Marketing

 * Gary Knight

Head of Japan Studio

 * Kuniyo Matsumoto

Senior Production Localisation

 * Akiko O'Driscoll

Senior Producer - iPhone

 * Charlie O'Connor

Producer - iPhone

 * Mariusz Szlanta

Assistant Producer

 * Jamie Bailey
 * Renee Teloka

Sonic Brand Director

 * David Corless

Senior Brand Manager

 * Helen Lawson

Assistant Brand Manager

 * James Bray

Publishing Manager

 * Lee Harris

Head of European PR

 * Lynn Daniel

European PR Manager

 * Kerry Martyn

Head of Creative Services

 * Alison Peat

Creative Services

 * Morgan Gibbons
 * Akane Hiraoka
 * Arnoud Tempelaere
 * Francesca Stella
 * Ranjan Vekaria
 * Ed Bostock

SVP of Business Planning and Operations

 * Yusuke Suai

Purchasing Manager

 * Caroline van Venrooji

Production Manager

 * Natalie Cooke

Head of Digital Marketing

 * Mike Evans

Digital Marketing Manager

 * Richard Willis

Senior Online Marketing Executive

 * Charlotte Mills

Online Services

 * Katy Weston

Head of Legal & Business Affairs

 * Nicky Ormrod

Legal Counsel

 * Dan Barnett

Legal Executive

 * Saad Choudri

Licensing Manager

 * Nivine Emeran

Head of Development Services

 * Mark Le Breton

Production Managers

 * Ben Howell

Resource Manager

 * Ben Jackson

Localisation Manager

 * Marta Lois Gonzales

Localisation Project Manager

 * Giuseppe Rizzo

Translators

 * Antonella Marras
 * Antonio Catanese
 * Carole Kunzelmann
 * Jesus Alvarez
 * Nicole Thomer
 * Daniela Kaynert
 * Luis J. Paredes
 * Ronan Salon
 * Sebastian Perez Salguero

Mastering and Equipment Manager

 * Dave Pither

Senior Mastering Technician

 * Phil Adams

Assistant Mastering Technician

 * Cara Gifford Pitcher

Functionality Supervisor

 * Julie Metior

Project Lead

 * Nick Dearing

Testers

 * Ricky Lovage

Language QA Supervisor

 * Alessandro Irranca

Assistant Language Team Lead

 * Carolina Vidal

Senior Language Testers

 * Lorenzo de Gregori
 * Juan Langa

Administration and Finance Coordinator

 * Chris Bien

QA Administrator

 * Chris Geiles

Shift Monitor

 * Tony Langan
 * Chris Bailey

Chief Producers

 * Osamu Ohashi
 * Toshihiro Nagoshi

Executive Supervisors

 * Yukio Sugino
 * Takayuki Kawagoe

Executive Producer
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 * Okitane Usui

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