Akinori Nishiyama

Akinori Nishiyama (西山 彰則) is a Sega employee that has been involved with the company since the Master System era and has undertaken a varitety of roles. Nishiyama was originally a test player (usually credited as Work Nishi) whose first title was the original Phantasy Star. He may also have been know variably as Chiemushi and Locky P.

He later then served as Director for the majority of Sonic the Hedgehog series titles released for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS.

He served as the head for Sonic Team between Yuji Naka's resignation in 2006 and then Takashi Iizuka appointance in 2010. Afterwards, he appointed as the general manager for titles from Sega.

Credits

 * Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16 bit, 1992) - Special Thanks
 * Sonic Jam (1997) - Special Thanks
 * Sonic Adventure (1998) - Story event director, Scenario writer
 * Sonic Shuffle (2000) - Supervisor
 * Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) - Recording Coordinator (Japanese), Product Support
 * Sonic Advance (2001) - Director
 * Sonic Advance 2 (2002) - Director
 * Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2002) - Product Coordinator (Tiny Chao Garden), Recording Coordinator (Japanese), Product Support
 * Sonic Pinball Party (2003) - Director
 * Sonic Heroes (2003) - Recording Coordinator, Product Support
 * Sonic Advance 3 (2004) - Director
 * Sonic Gems Collection (2005) - Chief Producer
 * Shadow the Hedgehoog (2005) - Development Support
 * Sonic Rush (2005) - Director
 * Sonic Riders (2006) - Recording Coordinator
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (2006) - Chief Producer
 * Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) - Chief Producer
 * Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) - Producer
 * Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) - General Producer
 * Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008) - Recording Coordinator, Chief Producer
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Supervisor (Original Games)
 * Sega Superstars Tennis (2008) - Special Thanks
 * Sonic: Night of the Werehog (2008) - Special Thanks
 * Sonic Unleashed (2008) - Creative Producer
 * Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) - Chief Producer
 * Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) - Sonic Character Supervisor