Sonic the Hedgehog 2/Staff

This article pertains to the staff of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and its additional re-releases.

Executive producer

 * Hayao Nakayama

Producer

 * Shinobu Toyoda

Director

 * Masaharu Yoshii

Chief programmer

 * Yuji Naka ("YU2")

Game planner

 * Hirokazu Yasuhara ("Carol Yas")
 * Masaharu Yoshii (uncredited)

Programmer

 * Mark Cerny (uncredited)

Character design and chief artist

 * Yasushi Yamaguchi ("Judy Totoya")

Assistant programmers

 * Bill Willis,
 * Masanobu Yamamoto

Object placement

 * Hirokazu Yasuhara,
 * Takahiro Anto,
 * Yutaka Sugano

Special Stage object placement

 * Yutaka Sugano

Zone artists

 * Yasushi Yamaguchi,
 * Craig Stitt,
 * Brenda Ross,
 * Jina Ishiwatari,
 * Tom Payne,
 * Phenix Rie

Special Stage art and CG

 * Tim Skelly,
 * Peter Morawiec

Music composer

 * Masato Nakamura (©1992 Dreams Come True)

Sound programmer

 * Tomoyuki Shimada

Sound assistants

 * Yukifumi Makino ("Macky"),
 * Hiroshi Kubota ("Jimita"),
 * Yoshiaki Kashima ("Milpo"),
 * Izuho Numata ("Ippo"),
 * Sachio Ogawa ("S.O"),
 * Masaru Setsumaru ("Oyz"),
 * Masayuki Nagao ("N.Gee")

Project assistants

 * Syuichi Katagi,
 * Takahiro Hamano,
 * Yoshiki Ooka,
 * Steve Woita

Game manual

 * Youichi Takahashi,
 * Carol Ann Hanshaw

Executive supporters

 * Daizaburou Sakurai,
 * Hisashi Suzuki,
 * Thomas Kalinske,
 * Fujio Minegishi,
 * Takaharu Utsunomiya

Special thanks to

 * Cindy Claveran,
 * France Tantiado,
 * Daisuke Saito,
 * Kunitake Aoki,
 * Tsuneko Aoki,
 * Deborah McCracken,
 * Tatsuo Yamada,
 * Rick Macaraeg,
 * Akinori Nishiyama ("Locky P"),
 * Masaaki Kawamura

Presented by
Sega

Original game developed by

 * Sega

Developed for mobile platforms by

 * Christian Whitehead
 * Headcannon

Lead programmer

 * Christian Whitehead

Programmer

 * Simon Thomley

Title & menu music

 * Jane-Evelyn "CHIBI-TECH" Nisperos (M2 Co, Ltd)

Chairman

 * Naoya Tsurumi

CEO

 * Tatsuyuki Miyazaki

CCO

 * Masnao Maeda

COO/CFO/President

 * Jogn Cheng

VP of digital business

 * Chris Olson

Director of digital planning

 * Naoki Kameda

Director of mobile business

 * David Zemke

Original game developed by
Sega

DLC version developed by
M2

Directors

 * Naoki Horil
 * Tsuyoshi Matsuoka

Planners

 * Takaaki Hashimoto
 * Ken-iciro Kikuchi
 * Tsuyoshi Matsuoka

3D co-ordinator

 * Youichirou Watanabe

Polygon co-ordinators

 * Taiyo Mamada
 * Shintaro Ishikura

Programmers

 * Youichirou Watanabe
 * Shintaro Ishikura
 * Tetsuya Abe
 * Hiroyuki Sawi
 * Akira Salto
 * Emiko Iunchi
 * Makoto Harashino
 * Nobuhisa Shinoda
 * Minoru Kubota
 * Jumpei Isshiki
 * Masaki Goto

Graphic designers

 * Naoki Takahashi
 * Keisuke Koga
 * Takuya Watanabe

Sound designers

 * Manabu Namiki
 * Tatsuhiko Kasuga

Libary & tools

 * Jun Okada
 * Toshinori Yuui (WAMSOFT)
 * Go Watanabe (WAMSOFT)

Project manager

 * Takehiro Kawachi

Chief operating officer

 * John Cheng

EVP of publishing & strategy

 * Yusuke Suai

Director of production

 * Todd Hartwig

Producer

 * Samuek G Mullen

Mastering lab supervisor

 * Rey Buzon

Group marketing manager

 * David DePaulis

Senior brand manager

 * Mai Kawaguchi

Associate brand manager

 * Stephen Akana

Community manager

 * Julian Mehfeld

Senior PR manager

 * Kerstin Hunt

Video editor

 * Arthur Swidzinski

Web manager

 * Michael Dobbins

Senor graphic designer

 * Marco Garcia

First party coordinator

 * Andrew Wong

Head of studio localisation and ESD

 * Charlie Harris

Producer

 * Renée Teloka

Digital product manager

 * Lewis Herbert

Senior business manager

 * Anh Luong

Head of QA & localisation QA

 * Gulam Khan

Production manager

 * Teresa right

Localisation manager

 * Mart Lois Gonzalez

Localisation project supervisor

 * Gabriel Cassas

Translators

 * Anais Maniaval
 * Gwladys Gaye
 * Banjamin Brunet

Mastering & equipment manager

 * Francesco Fraulo

Senior mastering technician

 * Mike Veness

Assistant mastering technicians

 * Andrew Doran
 * Danny Florey
 * Shaun Young

Project lead

 * Adrian Daly

Compliance coordinator

 * Mohammed Ajiab

Compliance tester

 * Aaron Wright

Localisation QA team lead

 * Ruggero Varisco

Language QA tester

 * Sarah Breton

Producers

 * Kafasei Shimomura
 * Yosuke Okunari

SOJ quality assurance

 * Akira Nishikawa
 * Osamu Sato
 * Atsushi Hirano
 * Hidaka Ogasawara
 * Jiro Kimura
 * Kazuya Miyazaki
 * Takumi Shinya
 * Takehito Kimura
 * Kazuhiko Morii
 * Toshiro Yuda
 * Kazuki Muto

Software manual production

 * Yoshiro Sakuta
 * Masato Shimamura
 * Colin Restall
 * Hiroki Osawa

Product management

 * Takayoshi Ohuchi
 * Takafumi Ueoro
 * Koichi Hanatete

1st party relation

 * Toyohisa Hiwatari
 * Yusuke Asano
 * Chiaki Furuya

PR

 * Mamoru Kodama
 * Sho Nanmoku

Promotion

 * Kousuke Honma
 * Ikuo Ishizaka

Web design

 * Noriko Sanda

Localization support

 * Shintaro Tanioka
 * Emi Yamane
 * Nobuyuki Minato

Special thanks

 * Takashi Iizuka
 * Yuji Uekawa
 * Eltaro Toyoda
 * Emiko Mikuni


 * Yuji Naka (PROPE)

Senior producers

 * Akira Nishino
 * Yoichi Shimosato

Chief producer

 * Osamu Ohashi

Exective producers

 * Haruki Satomi
 * Kenji Matsubara
 * Toshihiro Nagoshi

Presented by
SEGA

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