Sonic and the Secret Rings/Staff

This article pertains to the staff members of Sonic and the Secret Rings.

Executive Producer

 * Hisao Oguchi

Chief Producer

 * Akinori Nishiyama

Producer/Director

 * Yojiro Ogawa

Lead Game Designer

 * Morio Kishimoto

Art Director

 * Yoshitaka Miura

Lead Programmer

 * Makiko Nishimura

Technical Programmer

 * Tetsu Katano

Sound Director

 * Kenichi Tokoi

Game Designers

 * Yojiro Ogawa
 * Shiro Maekawa
 * Emiko Sunaga
 * Harumasa Nakajima
 * Jyunpei Ootsu
 * Takayuki Okada
 * Eitaro Toyoda

Game Tuning Support

 * Sarugakucho Inc.
 * Toru Hashimoto
 * Naoya Kojima
 * Atsuhito Watanabe
 * Masayuki Uesugi
 * Shintaro Nishida

Player Character Programmers

 * Makiko Nishimura
 * Tetsu Katano

Stage Programmers

 * Mikio Kume
 * Yuji Nakayama
 * Syuhei Ono
 * Syo Ohhira

Enemy Programmers

 * Nobuo Nakagawa
 * Masayoshi Kamai

Text/Stage Effect Tools/System Programmer

 * Mikio Kume

Menu Programmers

 * Tatsunori Yumoto
 * Takahiro Sekiguchi
 * Masayoshi Kamai

Tool/Library Support

 * Yoshitaka Kawabata
 * Hiroshi Iwasaki
 * Hiroto Hayashi

Middleware Support

 * Shun Hosaka
 * Tatsuya Suizu (CRI Middleware Co. Ltd.)

Field Art Director

 * Yoshitaka Miura

Field Artists

 * Shuto Matsuo
 * Haruka Yoshida
 * Wataru Kawahara
 * Hiroyuki Yagi
 * Hideaki Fujisawa
 * Keihan Fujii
 * Shuhei Sakamoto
 * Masaru Shimatani
 * Hiroyoshi Oosawa
 * Ken Suganuma
 * Toshiya Arai
 * Asuka Ogiwara (Anima Inc.)
 * Jun Arai (Anima Inc.)
 * Yasuyuki Kobayshi (Anima Inc.)
 * Yuuichirou Oosuka (Anima Inc.)
 * Nobunao Ono (Anima Inc.)
 * Daisuke Suzuki (Anima Inc.)
 * Hiroaki Mimura (Anima Inc.)
 * Tomoyuki Izawa (Nac Inc.)
 * Aki Waranabe (Nac Inc.)
 * Naohiko Zaitsu (Nac Inc.)
 * Hiroski Kiyota (Nac Inc.)
 * Takuya Matsuda (Nac Inc.)
 * Mitsuhiro Okmori (Nac Inc.)

Creature CG Artists

 * Hiroyuki Watanabe
 * Ken Kogawa
 * Yuki Hirohara

Motion artists

 * Tohru Honda
 * Kenji Tanaka

Effect CG Artists

 * Ryutaro Sugiyama

Lead Interface CG Artists

 * Taro Hino

Interface CG Artists

 * Rieko Muramatsu
 * Yasunori Kawaguchi

Character Design Support

 * Cavita Inc.
 * Media Vision Design Room

CG Movie Production

 * Anima Inc.

CG Movie Executive Producer

 * Shinya Sasahara

CG Movie Producer

 * Haruyasu Akagi

CG Movie Project Manager

 * Kenji Nishino

CG Movie Director

 * Yuji Nakayama

CG Movie Art Director

 * Tomohisa Iskikawa

Character Modeling

 * Naoki Kumazawa
 * Masakaeu Taita

Back Ground Modeling

 * Michito Nishino
 * Takahiro Morimoto
 * Takayuki Shigekawa
 * Naoki Terada
 * Kuniharu Koike

Visual Effects

 * Kazuo Mitsuyama
 * Shunsuke Tsuchiya
 * Katsuyoshi Yoshizawa
 * Takahiro Miura

Compositars

 * Takafumi Oi
 * Shigemori Skii
 * Ryoujia Ota
 * Jetstudio Inc.

2D Movie Production

 * Shirogumi Inc.

2D Movie Producer/2D Movie Director

 * Hiromasa Inoue

2D Movie Assistant Producer

 * Keiko Tezawa

Laysut Animation

 * OZ

Illustrator

 * Yuriko Sera
 * Asako Gotou
 * Yumi Makino
 * Makiko Kato
 * Miki Matsuyama
 * Ra Shauehin
 * Yukari Fujio

Compositars

 * Toshifumi Yamada
 * Takeo Yoshikawa
 * Kanko Tokuyama

Music Composers

 * Kenichi Tokoi
 * Fumie Kumatani
 * Seirou Okamoto
 * Hideaki Kobayashi

Sound Effects

 * Tomonori Sawada
 * Naofumi Hataya
 * Masaru Setsumaru
 * Tatsuya Maeda

CG Supervising Sound Editor (RedAJ Sound)

 * Eiji Nakamura (AJ)

CG Sound Editors (RedAJ Sound)

 * Chiharu Minekawa (Micchi)
 * Kenichi Saito (KEN)
 * Yoshihiro Maeda (PIRO)

Music Recording & Mixing Engineers

 * Dave Darlington
 * Yoshitada Miya

Music Assistant Engineers

 * Bevin Robinson (Chung King Studios, New York)
 * Yu Aoki (Greenbird, Inc.)
 * Ryosuke Maekawa (Power House, Inc.)
 * Takao Nakazato (Power House, Inc.)

CG Multi Audio Engineer

 * Toshihiro Hayano (Delfisound Inc.)

New York Session Director

 * Atsushi Kosugi (Beat On Beat, Inc)

Tokyo Session Coordinator

 * Hidetaka Shibata (CARL, Power House, Inc.)
 * Tetsuo Ohkawa (V.O.S., Inc.)

Music

 * Kenichi Tokoi

Lyrics

 * Runblebee

Vocal

 * Steve Conte

Drums

 * Gliut De Ganon

Bass

 * Will Lee

E. Guitar

 * Oe Noy
 * Chewtaro Moritake

Chorus

 * Siccle Oktaka

Music

 * Fumie Kumatani

Lyrics

 * Runblebee

Vocal

 * Steve Conte

Drums

 * Gliut De Ganon

Bass

 * Will Lee

Aco. Piano

 * Pkilippe Satsse

Aco. Guitar

 * Siccle Oktaka

Japanese Character Voices

 * Jun'ichi Kanemaru
 * Mai Nakahara
 * Masashi Ebara
 * Fubito Yamano
 * Ryo Hirohashi
 * Nobutoshi Kanna
 * Kouji Yusa
 * Daisuke Ono
 * Taeko Kawata
 * Sayaka Aoki
 * Nao Takamori
 * Etsuko Kozakura
 * Chikao Otsuka

English Character Voices

 * Jason Griffith
 * Bella Hudson
 * Peter Cormican
 * Richard Will
 * Mike Pollock
 * Amy Palant
 * Dan Green
 * Pete Capella
 * Lisa Ortiz
 * Rebecca Hoenig

Voice Recording Producer

 * Hiroyuki Inage (TOHOKUSHINSHA)

Voice Recording Director

 * Eriko Kimura (TOHOKUSHINSHA)

Recording

 * Studio Uni
 * Tokyo TV Center Co. Ltd.

Recording Engineers

 * Nick Miller
 * Mike Knoblauch
 * Alon Namdar
 * Ron London

Voice Director

 * Chris Collet (4Kids Productions, Inc.)

Production Coordinator

 * Salvatore Oppedisano (4Kids Productions, Inc.)

Recording Coordinator

 * Keith Palmer (Sonic Team USA (SEGA Studio USA))

Party Mode Development

 * Now Production Co. Ltd.

Party Mode Director

 * Kenjiro Morimoto (SEGA)

Party Mode Art Director

 * Hideaki Moriya (SEGA)

Party Mode Lead Game Designer

 * Hiroki Atoji

Party Mode Level Designers

 * Hidekazu Kuroki
 * Shinichi Uemaki
 * Michiteru Okabe
 * Kenji Kitamura

Party Mode Lead Programmer

 * Takeshi Maeda

Party Mode System Programmers

 * Masakazu Fujiwara
 * Kumiko Ohuchi
 * Kouhei Imoto

Party Mode Programmers

 * Shouhei Nakajima
 * Masafumi Mizuno
 * Tsukasa Hoonoki
 * Yohei Yadori
 * Shigeru Sato
 * Makoto Morimoto
 * Ryo Sakamoto
 * Kazunori Masuda
 * Kunihiko Kurokawa
 * Yasuhiko Hayashi

Party Mode Lead Artist

 * Mitsuhiro Sasatani

Party Mode Field Artists

 * Daisuke Fujita
 * Naoki Hirata
 * Futoshi Okauchi
 * Yuichi Matsuda
 * Chiho Tsuguiwa

Party Mode Character Artists

 * Tomoaki Tsujino
 * Yusuke Tanaka
 * Masato Maeda

Party Mode Character Motion Designers

 * Yoichi Takeda
 * Mayumi Ohmura

Party Mode 2D Artists

 * Keiko Ueda
 * Natsumi Obe

Party Mode Debug Assistants

 * Takayasu Shirazu
 * Natsuki Okada
 * Takaaki Nomura

Party Mode Development Support

 * Junichi Ohno

Promotional Visuals

 * Yuji Uekawa
 * Beans Magic Co. Ltd.
 * Masaki Hirooka

Web Designers

 * Mayumi Moro
 * Yuichi Kikuchi

Game Title

 * Shun Nakamura

Special Thanks

 * Ai Muroi
 * Shinobu Yokota
 * Shizue Sakurai
 * Koji Matsumoto
 * Takashi Iizuka
 * Sachiko Kawamura
 * Masanobu Yamamoto
 * Miki Kosugi (Beat On Beat, Inc.)
 * Yukifumi Makino (Delfisound Inc.)
 * Yoji Sugiyama (Witchcraft, Inc.)
 * DiMAGIC Co. Ltd.
 * Takaaki Saito
 * Tomoatsu Imai
 * Masato Imamura
 * Minoru Kusakabe
 * Takashi Nakashima
 * Hitmaker (AM Dept. #3)

President

 * Hisao Oguchi

Executive Management

 * Hideki Okamura
 * Masanao Maeda
 * Hiroyuki Miyazaki
 * Takayuki Kawagoe

Product Marketing Managers

 * Yasyshi Yamahita
 * Naoko Ooka

Sales Promotion Leader

 * Osamu Sato

Retail Sales Managers

 * Akira
 * Koji Nagata

Retail Sales Leader

 * Akihide Ichimura

Retail Sales Dept.

 * Toru Yasuda
 * Tomoaki Isgidao
 * Takeshi Shimizu
 * Yoshihito Endo
 * Teruyuki Awaji
 * Yasunobu Masahiro
 * Katsushi Yasuda
 * Yusuke Watanabe
 * Toshiyuki Tanaka
 * Nobuhiro Tanaka
 * Katsutoshi Memezawa
 * Toyota Tokoro
 * Tomohiko Hayashi
 * Tetsuo Sasaki
 * Hiroshi Ohta
 * Koichi Iino
 * Shinya Oosaki
 * Isokawa Taro
 * Mitsuaki Sugibayashi
 * Takayuki Murata

Technical Support

 * Takashi Shoji
 * Akihiro Etori
 * Takashi Ando

Collision System Support

 * Akira Kanasugi
 * Gary Mchale
 * Toyoji Kurose

Localization Support

 * Aya Takeuchi

Representatives At IBPD

 * Shinobu Shindo

Product Management

 * Junichi Shimizu

Product Support Team

 * Akira Nishikawa
 * Hiroyuki Miyano
 * Akinobu Koechi
 * Hitoshi Abe

Oulity Control

 * Kazuhiro Morii
 * Yuji Nakamura

Support Team

 * Kazunori Yagi
 * Yukihiro Taguchi
 * Masahiro Ozeki
 * Nobuyuki Inoue

Software Manuals/Packaging

 * Yosguhiro Sakuta
 * Hisakazu Nakahawa
 * Takashi Nishiumura
 * Masaru Kobayashi
 * Tetsuya Honda

CEO

 * Naoya Tsurumi

President/COO

 * Simon Jeffery

VP of Product Development

 * Dave Cobb

Localization Manager

 * John Merlino

Associate Producers

 * Christopher Kaminski
 * Keith Dwyer

Senior Publishing Manager

 * Klayton Vorlick

Development Services Manager

 * Deni Skeens

QA Supervisor

 * Joshua Morton

Master, Duplication, & Hardware

 * Rhianna Kellom
 * Ray Buzon
 * Andrew Byrne

Compliancy Lead

 * Stephen Akana

Vice President of Marketing

 * Scott A. Steinberg

Director of Marketing

 * Don Mesa

Product Manager

 * Benjamin Harrison

Creative Services Manager

 * Jenifer Groeling

Special Thanks

 * Osamu Shinamiya
 * Dana Whitney (One PR)

CEO

 * Naoya Tsurumi

President/COO

 * Mike Hayes

Development Director

 * Gary Dunn

Creative Director

 * Matthew Woodley

Director Of European Marketing

 * Gary Knight

Head Of Studio, Localisation

 * Kuniyo Matsumoto

Localisation Producer

 * Ayano Murofushi

UK Brand Director

 * David Miller

Head Of Exterual Development

 * Jim Woods

Pubilshing Manager

 * Nathalie Ransom

European PR

 * Lynn Daniel
 * Kerry Nartyn
 * Alistair Hatch

Senior Brand Manager

 * Helen Lawson

Assistant Brand Manager

 * Michele Dix

Inernational Brand Manager

 * Ben Chalmers-Stevens

Creative Services

 * Alisin Feat
 * Tom Bingle
 * Morgan Gibbons
 * Akane Hiraoka
 * Arnoud Tempelaere

Head Of Operation

 * Mark Simmons

Packageing Manager

 * Caroline Searle

Operations

 * Natalie Cooke
 * Micheile Blake

Head Of Onilne

 * Justin Moodie

Online Marketing Manager

 * Mike Evans

Online Development Manager

 * Nina Ahmad

Online Creative Manager

 * Bennie Booysen

Head Of UK Marketing

 * Tina Hicks

UK Product Manager

 * Phil Lamb

UK PR Manager

 * Stef McGarry

UK Trande Marketing Manager

 * Clare Davis

Legal Counsel

 * Nicola Steel
 * Mark Bennett

Llcensing Manager

 * Nivine Emeran

Head Of Development Services

 * Mark Le Breton

Localisation Manager

 * Marta Lois Gonzalez

Localisation Coordinator

 * Giuseppe Rizzo

Localisation Team

 * Antonella Marras
 * Antonio Catanese
 * Bannmuller Jay
 * Sebastian Perez Salguero
 * Luis J. Paredes
 * Danilea Kaynert
 * Brigitte Nadesan
 * Carole Kunzelmann

QA Supervisor

 * Marlon Grant
 * Staurt Arrowsmith

Mastering Teahnicians

 * John Hegarty
 * Jigar Patel

Senior Team Lead

 * James Langtry

Game Engine

 * Phys X

Special Thanks

 * All Staff Members And Their Families

Created by

 * Sonic Team

Presented by

 * Sega