Sonic the Hedgehog CD/Staff

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

Executive producer

 * Hayao Nakayama

Produced by

 * Minoru Kanari,
 * Makoto Oshitani

Director

 * Naoto Oshima (BIGISLAND)

Program director

 * Keiichi Yamamoto

Art director

 * Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K)

Sound director

 * Yukifumi Makino

Game designers

 * Hiroaki Chino (TINON),
 * Kenichi Ono (Ax),
 * Yuichiro Yokoyama,
 * Takao Miyoshi,
 * Akira Nishino

Character designer

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino

Landscape designers

 * Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K),
 * Takumi Miyake,
 * Masahiro Sanpei,
 * Masato Nishimura,
 * Hideaki Kurata

Special Stage designers

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino,
 * Yasushi Yamaguchi (Judy Totoya)

Special Stage programmer

 * Keiichi Yamamoto

Animation programmers

 * Yuichiro Mine (Proto.2),
 * Eiji Horita

Animation visual directors

 * Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K),
 * Masahiro Sanpei

Visual design

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino,
 * Takumi Miyake

Chief programmer

 * Matsuhide Mizoguchi

Programmers

 * Yuichi Matsuoka,
 * Hiroshi Takei,
 * Tatsuya Satoh (HIC),
 * Noritaka Yakita (HIC)

Producers

 * Yasuo Yamaguchi,
 * Mutsumi Kido

Chief key animator

 * Hisashi Eguchi (Studio Junio)

Key animators

 * Tetsuya Kumagai,
 * Toshiyuki Komaru,
 * Yasuyuki Shimizu,
 * Ichiro Furuichi,
 * Kenji Kajiwara

Art director

 * Shinzou Yuki

Camera director

 * Masaru Banzai

Assistant production manager

 * Kouichi Hirose

Production manager

 * Kohji Sekiguchi

Director

 * Yukio Kaizawa

In cooperation with

 * Studio Junio

Produced by

 * Toei Animation Co., Ltd

-Opening theme-
(Sonic You Can Do Anything)

Lyrics by

 * Casey Rankin

Music by

 * Naofumi Hataya

Vocals

 * Keiko Utoku

-Ending theme-
(Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself)

Lyrics by

 * Casey Rankin

Music by

 * Masafumi Ogata

Vocals

 * Keiko Utoku

Producer

 * Daikou Nagato (Being Co. LTD)

Director

 * Ryo Watabe (Being Co., LTD)

Recorded at

 * Studio Birdman,
 * Mod Studio

BGM composed and arranged

 * Naofumi Hataya,
 * Masafumi Ogata

Sound effects

 * Yukifumi Makino

Sound programmer

 * Yukifumi Makino

Promoter

 * Hiroyuki Tanaka

Package designers

 * Youichi Takahashi,
 * Heyato Takebayashi

Illustrations

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino

Special Thanks

 * Hiroshi Kubota,
 * Phenix Rie,
 * Yoshiaki Kashima,
 * Takenobu Mitsuyoshi,
 * Masaru Setsumaru,
 * Hijiri Aoki,
 * Steve Ray Burton,
 * James Michael Spahn,
 * Kounosuke Yoshio,
 * Tomoko Sasaki,
 * Aki Kamata,
 * Masato Nishimura,
 * Akira Funada,
 * Fujio Minegishi,
 * Jina Ishiwatari,
 * Katsufumi Yoshimori,
 * Tetsuo Akagi,
 * Kaeko Itoh,
 * Hiroshi Nakatani,
 * Hiromi Fukuda,
 * Etsuko Yamada,
 * Ryuichiro Kutuzawa,
 * Takashi Iwade,
 * Michikazu Tamamura,
 * Masumi Uchida,
 * Tohru Watanuki,
 * Makiko Suzuki

Presented by

 * Sega

Executive producer

 * Hayao Nakayama

Produced by

 * Minoru Kanari,
 * Makoto Oshitani

Director
Naoto Oshima

Program director

 * Keiichi Yamamoto

Art director

 * Hiroyuki Kawaguchi

Sound director

 * Yukifumi Makino

Game designers

 * Hiroaki Chino,
 * Kenichi Ono,
 * Yuichiro Yokoyama,
 * Takao Miyoshi,
 * Akira Nishino

Character designer

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino

Landscape designers

 * Hiroyuki Kawaguchi,
 * Takumi Miyake,
 * Masahiro Sanpei,
 * Masato Nishimura,
 * Hideaki Kurata

Special Stage designers

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino,
 * Yasushi Yamaguchi

Special Stage programmer

 * Keiichi Yamamoto

Animation programmers

 * Yuichiro Mine,
 * Eiji Horita

Animation visual directors

 * Hiroyuki Kawaguchi,
 * Masahiro Sanpei

Visual design

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino,
 * Takumi Miyake

Chief programmer

 * Matsuhide Mizoguchi

Programmers

 * Yuichi Matsuoka,
 * Hiroshi Takei,
 * Tatsuya Satoh (HIC),
 * Noritaka Yakita (HIC)

BGM composer and arranged

 * Naofumi Hataya,
 * Masafumi Ogata

Sound effects

 * Yukifumi Makino

Sound programmer

 * Yukifumi Makino

Development support

 * Al Nilsen

Promoter

 * Hiroyuki Tanaka

Producers

 * Yasuo Yamaguchi,
 * Mutsumi Kido

Chief key animator

 * Hisashi Eguchi (Studio Junio)

Key animators

 * Tetsuya Kumagai,
 * Toshiyuki Komaru,
 * Yasuyuki Shimizu,
 * Ichiro Furuichi,
 * Kenji Kajiwara

Art director

 * Shinzou Yuki

Camera director

 * Masaru Banzai

Assistant production manager

 * Kouichi Hirose

Production manager

 * Kohji Sekiguchi

Director

 * Yukio Kaizawa

In cooperation with

 * Studio Junio

Produced by

 * Toel Animation Co., Ltd

Director

 * Ryo Watabe (Being Co., Ltd)

Recorded at

 * Studio Birdman,
 * Mod Studio

Plan
Hiroaki Chino

Sprite Design

 * Kazuyuki Hoshino

Scroll design

 * Yasushi Yamaguchi

Sound
Masafumi Ogata

Program

 * Keiichi Yamamoto

Special Thanks

 * 3Pei,
 * Majin,
 * 100Shiki,
 * Syuji Takahashi

Music Composed and Produced by

 * Spencer Nilsen,
 * David Young

Vocals by

 * -Pastiche-
 * Sandy Cressman,
 * Jenny Meltzer,
 * Becky West

Drums and percussion by

 * Brad Kaiser

Guitars by

 * Erik Frykman

Recorded and Mixed at

 * Sega Multimedia Studio,S.O.A

Additional music composed and produced by
Sterling

Bass

 * Bobby Vega

Percusion

 * Armando Peraza

Engineer

 * Charles Albert

Assistant engineers

 * Roosevelt Hoover,
 * Maurice Jackson

Recorded and mixed at

 * Intermix

Special thanks

 * Naofumi Hataya,
 * Masafumi Ogata,
 * Daikou Nagato (Being Co., Ltd),
 * Hiroshi Kubota,
 * Phenix Rie,
 * Yoshiaki Kashima,
 * Takenobu Mitsuyoshi,
 * Masaru Setsumaru,
 * Hifiri Aoki,
 * Steve Ray Burton,
 * James Michael Spahn,
 * Kounosuke Yoshio,
 * Tomoko Sasaki,
 * Aki Kamata,
 * Masato Nishimura,
 * Akira Funada,
 * Fujio Minegishi,
 * Jina Ishiwatari,
 * Katsufumi Yoshimori,
 * Tetsuo Akagi,
 * Kaeko Itoh,
 * Hiromi Nakatani,
 * Hiroshi Fukuda,
 * Etsuko Yamada,
 * Ryuichiro Kutsuzawa,
 * Takashi Lwade,
 * Michikazu Tamamura,
 * Masumi Uchida,
 * Tohru Watanuki,
 * Makoto Suzuki,
 * Audix,
 * Digital Support Group,
 * Fairlight E.S.P,
 * Opcode,
 * Otari,
 * Zoom

Presented by

 * Sega

2011 re-release stuff
NOTE: The first set of stuff credits is the same North American list from the original Sega CD release. The second set of credits for the 2011 re-release are featured right after completing the game as Tails.

Original game developed by

 * Sega

Developed for digital platforms by

 * Blit Software & Christian Whitehead

Lead engineer

 * Christian Whitehead

Platform development

 * Miguel Angel Horna
 * Miguel Angel Pastor
 * Javier Campo
 * Jorge Cabezas
 * Tony Cabello

CEO

 * Mike Hayes

SVP of production

 * Gary Dunn

SVP of marketing

 * Gary Knight

Technical director

 * Chris Southall

Senior producer

 * Charlie O'Connor

Producer

 * Justyn Mclean

Publishing manager

 * Lee Harris

SVP of business planning and operations

 * Yusuke Suai

Head of business analysis

 * Martin Benneyworth

Purchasing manager

 * Caroline Van Venrooji

Production manager

 * Natalie Forsyth

Head of marketing

 * Matt Eyre

Assistant brand manager

 * Ben Finch

Digital PR executive

 * Amy White

Head of legal & business affairs

 * Nicky Ormrod

Legal counsel

 * Polly Bennett

Legal executive

 * Saad Choudri
 * Marine Cabour

Licencing manager

 * Nivin Emeran

Head of development services

 * Mark Le Breton

Production manager

 * Ben Howell

Resource manager

 * Ben Jackson

Localisation manager
Marta Lois Gonzalez

Localisation project manager

 * Giuseppe Rizzo

Translators

 * Antonella Marras
 * Antonio Catanese
 * Carole Kunzelmann
 * Jesus Alvarez
 * Nicole Thomer
 * Tatjana Nath
 * Daniela Kaynert
 * Luis J. Paredes
 * Ronan Salon
 * Sebastián Pérez Salguero
 * Sophie Paléologos
 * Giuseppe Rosa

Mastering, equipment and submissions manager

 * Dave Pither

Senior mastering technician

 * Phil Adams

Assistant mastering technician

 * Mike Veness
 * Gara Gifford Pitcher

Project lead

 * Tristan Carrée

Functionality supervisor

 * Julie Metior

Project monitor

 * David Fielding

Senior tester

 * James Hovell

Compliance supervisor

 * Darran Wall

Compliance coordinators

 * Mohammed Ajaib
 * Sliva Allari
 * Chris Barnett

Compliance senior technicians

 * Aaron Caney
 * Martin Walker

Compliance technicians

 * Alexander Abbott
 * Anthony Phillips
 * Paul Hann
 * Leo Paine
 * Olly White
 * Kevin Murphy
 * Mohammed Shahin Uddin
 * Louis Li

Language QA supervisor

 * Alssandro Irranga

Language team lead

 * Ruggero Varisco

Language testers

 * Sébastien Kernst
 * Riccardo Gargiulo
 * Lars Lennertz
 * Diego Mart Nez Gómez

Administration and finance coordinator

 * Chris Bien

QA Administrator

 * Chris Geiles

Shift monitor

 * Chris Bailey
 * Tony Langan

UK managing director

 * John Clark

UK senior product manager

 * Ben Walker

UK PR managers

 * Fay Burgin
 * Stefan Mcgarry

UK channel marketing manager

 * Clare Hawkins

International Sales director

 * Alison Gould

Head of international sales

 * Simon Inch

International account executive

 * Ben Prouty

International sales administrator

 * Alice Jakubiak

Managing director

 * James Rebours

Marketing manager

 * Henning Otto

Product manager

 * Chinh Vu

PR executive

 * Susanne Ortega

Managing director

 * Javier Fuentes

Marketing manager

 * Alex Fernández

PR manager

 * Diana Radetski

Managing director

 * Jurgen Post

Head of marketing

 * Johan De Windt

PR manager

 * Roel Peeters

Dircteur général Europe du sud

 * James Rebours

Responsable marketing

 * Thomas Grellier

Chef de produits

 * Alexander Chapt

Responsable RP

 * Franck Sébastien

Attachée de presse

 * Alexandra Fiore

Managing director

 * Darren Macbeth

Marketing manager

 * Garth Gower

Junior product manager

 * Neroli Harpur

PR manager

 * Vispi Bhopti

PR executive

 * Rebecca Charalambous

Assistant producer

 * Stephen Yee

Brand manager

 * Ken Balough
 * Mia Purtino

QA manager

 * Mark Cartwright

QA supervisors

 * Demetrius Griffin
 * Shawn Dobbins

QA lead

 * Lee Frohman
 * Teressa Quest

QA assistant lead

 * Dennis Constantino

QA testers

 * Terry Campbell
 * Long Pham
 * Jose Maldonado
 * Jefferey Campbell
 * Bryan Bacorro
 * Rocco Vienna
 * Adam J. Piskel
 * Euguene Smilovitsky
 * Jack Beacom
 * Kyle Brabender
 * Sam Soukkampha
 * Morgan Perry
 * Sean Lavender
 * Joseph Baldenweck
 * Eliseo Carranza

Standards supervisor

 * Stephen Akana

Standards lead

 * Dan Buchman

====Standards assistant leads
 * Tim Erbil
 * Max Atturio

Standards testers

 * Tony Stamer
 * Robet Hamiter

CEO

 * Mike Hayes

President/COO Sega West

 * Masanao Maeda

Chairman

 * Naoyo Tsurumi

Executive VP of digital business planning

 * Haruki Satomi

VP strategic planning & business development

 * Rob Lightner

Director of product development

 * Todd Hartwig

Publishing manager

 * Kartin Darolle

Development operation director

 * John Merlino

Mastering lab supervisor

 * Rey Casto Buzon

Mastering lab technician

 * Christopher Rilles

Overseas consumer business

 * Satomi Okuma
 * Eriko Nakamura

Special thanks

 * Takashi Iizuka
 * Eitaro Toyoda
 * Adrian Daly
 * Renee Teloka
 * Rick Danto
 * Simon Thomley
 * Brandan West