This article pertains to the staff members behind Sonic and the Secret Rings.
Creative Team - Global Entertainment R&D Dept.
Executive Producer
- Hisao Oguchi
Chief Producer
Producer/Director
- Yojiro Ogawa
Lead Game Designer
- Morio Kishimoto
Art Director
- Yoshitaka Miura
Lead Programmer
- Makiko Nishimura
Technical Programmer
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.)
Seven Rings In Hand (Theme Of Sonic and the Secret Rings)
Music
Lyrics
Vocal
Drums
- Gliut De Ganon
Bass
- Will Lee
E. Guitar
- Oe Noy
- Chewtaro Moritake
Chorus
- Siccle Oktaka
Worth A Chance (Ending Theme Of Sonic and the Secret Rings)
Music
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
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)
Sega Corporation (Sega of Japan, Inc.)
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
Sega of America
CEO
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)
Sega Europe Ltd.
CEO
- Naoya Tsurumi
President/COO
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
