Sonic the Hedgehog CD/Staff

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

Sega Mega CD (Japan/PAL) release

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)

-Animation Staff-

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

Sega CD (North America) release

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

-Animation Staff-

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

-Secret Special Stage-

Plan

• Hiroaki Chino

Sprite Design

• Kazuyuki Hoshino

Scroll design

• Yasushi Yamaguchi

Sound

• Masafumi Ogata

Program

• Keiichi Yamamoto

Special Thanks

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

-Special Edition for North America-

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

1996 PC release

2011 re-release stuff

NOTE: The first set of staff credits are 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

Sega Europe limited staff credits

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

Sega UK

UK managing director

• John Clark

UK senior product manager

• Ben Walker

UK PR managers

• Fay Burgin
• Stefan Mcgarry

UK channel marketing manager

• Clare Hawkins

Sega International

International Sales director

• Alison Gould

Head of international sales

• Simon Inch

International account executive

• Ben Prouty

International sales administrator

• Alice Jakubiak

Sega Germany

Managing director

• James Rebours

Marketing manager

• Henning Otto

Product manager

• Chinh Vu

PR executive

• Susanne Ortega

Sega Spain

Managing director

• Javier Fuentes

Marketing manager

• Alex Fernández

PR manager

• Diana Radetski

Sega Benelux

Managing director

• Jurgen Post

Head of marketing

• Johan De Windt

PR manager

• Roel Peeters

Sega France

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

Sega Australia

Managing director

• Darren Macbeth

Marketing manager

• Garth Gower

Junior product manager

• Neroli Harpur

PR manager

• Vispi Bhopti

PR executive

• Rebecca Charalambous

Sega of America

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

• Naoya 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

Sega Corporate

Overseas consumer business

• Satomi Okuma
• Eriko Nakamura

Special thanks

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