Takeshi Sakakibara

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Takeshi Sakakibara
Takeshi Sakakibara in 2005
Overview
Gender	Male
Nationality	Japanese
Company(s)	Sega[citation needed] Sega Studio USA[citation needed] Sonic Team[citation needed]
Job	Programmer

Takeshi Sakakibara (榊原 武, Sakakibara Takeshi^?) is a programmer from Sonic Team who has worked on games in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Career

Sakakibara's first game credit was Neon Genesis EVANGELION for the Sega Saturn in 1996. The first Sonic game he worked on was Sonic Adventure. As part of Sega Studio USA, he moved to San Francisco in 1999 to develop Sega titles in the United States. The first time Sakakibara was lead programmer was for Shadow the Hedgehog. He also worked on NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams.

Credits

Games

• Sonic Adventure - Field Programmer, Camera System Programmer
• Sonic Adventure 2 - Camera System Programmer, Story Event Programmer
• Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut - Field Programmer, Camera System Programmer
• Sonic Heroes - Stage Programmer, Story Event Programmer
• Shadow the Hedgehog - Lead Programmer, Story Event Programmer, Menu Screen Programmer
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) - Special Thanks
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games - Lead Programmer (Wii)
• Sonic Colors - Character Programmer (Wii)
• Sonic Generations - System Programmer (Console/PC)

Trivia

• Sakakibara's favorite character from the Sonic series is Rouge.

External links

• Takeshi Sakakibara at the Internet Movie Database

Sonic Team members

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