Tetsu Katano

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Tetsu Katano
Tetsu Katano
Overview
Gender	Male
Nationality	Japanese
Nickname(s)	片野 徹
Company(s)	Sonic Team Sega of Japan
Job	Programmer

Tetsu Katano (片野 徹, Katano Tōru^?) is a former programmer for Sonic Team of Sega. Earliest examples of his programming work in the Sonic the Hedgehog series were the Special Stages in the Sega Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast, and being one of the most foremost programmers on Sonic Jam. He later than became a main programmer on Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, and Sonic Heroes, with his last programming work being in Sonic and the Secret Rings.

Credits

Programming

• Sonic 3D Blast (Special Stage Programmer)
• Sonic Jam
• Sonic Adventure (Main Programmer, Player Character Progammer, Lead Field Programmer)
• Sonic Adventure 2 (Main Programmer, Player Character Progammer, Enemy Programmer)
• Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (Main Programmer, Player Character Progammer, Enemy Programmer)
• Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (Technical Support)
• Sonic Heroes (Main Programmer, Player Character Progammer, Enemy Programmer)
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (Player Character Programmer, Technical Programmer)

Production

• Sonic and the Black Knight (Producer, Director)

Supervision

• Sonic Colors (Wii version) (Technical Supervisor)
• Sonic Generations (PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 versions) (Technical Supervisor)
• Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Technical Supervisor)

Miscellaneous

• Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (Special Thanks)
• Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (Special Thanks)
• Sonic Unleashed (Special Thanks)
• Sonic Lost World (Wii U version) (Project Support)
• Sonic Lost World (3DS version) (Technical Support)
• Sonic Runners (Project Support)
• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Project Support)
• Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (Project Support)

Sonic Team members

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