Sonic and the Secret Rings/Production credits

Production Credits

Creative Team - Global Entertainment R&D Dept. #1

Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
Chief Producer: Akinori Nishiyama
Producer/Director: Yojiro Ogawa
Lead Game Designer: Morio Kishimoto
Art Director: Yoshitaka Miura
Lead Programmer: Makiko Nishimura
Technical Programmer: Tetsu Katano
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, Tatsuyuki 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: Kenichi Tokoi
Lyrics: Runblebee
Vocal: Steve Conte
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: Fumie Kumatani
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: Naoya Tsurumi
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: Mike Hayes
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
Created by: Sonic Team
Presented by: Sega