Takumi Yoshinaga

Not to be confused the Takumi Corporation

Takumi Yoshinaga

Date of birth: 1968-09-04^[1] (age 55)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1993^[2] – ) Divisions: Sega CS3 Sega Software R&D Dept. 9 United Game Artists Sonic Team Sega Divisions: Sega CS2 Sega Games Sega
Role(s): Director
Twitter: @takami

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Takumi Yoshinaga (吉永匠) was a director at Sega.

Production history

Games

Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (Mega-CD; 1994) — Special Thanks^[4] (as Takumi)
The Mansion of Hidden Souls (Saturn; 1994)
Ayrton Senna Personal Talk: Message for the future (Saturn; 1995)
Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators (Saturn; 1995)
Pepenga Pengo (Mega Drive; 1995) — Director^[5]
Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu! (Saturn; 1996) — Coordinator^[6]
Torico (Saturn; 1996) — Producers (as 吉永匠)
Riglordsaga 2 (Saturn; 1996) — Advisory Staffs
Giga Wing (Dreamcast; 1999) — Development Cooperate with (as Takumi)
Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Story & Game Design Director
Giga Wing 2 (NAOMI; 2000) — Developed by (as Takumi)
Giga Wing 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Developed by (as Takumi)
Space Channel 5: Part 2 (Dreamcast; 2002) — Story & Gamedesign Director
Space Channel 5: Part 2 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Story & Gamedesign Director
Space Channel 5 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Story & Game Design Director
New Roommania: Porori Seishun (PlayStation 2; 2003) — 声の出演 (as 吉永匠)
Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Supervisors
Space Channel 5: Special Edition (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Story & Game Design Director
Astro Boy (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Game Designers
Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Special Thanks
Feel the Magic: XY/XX (Nintendo DS; 2004) — Directors
The Rub Rabbits! (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Director
The Rub Rabbits! (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Voice Actors
Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach (Nintendo DS; 2006) — Director
Onsei Kanjou Sokuteiki: Kokoro Scan (Nintendo DS; 2007) — Director & Producer
Puyo Puyo 7 (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Director
Puyo Puyo 7 (Wii; 2009) — Director
Puyo Puyo!! (PlayStation Portable; 2011) — Director
Puyo Puyo!! Quest (iOS; 2013) — Director
Puyo Puyo!! Quest (Android; 2013) — Director
Uta Kumi 575 (PlayStation Vita; 2014) — ディレクター (as 吉永匠)
Uta Kumi 575 (PlayStation Vita; 2014) — 作詞 (as 吉永匠)
Puyo Puyo!! Touch (iOS; 2015) — Director
Puyo Puyo!! Touch (Android; 2015) — Director
Puyo Puyo Chronicle (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Special Thanks
Puyo Puyo Champions (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! (PlayStation 4; 2020) — Story & Game Design Advisor
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Special Thanks
Burning Fists: Force Striker (Mega-CD; unreleased)

Music

Space Channel 5 Original Soundtrack (CD; 2000) — Story Designer^[7]
Space Channel 5 Part 2 Soundtrack Volume "Chu!!" (CD; 2002) — Story Designer
Space Channel 5 Part 2 Soundtrack Volume "Chu!!" (CD; 2002) — Words
Space Channel 5 Part 2 Soundtrack Volume "Hey!!" (CD; 2002) — Story Designer
Space Channel 5 Part 2 Soundtrack Volume "Hey!!" (CD; 2002) — Words
Space Channel 5 Part 2 Moji Moji ★ Can't Stop Remix (CD; 2002) — Story Designer^[8]
Puyo Puyo no Uta (CD; 2009) — Special Thanks to^[9]
Puyo Puyo 7 Original Soundtrack (CD; 2009) — Special Thanks to
Space Channel 5 20th Anniversary "GyunGyun Selection" (CD; 2019) — Story Designer^[10]

A Sonic-related port for Game Gear^[11]

On January 20, 2024^[12], Takumi Yoshinaga has also created an image displaying his own chronological works history, sorted by decade and with icons to mark what his roles were:

D: Director
P: Producer
GD: General Director
SD: Senior?/Series? Director

Song credits

Main article: Takumi Yoshinaga/Song credits.

Space Channel 5: Part 2

Pine's theme song — Lyrics
Purge's theme song — Lyrics

Feel the Magic: XY/XX

Feel the Magic — Lyrics

The Rub Rabbits!

The Rub Rabbits! — Lyrics
Orpheus in the Underworld — Lyrics

Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper

A Beat of My Own — Lyrics
Orpheus in the Underworld — Lyrics
Friend vs. Faux — Lyrics
Le Thème Diabolique — Lyrics

Uta Kumi 575

なんという世の中なのさ — Lyrics
365月病 — Lyrics
オソロシ夜 — Lyrics
サクラ咲くから! — Lyrics
リア充ですが? — Lyrics

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Takumi Yoshinaga

External links

Takumi Yoshinaga on Facebook
Staff profile on www.u-ga.com
Staff diary on www.u-ga.com

References

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-18_19960906.pdf_p143-1] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 18" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 143

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20081008060847.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fsegavoice.2Fvol13.2F-2] ttp://sega.jp/segavoice/vol13/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-10-08 06:08)

[https:.2F.2Fwww.sega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegavoice.2F041125.2F01.html-3] ttps://www.sega.jp/fb/segavoice/041125/01.html

[:File:Heavenly_Symphony_MCD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Heavenly Symphony MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Pepenga_Pengo_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Pepenga Pengo MD credits.pdf

[:File:NinkuTYnD_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-6] File:NinkuTYnD_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:SC5OST_CD_JP_card5.pdf_p2-7] File:SC5OST CD JP card5.pdf, page 2

[:File:SC5P2MMCRS_CD_JP_card4.pdf_p2-8] File:SC5P2MMCRS CD JP card4.pdf, page 2

[:File:PuyoPuyonoUta_Music_JP_Box.jpg_p-9] File:PuyoPuyonoUta Music JP Box.jpg

[:File:SC520AGGS_CD_JP_card6.pdf_p2-10] File:SC520AGGS CD JP card6.pdf, page 2

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20030403215054.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.u-ga.com.2Fjp.2Fcompany.2Flist_staff.php.3FHID_EMP_NO.3DJ00105-11] ttp://www.u-ga.com/jp/company/list_staff.php?HID_EMP_NO=J00105 (Wayback Machine: 2003-04-03 21:50)

[https:.2F.2Ftwitter.com.2Ftakami.2Fstatus.2F1748663305344782617-12] @takami on Twitter

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