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{{sub-stub}}'''Yasuhito Baba''' (馬場 保仁) is a producer at [[Sega]], involved with the ''[[:category:Let's Make Baseball|Let's Make Baseball]]'', ''[[:category:Let's Make Soccer|Let's Make Soccer]]'' and ''[[:category:Super Monkey Ball|Super Monkey Ball]]'' series.
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{{sub-stub}}'''Yasuhito Baba''' (馬場 保仁) is the founded of developer Farrier and a former producer at [[Sega]], involved with the ''[[:category:Let's Make Baseball|Let's Make Baseball]]'', ''[[:category:Let's Make Soccer|Let's Make Soccer]]'' and ''[[:category:Super Monkey Ball|Super Monkey Ball]]'' series.
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{{PAGENAME}} joined [[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.|Sega Enterprises]] in 1997 as a game designer for sports-focused developer [[Sega CS1 (1996-1999)|CS1]], his first work being ''[[J.League Victory Goal '97]]'' for [[Sega Saturn]]{{ref|[https://web.archive.org/web/20210623113212/https://www.redbull.com/jp-ja/ryugagotoku-puroyakyurowaiyaru ''Farrier President Yasuhito Baba looks back on his time with Sega and DeNA'']}}. He was promoted to director in 2003{{ref|1=https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E4%BF%9D%E4%BB%81-%E9%A6%AC%E5%A0%B4-a3101732/?originalSubdomain=jp}}, having served as both director and game designer for ''[[Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! Advance]]'' the previous year. He became an evangelist for the series and was nicknamed '''YakyuuTsuku★Bancho''' (野球つく★番長){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20130818102127/http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/081/81479/}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20090516034623/http://www.4gamer.net/games/084/G008499/20090511047/}}.
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Following restructures in 2008 which merged [[Sega Sports Design R&D Dept.]] and [[New Entertainment R&D Dept.]] to form [[Sega CS1 (2008-current)|CS R&D Dept.# 1]], Baba instead began producing NE's premier franchises with the new installments ''[[Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll]]'', ''[[Super Monkey Ball 3D]]'' and ''[[Yakuza: Dead Souls]]'', titles meant to appeal to a Western audience{{ref|[https://web.archive.org/web/20210623113212/https://www.redbull.com/jp-ja/ryugagotoku-puroyakyurowaiyaru ''Farrier President Yasuhito Baba looks back on his time with Sega and DeNA'']}}. He also co-wrote the book ''Game no Kyoukasho'' with Takamitsu Yamamoto, which covers various video game development secrets to aid up-and-coming professional game developers{{ref|1=https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%81%AE%E6%95%99%E7%A7%91%E6%9B%B8-%E3%81%A1%E3%81%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E6%96%B0%E6%9B%B8-%E9%A6%AC%E5%A0%B4-%E4%BF%9D%E4%BB%81/dp/4480688021?th=1&psc=1&aod=1&oCode=%2Fdp%2F4480688021}}.
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Following the [[wikipedia:2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]], {{PAGENAME}} contemplated his morality and what he wanted to do in his lifetime. He wanted to begin making games for smartphones, a market Sega was at that point not tapped into. He changed companies to work for DeNA, where he was required to make quick decisions 4 times as fast as he was at Sega. He was most notably the organizer behind HEAT, a job hunting event which connects over 1000 students to various video game companies{{ref|[https://web.archive.org/web/20240121130742/https://www.redbull.com/jp-ja/yakyutuku ''Yasuhito Baba, who worked on "Yakyuu Tsuku" and "Saka Tsuku", has started a new company called "Farrier"!'']}}, which Baba organized in just 2 months{{ref|[https://web.archive.org/web/20210623113212/https://www.redbull.com/jp-ja/ryugagotoku-puroyakyurowaiyaru ''Farrier President Yasuhito Baba looks back on his time with Sega and DeNA'']}}. He left DeNA to focus on his career searching for new talented game developers, focusing on both game development and human sources. He founded the company Farrier in on July 28, 2016{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20200815084714/https://www.farrier.jp/about}}.
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{{PAGENAME}} enjoys horseback riding{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20090303175245/http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/author/002996/}} and baseball{{ref|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090303175245/http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/author/002996/}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210623113212/https://www.redbull.com/jp-ja/ryugagotoku-puroyakyurowaiyaru ''Farrier President Yasuhito Baba looks back on his time with Sega and DeNA'']}}. One of his favourite foods is curry, and he has reportedly eaten at up to 200 different curry restaurants{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20090303175245/http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/author/002996/}}.
  
 
==Production history==
 
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*[https://www.engadget.com/2009-10-05-interview-super-monkey-balls-yasuhito-baba.html ''Super Monkey Ball's Yasuhito Baba'' by Andrew Yoon for Endaget (October 5, 2009)]
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:''Main article: [[:Category:Photos of {{PAGENAME}}|Photos of {{PAGENAME}}]]
  
 
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Revision as of 09:35, 21 January 2024

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Yasuhito Baba
Date of birth: 1969[1] (age 54-55)
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Role(s): Producer
Education: Keio University[1]

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Yasuhito Baba (馬場 保仁) is the founded of developer Farrier and a former producer at Sega, involved with the Let's Make Baseball, Let's Make Soccer and Super Monkey Ball series.

Career

Yasuhito Baba joined Sega Enterprises in 1997 as a game designer for sports-focused developer CS1, his first work being J.League Victory Goal '97 for Sega Saturn[4]. He was promoted to director in 2003[5], having served as both director and game designer for Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! Advance the previous year. He became an evangelist for the series and was nicknamed YakyuuTsuku★Bancho (野球つく★番長)[6][7].

Following restructures in 2008 which merged Sega Sports Design R&D Dept. and New Entertainment R&D Dept. to form CS R&D Dept.# 1, Baba instead began producing NE's premier franchises with the new installments Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, Super Monkey Ball 3D and Yakuza: Dead Souls, titles meant to appeal to a Western audience[4]. He also co-wrote the book Game no Kyoukasho with Takamitsu Yamamoto, which covers various video game development secrets to aid up-and-coming professional game developers[8].

Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Yasuhito Baba contemplated his morality and what he wanted to do in his lifetime. He wanted to begin making games for smartphones, a market Sega was at that point not tapped into. He changed companies to work for DeNA, where he was required to make quick decisions 4 times as fast as he was at Sega. He was most notably the organizer behind HEAT, a job hunting event which connects over 1000 students to various video game companies[9], which Baba organized in just 2 months[4]. He left DeNA to focus on his career searching for new talented game developers, focusing on both game development and human sources. He founded the company Farrier in on July 28, 2016[10].

Personal details

Yasuhito Baba enjoys horseback riding[1] and baseball[11][12]. One of his favourite foods is curry, and he has reportedly eaten at up to 200 different curry restaurants[1].

Production history

Games

Music

Interviews

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Yasuhito Baba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/author/002996/ (Wayback Machine: 2009-03-03 17:52)
  2. ↑ https://cedil.cesa.or.jp/cedil_sessions/view/354 (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-09 00:04)
  3. ↑ http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-19 12:39)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Farrier President Yasuhito Baba looks back on his time with Sega and DeNA (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-23 11:32)
  5. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E4%BF%9D%E4%BB%81-%E9%A6%AC%E5%A0%B4-a3101732/?originalSubdomain=jp
  6. ↑ http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/081/81479/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-08-18 10:21)
  7. ↑ http://www.4gamer.net/games/084/G008499/20090511047/ (Wayback Machine: 2009-05-16 03:46)
  8. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%81%AE%E6%95%99%E7%A7%91%E6%9B%B8-%E3%81%A1%E3%81%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E6%96%B0%E6%9B%B8-%E9%A6%AC%E5%A0%B4-%E4%BF%9D%E4%BB%81/dp/4480688021?th=1&psc=1&aod=1&oCode=%2Fdp%2F4480688021
  9. ↑ Yasuhito Baba, who worked on "Yakyuu Tsuku" and "Saka Tsuku", has started a new company called "Farrier"! (Wayback Machine: 2024-01-21 13:07)
  10. ↑ https://www.farrier.jp/about (Wayback Machine: 2020-08-15 08:47)
  11. ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303175245/http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/author/002996/ (Wayback Machine: 2009-03-03 17:52)
  12. ↑ Farrier President Yasuhito Baba looks back on his time with Sega and DeNA https://www.redbull.com/jp-ja/ryugagotoku-puroyakyurowaiyaru Farrier President Yasuhito Baba looks back on his time with Sega and DeNA]] (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-23 11:32)
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