Masako Okuda

Masako Okuda
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1994-04-01 – ) Divisions: Sega RPG Production Sega CS Sega CS2 Overworks Sega WOW Sega Divisions: Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 2 Sega CS3 Sega Games Divisions: CS Studio 3 Div. 1 Sega
Role(s): Artist
Education: Joshibi University of Art and Design

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Masako Okuda (奥田 昌子) is a background/map artist at Sega of Japan, involved with many games in the Sakura Taisen series across 3 decades. She was born in December/January, under the Capricorn star sign, and her blood type is O.

Career

Masako Okuda joined Sega in 1994 and was stationed at Sega RPG Production. The department was disbanded following her work on Magic Knight Rayearth, but she was one of the staff members who then worked at Sega CS2, which developed the Sakura Taisen. She continued to work on the series once the department had become the subsidiary company Overworks. Almost 20 years laters, she returned to create background for the 2020 reboot.

She continued to work with her regular team at its successors Sega WOW, Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 2 and Sega CS3. After CS3 (or Sega Games CS Studio 3 at the time) was dissolved in 2017, she joined Ryu ga Gotoku Studio to work on Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise and further projects.

Production history

• Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — フィールドマップ制作 (as 奥田 昌子)
• Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — Field Map Production
• Dragon Force (Saturn; 1996) — グラフィックデザイン (as 奥田 昌子)
• Dragon Force (Saturn; 1996) — Graphic Design
• Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — グラフィックデザイナー (as 奥田 昌子)
• Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast; 2000) — 街マップ (as 奥田 昌子)
• Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast; 2000) — City Maps
• Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka (Dreamcast; 2001) — マップデザイナー (as 奥田 昌子)
• Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome (Dreamcast; 2002) — マップデザイナー (as 奥田 昌子)
• Skies of Arcadia (GameCube; 2002) — Graphic Designer
• Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — マップデザイン (as 奥田 昌子)
• Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — マップモデリング (as 奥田 昌子)
• Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Map Design
• Nightshade (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Map Modelers
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 18: Dragon Force (PlayStation 2; 2005) — セガサターン版ドラゴンフォース開発チーム (as 奥田 昌子)
• Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006 DS (Nintendo DS; 2006) — デザイナー (as おくだ まさこ)
• Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Makai Daibouken DS (Nintendo DS; 2007) — デザイナー (as おくだ まさこ)
• Valkyria Chronicles (PlayStation 3; 2008) — Map Design
• Blazer Drive (Nintendo DS; 2008) — デザイナー (as 奥田 昌子)
• Valkyria Chronicles II (PlayStation Portable; 2009) — Map Design
• Senjou no Valkyria 3 (PlayStation Portable; 2011) — チーフアーチスト (as 奥田 昌子)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (PlayStation 3; 2013) — Room/Edit Features
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (PlayStation 3; 2014) — Backgrounds
• Phantasy Star Nova (PlayStation Vita; 2014) — 3D背景モデル (as 奥田 昌子)
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X (PlayStation 4; 2016) — Backgrounds
• Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (PlayStation 4; 2018) — Background Production Team
• Shin Sakura Taisen (PlayStation 4; 2019) — Background Artists
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PlayStation 4; 2020) — Background Production Team
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Xbox One; 2020) — Background Production Team
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Steam; 2020) — Background Production Team
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Xbox One; 2021) — Background Design
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Background Design
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 5; 2021) — Background Design
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — Background Design
• Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Steam; 2021) — Background Design
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (PlayStation 5; 2024) — Background Production Team
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Xbox One; 2024) — Background Production Team
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Steam; 2024) — Background Production Team