Takashi Oda

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Takashi Oda
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Role(s): Designer, Director

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Takashi Oda (小田 隆志) is a a game designer and director at Sega of Japan. He joined in 1992 and was assigned to Sega AM1[1] began working on theme park equipment[2][1] such as the fortune telling attraction Astronomicon[1]. Following several department changes, he returned to AM1 where he created The House of the Dead[1], though these did not spawn franchises. In this period he also designed the new arcade titles Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt, Motor Raid and Brave Firefighters[1].

At WOW Entertainment, he continued to director The House of the Dead series as well as the adjacent Namco title Vampire Night[1]. After directing the console-exclusive Altered Beast[1] for Sega WOW, the split into AM1 and GE2 had him return to arcade development to continue THOTD', and even create a new shooter in its footsteps: Rambo[3].

He became planning manager of Sega R&D1 by 2014.[4]

Production history

Games

  • (; 1994)
  • (; 1995) — Designer
  • (; 1996) — アーケード版企画 (as 小田 隆志)
  • (; 1997) — Director & Planner
  • (; 1997) — Planner
  • (; 1998) — Director & Planner[5]
  • (; 1998) — Director & Planner
  • (; 1998) — Director & Planner
  • (; 1999) — Director & Planner
  • (; 1999) — Special Thanks
  • (; 1999) — Directors & Planners
  • (; 2001) — Director & Planner
  • (; 2001) — Director
  • (; 2002) — Director
  • (; 2005) — Directors
  • (; 2005) — Director
  • (; 2005) — Planning
  • (; 2005) — Director
  • (; 2008) — AM1
  • (; 2008) — AM1
  • (; 2008) — Special Thanks
  • (; 2008) — Director
  • (; 2008) — Director
  • (; 2012) — Special Thanks
  • (; 2012) — Director
  • (; 2012) — Planning
  • (; 2013) — R&D#1
  • (; 2018) — Director
  • (; 2018) — House of the Dead
  • (; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA
  • (; 2022) — Made in association with SEGA

Music

  • (; 2005) — Director
  • (; 2019) — Director

Magazine articles

Main article: Takashi Oda/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Takashi Oda

References