Tetsuya Kaku

Tetsuya Kaku

Date of birth: 1968-08-16^[1] (age 55)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1993-04^[2] – ) Divisions: Sega AM2 Sega AM11 Sega Software R&D Dept. 4 Amusement Vision^[3] Sega Divisions: New Entertainment R&D Dept. Sega CS1 Sega Games Sega Interactive^[4] Divisions: R&D2
Role(s): Programmer
Education: Kyushu Institute of Technology (Information Science)^[5]
Twitter: @Nucleus_

Tetsuya Kaku (加来徹也) is a chief programmer of Sega. He joined Sega in 1993 and was assigned to AM R&D Dept. #2, his first project being Virtua Fighter. He continued to work on the series until becoming program director of Virtua Fighter 3. He accompanied developer Toshihiro Nagoshi to work for the spun-off Sega AM11 and developer Spikeout: Digital Battle Online. He was one of the few advisers behind Rent A Hero No. 1 who hadn't worked on the original Rent A Hero, his role being to provide the source code from the Spikeout engine^[6].

At Amusement Vision, he continued his program director duties on Planet Harriers and F-Zero AX/GX, and being the lead system programmer for Super Monkey Ball. He then became involved with the Yakuza series for a decade, first as lead battle programmer, then main programmer for Yakuza 2 and 3^[7]. His last know work as programming director is Binary Domain.

In 2016 he moved from Sega Games to Sega Interactive R&D2^[4].

Production history

Games

OutRunners (System 32; 1993) — Cabinet Construction (New Employee Training)
Virtua Fighter (Model 1; 1993) — Programmers
Virtua Fighter 2 (Model 2; 1994) — Variety
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Program Director
Virtua Fighter 3 (Model 3; 1996) — Game System, Undulation
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Program Director
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Model 3; 1997) — Game System, Undulation
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3; 1998) — Chief Programmer
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3; 1998) — Game Regulation
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Program Director
Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast; 1998) — Game System, Undulation
Dream Passport (Dreamcast; 1998) (as 加来徹也)
Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Browser production
Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3; 1999) — Chief Programmer
Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3; 1999) — Game Regulation
Dream Passport 2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — テクニカルアドミニストレーター (as 加来徹也)
Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (Dreamcast; 1999) — スペシャルサンクス (as 加来徹也)
Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (Dreamcast; 1999) — スペシャルサンクス (as 加来徹也)
J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Dreamcast; 1999) — スペシャルサンクス (as 加来徹也)
Dreamkey (Dreamcast; 1999) — Technical Administrator
ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast; 1999) — スペシャルサンクス (as かくてつや)
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.4 (Dreamcast; 1999) — System R&D
Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — R&D Dept. #4 Supervisors
Rent A Hero No.1 (Dreamcast; 2000) — アドバイザースタッフ (as 加来徹也)
Planet Harriers (Hikaru; 2000) — Main program director
US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Supervisor
Super Monkey Ball (GameCube; 2001) — System Programmers
Virtua Striker 3 Ver. 2002 (GameCube; 2002) — Programmers
Super Monkey Ball 2 (GameCube; 2002) — System Programmers
F-Zero AX (Triforce; 2003) — Program Director
F-Zero GX (GameCube; 2003) — Program Director
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Variety
Spikeout: Battle Street (Xbox; 2005) — Supervisor
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (Xbox; 2005) — System Programmers
Yakuza (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Chief Programmers
Yakuza 2 (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Technical Director
Yakuza 2 (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Programming Lead
Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3; 2008) — 制御監督 (as 加来徹也)
Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3; 2008) — プログラミングチーフ (as 加来徹也)
Yakuza 3 (PlayStation 3; 2009) — Technical Director
Yakuza 3 (PlayStation 3; 2009) — Chief Programmer
Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (Nintendo DS; 2009) — スペシャルサンクス (as 加来徹也)
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll (Wii; 2010) — Special Thanks
Yakuza 4 (PlayStation 3; 2010) — Programming Assistance
Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou (PlayStation Portable; 2010) — スーパーバイザー (as 加来徹也)
Super Monkey Ball 3D (Nintendo 3DS; 2011) — Special Thanks
Binary Domain (Xbox 360; 2012) — Programming Director
Yakuza Kiwami (PlayStation 3; 2016) — Yakuza Development Staff
Yakuza Kiwami (PlayStation 4; 2016) — Yakuza Development Staff
Sanrio Characters: Fantasy Theater (iOS; 2016) — Client Programmer
Sanrio Characters: Fantasy Theater (Android; 2016) — Client Programmer

Videos

CGMV Virtua Fighter 2 (VHS; 1995) — Variety
CGMV Virtua Fighter 2 (VHS; 1995) — Battle Technical Adviser
Sega Amusement CG World Best Collection (LaserDisc; 1995) — Programmers
Sega Amusement CG World Best Collection (LaserDisc; 1995) — Variety

Music

Planet Harriers The Original Soundtrack (CD; 2001) — Programmers

References

↑ @Nucleus_ on Twitter
↑ @Nucleus_ on Twitter
↑ http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-19 12:39)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 @Nucleus_ on Twitter
↑ https://www.facebook.com/nucleust/about?section=edu_work
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-17 (2000-05-12,19)" (JP; 2000-04-28), page 51
↑ https://cedil.cesa.or.jp/cedil_sessions/view/324 (Wayback Machine: 2021-01-22 19:40)

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