Toru Yoshida

Toru Yoshida

Employment history: Sega of Japan Divisions: Sega R&D 2 Sega CS1 Sega Software R&D Dept. 7 Overworks Sega WOW Sega of Japan Divisions: Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 2 Mobile Product Development Dept.
Role(s): Artist, Designer, Manager

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Toru Yoshida (吉田徹), also known as Yoshibon. He was a major artist, director and writer during the Mega Drive for various games. Afterwards he has been consulting and doing management for various games in his department. Ever since Sega opened mobile divisions with Mobile Content R&D and Sega Networks, he has been a design team leader there.

Career

Toru Yoshida joined Sega after 4 years in college, unable to get a job appointment. He was desperate for any opportunity where he would be an illustrator, and stumbled upon an orientation meeting at Sega's Hokkaido office. He originally submitted to work in marketing, as he didn't know the company very well, not knowing home consoles other than the Famicom existed..^[4]

Production history

(; 1988) — Art Designer^[5] (as Yoshibon)
(; 1989) — Character Design (as Yoshibon)
(; 1989) — Graphics
(; 1990) — Special Thanks (as Yoshibon)
(; 1990) — Artist
(; 1991) — Artist
(; 1991) — Special Thanks to (as Yoshipon)
(; 1991) — Artist
(; 1991) — Artist
(; 1991) — Artist
(; 1991) — Artist
(; 1991) — Artist
(; 1991) — Artist
(; 1991) — And Special Thanks (as Yoshibon)
(; 1992) — Written by (as Yoshibon)
(; 1992) — Art Directed By (as Yoshibon)
(; 1992) — Graphics Designed By (as Yoshibon)
(; 1993) — Original Story Plan (as 吉田徹)
(; 1993) — Monster Graphic Design (as 吉田徹)
(; 1993) — Character Design (as 吉田徹)
(; 1993) — Map Design (as 吉田徹)
(; 1993) — Object Design (as 吉田徹)
(; 1993) — Visual Event Plan (as 吉田徹)
(; 1993) — Visual Event Graphic (as 吉田徹)
(; 1993) — Direction (as 吉田徹)
(; 1993) — Directors^[6] (as Tohru Yoshida)
(; 1995) — デザインチーフ (as 吉田徹)
(; 1996) — グラフィックデザイナー (as 吉田徹)
(; 1997) — アートディレクター (as 吉田徹)
(; 1998) — デザイナー (as 吉田徹)
(; 1999) — デザイナー (as 吉田徹)
(; 2000) — スペシャルゲームアドバイザー (as 吉田徹)
(; 2000) — スペシャルゲームアドバイザー (as 吉田徹)
(; 2000) — スーパーバイザー (as 吉田徹)
(; 2000) — デザインサポート (as 吉田徹)
(; 2000) — Design Support
(; 2001) — チーフデザイナー (as 吉田徹)
(; 2001) — R&Dマネジメント (as 吉田徹)
(; 2002) — R&Dマネジメント (as 吉田徹)
(; 2002) — アートコーディネーター (as 吉田徹)
(; 2002) — Supervisors^[7] (as Tohru Yoshida)
(; 2002) — Design Support
(; 2003) — Sega WOW (as Tohru Yosida)
(; 2010) — Special Thanks (as Yoshida Tohru)

Hardware

(; 2019) — Web Design (as Tohru Yoshida)
(; 2022) — Web Design (as Tohru Yoshida)
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation: 1 (2003) — Special Thanks (Sega WOW)
Sakura Taisen V Episode 0: Kouya no Samurai Musume (2004)
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 17: Phantasy Star Generation: 2 (2005) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection (2008) — Software Package Illustration

Magazine articles

Main article: Toru Yoshida/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Toru Yoshida

References

↑ Harmony, "1993 2" (JP; 1993-02-01), page 25
↑ File:SegaAges2500V17_PS2_JP_Leaflet.PDF, page 2
↑ Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
↑ PHANTA! Phantasy Star 30th Anniversary Cosplay Book + Developer Interview Supplement, Pg. 30
↑ File:Super Thunder Blade MD credits.pdf
↑ File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42
↑ File:Phantasy Star Collection GBA manual.pdf, page 19

[:File:Harmony_JP_116.pdf_p25-1] Harmony, "1993 2" (JP; 1993-02-01), page 25

[:File:SegaAges2500V17_PS2_JP_Leaflet.PDF_p2-2] File:SegaAges2500V17_PS2_JP_Leaflet.PDF, page 2

[3] Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection

[4] PHANTA! Phantasy Star 30th Anniversary Cosplay Book + Developer Interview Supplement, Pg. 30

[:File:Super_Thunder_Blade_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Super Thunder Blade MD credits.pdf

[:File:Psiv_md_us_manual.pdf_p42-6] File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42

[:File:Phantasy_Star_Collection_GBA_manual.pdf_p19-7] File:Phantasy Star Collection GBA manual.pdf, page 19

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