Sonic Free Riders/Production credits

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• Producer and Director: Kenjiro Morimoto
• Art Director: Hideaki Moriya
• Programming Director: Kenichi Koshida
• Technical Director: Makoto Suzuki
• Sound Director: Tomonori Sawada
• Game System Designers: Kazuyoshi Horikawa, Nozomu Umezono
• Character Artists: Takeshi Mitsumoto, Keiko Yamamoto, Mikio Okubo
• Character Motion Artists: Masayuki Ooiwa, Shinji Ishii, Yuhki Kato
• Gear Model Artists: Daisaku Kishiue, Keiko Yamamoto, Mikio Okubo, Tetsuya Mitomi, Ichirou Yamana, Takahito Kojima, Rina Yamauchi, Jangyoo Kim
• Game System Programmers: Kenichi Koshida, Yoshiharu Kanai, Kyohei Mori, Takuya Okumura, Makoto Konishi, Kazuma Asakura, Atsushi Katada
• Kinect Programmers: Yoshiharu Kanai, Makoto Konishi
• Level Designers: Kentarou Kiyono, Taizo Okada, Nobuo Hatauchi, Sakon Kanayama, Takamasa Yoshimitsu, Youichi Arakawa, Isao Yamasaki, Miyuki Nakao
• Field Artists: Masaya Etou, Aki Kise, Mamoru Kondoh, Naoyuki Kitada, Daisuke Miyahara, Naoki Matsue, Hidehiko Motono, Shizuka Fukuda, Kentaro Yamamoto, Fumi Kawashima, Yuki Yamamoto, Motoki Uehara, Yoichi Masuyama, Keigo Matsunaka, Tsutomu Shimobayashi, Tsuneo Suenaga, Shintaro Washino, Atsushi Kamata, Ippei Yamamoto, Satoru Furutani, Hajime Ito, Yukiko Tomita, Ryo Kanbayashi
• Course Programmers: Katsuhiko Iida, Takuya Okumura, Ryoya Hidaka, Tadashi Honjo, Kenta Nakajima, Naoki Isoi, Yuya Harada, Shohei Fujimori
• Game Mode Designers: Nobuo Hatauchi, Nozomu Umezono, Junichi Nakata
• Game Mode Programmers: Kazuma Asakura, Hiroki Hayami, Makoto Konishi
• UI Artists: Kouichirou Miyanaga, Daisaku Kishiue
• UI Programmers: Tadashi Honjo, Yasuhiko Hayashi
• 2D Effect Artists: Ken Ishihara, Issei Honda, Chang Liang Zhou
• Network System Designer: Nozomu Umezono
• Network System Programmer: Atsushi Katada
• Scenario Writer: Yasushi Otake
• Scenario Supervisors: Eitaro Toyoda, Takashi Iizuka
• Event Scene Artists: Takeshi Mitsumoto, Keiko Yamamoto, Tetsuya Mitomi, Ichirou Yamana, Takahito Kojima, Jangyoo Kim
• Story Event Programmer: Kazuma Asakura

Marza Animation Planet Inc.

• CG Movie Line Producer: Masahito Imamura
• CG Movie Storyboard: Naozumi Yamaguchi

• Music Composers: Tomonori Sawada, Koji Sakurai
• Free:
  • Performed by: Chris Madin
  • Produced by: Richard Jacques
  • Music: Jun Senoue
  • Lyrics: Johnny Gioeli
• Sound Effects: Tomonori Sawada

• Japanese Character Voices: Jun-ichi Kanemaru, Ryo Hirohashi, Nobutoshi Canna, Daisuke Kishio, Chie Nakamura, Kenji Nomura, Taeko Kawata, Daisuke Ono, Nawo Takamori, Sayaka Aoki, Kouji Yusa, Rumi Ochiai, Kenta Miyake, Etsuko Kozakura, Chikao Otsuka
• Voice Recording Producer: Takuya Ohno (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
• Voice Recording Director: Keiichiro Miyoshi (TOHOKUSHINSHA)
• Recording: OMNIBUS JAPAN Inc.
• English Character Voices: Roger Craig Smith, Kate Higgins, Mike Pollock, Kirk Thornton, Wally Wingert, Cindy Robinson, Karen Strassman, Michelle Ruff, Mike Mycheck, Kent Hampton
• Voice Production: Studiopolis Inc.
• Voice Director: Jack Fletcher
• Casting Directors: Jack Fletcher, Joe Moeller, Jamie Simone
• Recording Engineers: Suzanne Goldish, John Brengman, David Barr
• Recording Assistant: Heather Pennington
• Dialogue Editors: Suzanne Goldish, Eric Lewis, Elliot Anders
• Production Assistants: Sean Kelly, James Lafferty, Heather Morse
• Production Accountant: Laura Lopez
• Line Producer: Joe Moeller
• Sonic Character Supervisors: Takashi Iizuka, Yuji Uekawa, Eitaro Toyoda

SEGA CORPORATION (JAPAN)

• Sales/Marketing: Yusuke Asano, Iino Kouichi, Yasushi Yamashita
• Public Relations: Yasushi Nagumo, Reiko Chiba
• International Business & PD: Yuka Yoshida, Emi Yamane, Tatsuya Shikata
• TEST Department: Koji Nagata, Akira Nishikawa, Osamu Sato, Akinobu Koechi, Hitoshi Abe, Yusuke Asano, Ryouichi Shibuya
• QA Department: Seiji Hasegawa, Yuji Nakamura
• Package & Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Toshiki Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Tetsuya Honda
• Executive Supervisors: Shigeru Yamashita, Naoya Tsurumi, Yukio Sugino, Takayuki Kawagoe, Tadashi Takezaki, Akira Nomoto, Takeshi Shimizu
• Chief Producers: Toshihiro Nagoshi, Osamu Ohashi
• Executive Producer: Okitane Usui

SEGA of America, Inc.

• COO & President: Masanao Maeda
• Senior VP of Product Development: Bret Berry
• Senior Producer, Localization: Patrick Riley
• Associate Producer, Localization: Samuel Mullen
• Associate Creative Producer: Ethan Einhorn
• Development Operations Director: John Merlino
• Executive VP of Marketing and Sales: Alan Pritchard
• Senior VP of Publishing and Content: Rob Lightner
• Senior Publishing Manager: Katrin Darolle
• Senior Director of Marketing: Darren Williams
• Senior Brand Managers: Judy Gilbertson, Erica Mason
• Brand Managers: David Allen, Dan Gallardo
• Senior Public Relation Manager: Fabian Doehla
• Public Relations Manager: Thu Nguyen
• Manager of Media and Events: Teri Higgins
• Creative Services Manager: Jen Groeling
• Associate Production Manager: Heather Lucchetti
• Advertising Production Specialist: May Disbrow
• Graphic Designer: Marco Garcia
• First Party Manager: Sarah Elliott
• Senior Director of Sales: Keith Gerhardt
• Senior Director of Sales Operations: Laurie Mendez
• Director of Channel Marketing: Scott Lambrecht
• Senior Director of Channel Programs: Anna Nguyen
• Senior Finance Manager: Jasen Chin
• Senior Operations Manager: Tom Dudley
• Senior Purchasing Coordinator: Lu Luna
• Inventory and Materials Coordinator: Andy Navarro
• Licensing Manager: Jerry Chu
• Licensing Specialist: Cindy Chau
• Senior Web Producer: Marjorie Puruganan
• Associate Web Producer/Editor: Jacqueline Lee
• Senior Web Designer: Annie Shaw
• Video Production Manager: Carl Smolka
• Assistant Video Editor: Greg Ammen
• Community Managers: Kellie Parker, Julian Mehlfield
• Assistant Community Manager: Aaron Webber
• Customer Support Manager: Robert Miles
• QA Manager: Mark Cartwright
• QA Supervisors: Shawn Dobbins, Demetrius Griffin
• QA Project Lead: Anthony Banks
• Assistant Lead Tester: Aaron Keillor
• Testers: Terry Campbell, Willie Shu
• Standards Supervisor: Stephen Akana
• Standards Lead: John Belcher
• Standards Assistant Leads: Jake Alejo, Dan Buchman, Tim Erbil
• Standards Testers: Maxfield Atturio, Lina Ariana, Christian Sutton, Bernard De La Torre
• Text Proofreading: Teresa Guest, Junior Sison, Camden Tayler
• Additional Testing:
  • Quality Assurance Coordinator: Vincent Thériault
  • Functionality Testers: Nicolas Roy, Jared Duggan, Leana Mastromonaco, Robert Neszt, Christopher Setien Estevez, Chris Wylie
  • Compliance Testers: Steve Brassard, Dominic Lavigne, Terry Smeltzer
• Mastering Lab Supervisor: Rey Buzon
• Mastering Lab Technicians: Chris Rilles
• Hardware Technician: Matt Ellison
• Translation: Inbound
• Special Thanks: Keith Dwyer, Jason Kuo, Team Globetrotter

SEGA EUROPE, LTD.

• CEO: Mike Hayes
• Development Director: Gary Dunn
• Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
• Head of Studio, Localisation: Kuniyo Matsumoto
• Producer, Localisation: Jun Yoshino
• Senior European PR Executive: Kerry Martyn
• Sonic Brand Director: David Corless
• Senior Brand Manager: Helen Lawson
• Assistant Brand Manager: James Bray
• Head of Creative Services: Alison Peat
• Traffic Manager: Jeff Webber
• Artwork Manager: Morgan Gibbons
• Multimedia Producer: Elliot Kidner
• CS Team: Ranjan Vekaria, Ami Bilkhu, Akane Hiraoka
• Online Marketing Manager: Charlotte Mills
• Head of Online Services: Adam Hance
• Online Project Manager: Mellisa Terrelonge
• Web Development Lead: David Felton
• Lead Interactive Design Manager: Nick McKenzie
• Senior Web Designer: Mac Adnac
• Senior Community Manager: Kevin Eva
• Web Designer: Nick McKenzie
• Head of Development Services: Mark Le Breton
• Production Manager: Ben Howell
• Resource Manager: Ben Jackson
• Localisation Manager: Marta Gonzalez
• Localisation Project Manager: Giuseppe Rizzo
• Localisation Team: Antonella Marras, Antonio Catanese, Carole Kunzelmann, Jesus Alvarez, Nicole Thomer, Tatjana Nath, Daniela Kaynert, Luis J. Paredes, Ronan Salon, Sebastián Pérez Salguero, Sophie Paleologos, Giuseppe Rosa
• Mastering Dept, Manager: Dave Pither
• Mastering Teahnician: Phil Adams
• Assistant Mastering Technician: Cara Gifford-Pitcher
• Project Lead: Samuel Morgan
• Compliance Supervisor: Darran Wall
• Compliance Coordinator: Chris Barnett
• Compliance Senior Tester: Matthew Pearson
• Compliance Tester: John Collins
• Language Supervisor: Alessandro Irranca
• Language Team Leader: Ruggero Varisco
• Language Assistant Team Leader: Rafael Bermudez Calvar
• Language Senior Testers: Pedro González, Paolo Stanner
• Language Testers: Gabriel Baudon, Serenella Grimaldi, Dureschwar Loun, Chiara Canu, Marcus Laqua, Gilen Mejiuto, Muriel Barthes
• Functionality Supervisor: Julie Metior
• Administration and Finance Coordinator: Chris Bien
• QA Administrator: Chris Geiles
• Shift Monitors: Chris Bailey, Tony Langan
• Special Thanks: Shinobu Yokota, Takahiro Uno, Yoshiro Osaki
• In Cooperation With: O-TWO inc., xeen, Inc., FUN UNIT inc.
• Sound Designed by: Dolby Digital
• Created by: Sonic Team
• Presented by: SEGA

Breakdown

Makoto Suzuki

• Created a refined version of the motion-control system which could detect more subtle changes in posture, to account for the camera capturing player movements from the side instead of from the front like conventional Kinect games.