Osamu Sato

Osamu Sato is a Sega employee who was the producer of the original Jet Set Radio. Though previously involved in system programming, He has since moved into the marketing department for Sonic Team titles (2006-2007) and later product testing and QA support management for various Sega titles.

Sato is also part of the company's motion capture team, whose work is mainly seen in Amusement Vision titles.

Production History

• Linkle Liver Story (1996) — Director (Sega Staff)
• Sega Ages: Space Harrier (1996) — Special Thanks (Sega)
• Sega Ages: OutRun (1996) — Special Thanks (Sega)
• Sega Ages: After Burner II (1996) — Special Thanks (Sega)
• Sega Ages: Volume 1 (1996) — Special Thanks (Sega) (OutRun), Special Thanks (Sega) (After Burner II), Special Thanks (Sega) (Space Harrier)
• Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast Version) (2000) — Producer (Japanese Staff) (as Osamu Satou)
• Skies of Arcadia (2000) — Battle System Programmer (Original Development Staff)
• De La Jet Set Radio (2001) — Producer (Japanese Staff) (as Osamu Satou)
• Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001) — Middleware Support
• Jet Set Radio Future (2002) — Assistant Producer
• Gunvalkyrie (2002) — Association Producer
• Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002) — Assistant Producer
• Skies of Arcadia: Legends (2002) — Programmer (Original Development Staff)
• Chromehounds (2006) — Special Thanks (Sega Corporation)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Sales Promotion (Sega Corporation (Japan))
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) — Sales Promotion Leader (Sega Corporation)
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) — Marketing
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) — Supervisor (Original Games)
• Sonic Unleashed (2008) — Product Test (Sega Corporation)
• Yakuza 3 (2009) — Animation Capture Assistance (Development Assistance) ("Yakuza 3" Technical Support Team), Product Testing (Sega of Japan Staff Credits) (Localization) (as Osamu Satou)
• Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Product Test (Sega Corporation)
• Puyo Puyo 7 (2009) — Product Test
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) — Product Test
• ' 'Sonic Free Riders (2010) — Test Department
• Yakuza 4 (2010) — Sega Motion Capture Team (Animation Capture Assistance) (Development Assistance) ("Yakuza 4" Technical Support Team) (Staff), Product Testing (Sega of Japan Staff Credits) (Localization)
• Resonance of Fate (2010) — Sega Motion Capture Studio (Motion Actors), QA Manager (Sega of Japan)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I (2010) — Product Test (Sega Corporation)
• Yakuza: Dead Souls (2011) — Sega Motion Capture Team (Animation Capture Support) (Development Support) ("Yakuza: Dead Souls" Technical Support Team) (Staff), Staff (CS Product Support Team) (Sega of Japan Staff Credits) (Localization)
• Rise of Nightmares (2011) — Product Test
• Sonic Generations (2011) — Product Test Manager (Sega)
• CRUSH3D (2012) — QA Supervisor (Sega Corporate)
• Binary Domain (2012) — Sega Motion Capture Team (Animation Capture Assistance - Sega Motion Capture Team) (Development Assistance) ("Binary Domain" Technical Support Team) (Staff), Product Testing (Sega of Japan)
• The Cave (2013) — QA Supervisor (Sega Corporation)
• Sonic Lost World (2013) — Product Test (Sega Corporation)