Tomoji Miyamoto

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Tomoji Miyamoto
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Developer, Designer, Director

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Tomoji Miyamoto (宮本 智司) is a Japanese developer, designer, and director.[1] Born in August 1946, he joined Sega during 1966, and was initially among the early recruits for production of slot machines at the Sega Production and Engineering Department.[1] He went on to lead design of the first UFO Catcher crane game in the 80s, as well as subsequent iterations.[2]

Unusually for the time, Miyamoto remained in the company long enough to see the creation of the "AM" R&D teams, inevitably becoming a senior member at AM4 in the early 90s.[2] Some point after late 1996,[1] he moved to be director of AM6, specializing in medal games.[3]

When AM4 and 6 merged in 1999 to become Mechatro, they emerged with Miyamoto as the division's head figure,[4] was superseded in the early 2000s by Masao Yoshimoto.[5]

He can be seen pictured on the promotional flyer for Harness Race.[6]

Production history

Magazine articles

Main article: Tomoji Miyamoto/Magazine articles.

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