Naoki Aoki
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Naoki Aoki (青木 直喜) is a Japanese executive and game designer who worked at Sega. He joined Sega Enterprises in the 70's (both 72[2] and 76[1] have been given) and he worked as a game designer on Mark III, Mega Drive and Game Gear titles[2]. Notable works include Osomatsu-kun Hachamecha Gekijou and Phantasy Star II[1]. He has also been called the creator of Phantasy Star[3].
Aoki gained fame[3] during the Mega Drive era in the lead-up to the release of the Mega-CD. He became general manager Sega of Japan's Planning and Production division[4] and the director of Sonic Co. [2], the developers of Shining Force. He is last recorded as being the manager for second-party developers.[5]
Production history
Games
- (; 1988)
- (; 1989)
- (; 1992) — Special Thanks to[6]
- (; 1992) — Sega Planning Division[7]
- (; 1996) — 制作進行 (as 青木 直喜)
- (; 1997) — Special Thanks
- (; 1998) — Sega Special Thanks
- (; 1999) — プロデューシングコーディネーター (as 青木 直喜)
- (; 1999) — Special Thanks
- (; 1999) — (as 青木 直喜)
- (; 1999) — 開発プロデューサー (as 青木 直喜)
- (; 2000) — プロデューサー (as 青木 直喜)
- (; 2000) —
- (; 2000) — ジェネラル・プロデューサー (as 青木 直喜)
- (; 2000) — Special Thanks To...
- (; 2001) — 制作 (as 青木 直喜)
- (; 2002) — プロダクトマネジメント (as 青木 直喜)
Music
- (; 1992) — Special thanks
Magazine articles
- Main article: Naoki Aoki/Magazine articles.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mega Drive Fan, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-xx), page 69
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mega Drive Fan, "November 1991" (JP; 1991-10-08), page 98
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mega Drive Fan, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-xx), page 8
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 84
- ↑ https://www.famitsu.com/news/201706/07134768.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-06-30 15:56)
- ↑ File:Shining Force MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Dyna Brothers MD credits.pdf