Takayuki Kawagoe

Takayuki Kawagoe joined the company in 1992 in marketing management. He became Assistant President of Sega Software R&D Dept. 6 which became Smilebit in 2000. In 2003 he became fully fledged President of Smilebit. With the intergration back of Smilebit back into Sega in 2004, he became General Manager of Sega Japan's sport game output. In 2007, he became General Manager of the entire output on console and handheld. He held this position until 2012, where he retired and became Presdient and Representative Director of Butterfly, Co. Ltd and Sammy Networks.

Production history

• Clockwork Knight 2 (1995) — Marketing Staff
• Airs Adventure (1996) — Management
• NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) — Promotion Management
• Christmas NiGHTS (1996) — Promotion Management
• Sakura Taisen (1996) — Marketing & Promotion
• Victory Goal '96 (1996) — Marketing Staff
• Jet Set Radio (2000) — Chief Producer
• The Typing of the Dead (2000) — Producer
• Hundred Swords (2001) — Producer
• Sonic Shuffle (2001) — Special Thanks
• Jet Set Radio Future (2002) — Producer
• Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002) — Producer
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3 — Producer
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! '04 — Producer
• Shining Force Neo (2005) — Special Thanks
• Virtua Pro Football (2006) — Chief Producer
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Chief Producer
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) — Executive Management
• Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) — General Producer
• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (2007) — Chief Producer
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) — Executive Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (2007) — Chief Producer
• Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008) — Chief Producer
• Sega Superstars Tennis (2008) — Special Thanks
• Sonic Unleashed (2008) — Executive Supervisor
• Let's Tap (2008) — Executive Supervisor
• Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Executive Supervisor
• Puyo Puyo 7 (2009) — Executive Supervisor
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) — Executive Supervisor
• Sonic Free Riders (2010) — Executive Supervisor
• Sonic Generations (2011) — Exeuctive Supervisor
• The House of the Dead 4 (2012) — Exeuctive Supervisor