Takayuki Kawagoe
From Sega Retro
Takayuki Kawagoe was an Executive Officer at Sega. He joined the company in 1992 in the areas of production and planning, eventually becoming 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 Executive Officer of Sega Japan's entire output on console, handhelds and phones. He held this position until 2012, where he retired and became Director of digital companies developing smartphone applications under the Sega Sammy Holdings umbrella.
Production history
- NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) — Promotion Management
- Christmas NiGHTS (1996) — Promotion Management
- Jet Set Radio (2000) — Chief Producer
- The Typing of the Dead (2000) — Producer
- Sonic Shuffle (2001) — Special Thanks
- Jet Set Radio Future (2002) — Producer
- Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002) — 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) (3DS Version) (2011) — Exeuctive Supervisor