Toshihiro Nagoshi

Toshihiro Nagoshi is a video game producer, director and former chief creative officer of Sega. He is best known for his work with as producer/creator of the Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza series.

History
Toshihiro Nagoshi joined Sega in 1990, having graduated from Tokyo Zokei University with a degree in movie production, working under Yu Suzuki as a CG designer on Virtua Racing in the AM2 department. He had felt he had made a massive mistake and that working at Sega was a bad fit for him, but his timing had been fortunate in that 2D gaming was making room for 3D gaming.

Whilst many Sega employees knew 3D was the direction they wanted to go, nobody had studied the techniques of working in a 3D space, allowing Nagoshi, who had studied the basics of 3D camera placement to carve out a niche as an expert in the field, instructing others and giving advice.

Due to this role, he soon landed a role as director for Daytona USA, being promoted quicker than most of his fellow designers.

During his time at AM2 Nagoshi worked on many Sega franchises including Virtua Fighter, SpikeOut and Shenmue before being promoted to President of Amusement Vision in 2000.

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