Development Staff |
| Producer |
Isao Nakamura |
Game Design Team |
| Game Director |
Masaya Kobayashi |
| Gameplay Architect |
Hisashi Kawamura |
| Game Designers |
Kazuo Yamamoto, Kenichi Shimada |
| VO Script (JPN) |
Kazuo Yamamoto |
| Recording Management |
Kazuo Yamamoto |
| Process Manager |
Kazuya Maruyama |
| Marketing Manager |
Yasuhiko Soga |
Programming Team |
| Programming Director |
Satoru Ouchi |
System Programming Unit |
| Lead Programmer |
Toshiaki Tamura |
| Programmers |
Tatsuro Ido, Tatsuya Makino |
| UI Programmers |
Naomi Matsunobe, Takahiro Ando, Masahiro Naruse, Isao Watanabe, Shinobu Yamada, Keita Noto |
| 2D Graphic Programmer |
Tomonori Naito |
| Replay Camera Programmer |
Tatsuya Makino |
Graphic Rendering Unit |
| Lead Programmer |
Kenji Saito |
| Programmers |
Shigeru Kitsutaka, Hidenori Kondo, Hidekazu Fukunaga, Masaki Iwasaki, Takahiro Tanaka, Keita Noto |
Physics Programming Unit |
| Lead Programmer |
Kazuhito Bando |
| Programmers |
Tomoaki Yasuda, Masaki Iwasaki, Shinji Motoki |
Sound & Movie Programming Unit |
| Lead Programmer |
Narumi Aoyama |
| Programmers |
Shogo Nakamura, Yoshihiro Kurohata, Hajime Otani |
Network Programming Unit |
| Lead Programmer |
Naoyuki Koyama |
| Programmers |
Kensuke Nakanishi, Nobuyuki Yasue, Hiroyuki Okinoi, Yoshihito Nakagawa |
Graphic Design Team |
| Art Director |
Hideki Nakamura |
Vehicle Modeling Unit |
| Lead Artist |
Yoshinori Wagatsuma |
| Car Designers |
Naoya Hirai, Makoto Watarai, Shunsuke Otsuka |
| Cockpit Designer |
Shunsuke Otsuka |
| Coloring Designers |
Shunsuke Otsuka, Ryuta Jufuku, Chiharu Suzuki, Sayaka Nojima |
| Sticker & Logo Designer |
Kazutaka Kageyama |
| 3D Modellers & 2D Graphics |
Ryuta Jufuku, Justin Potter, Kōki Kanbe, Kazuhito Fujii, Kazutaka Kageyama, Daigo Kobayashi, Hiroki Sawada, Morihiro Okamoto, Takuro Kaneko, Toshiaki Abe, Takayuki Izumi |
| Color & Texture Coordinators |
Chiharu Suzuki, Sayaka Nojima, Shinji Tanaka, Takashi Yamanaka, Tomohiro Tada |
| Cockpit Modellers |
Yoshiyuki Takago, Hisako Kitao, Takashi Yamanaka |
| Wheel Modellers |
Chiharu Suzuki, Sayaka Nojima, Shinji Tanaka |
| Cinematics Car Designers |
Makoto Watarai, Takeshi Kikkawa |
| Car Effect Designers |
Atsushi Hanaoka, Tadatsugu Motomiya |
| Data Optimizer |
Atsushi Hanaoka |
Course Design Unit |
| Lead Artist |
Kazuhiro Kaneko |
| Course Designers |
Yohei Tanaka, Toshitaka Mukasa, Homi Hada |
| Road Designers |
Yukihiro Taniguchi, Satoshi Hagino, Yuichiro Hirashimi, Masaaki Ohki |
| Ground Designers |
Akihiro Andoh, Momo Sasaki, Rieko Kano, Naho Hagiwara, Sachiko Amano |
| Building Designers |
Masatoshi Yanoo, Tadashi Tanaka, Hideyuki Kuga, Hiromi Yanagimachi, Keiji Kojima, Tomohiro Yamanaka |
| Designers for All Courses |
Jun Takarabe, Ken Miyajima, Toshikatsu Terashima, Tomoko Nitou |
UI Design Unit |
| Lead Artist |
Hirotaka Kinoshita |
| 2D Graphics Artists |
Shigeo Iura, Sakiko Kumagai |
| 2D Meter Designers |
Hideomi Hashima, Mieko Sekine |
| Movie Production Manager |
Masaru Tsujiyama |
| Effects Artist |
Masaru Tsujiyama |
| Replay Camera Designer |
Tomoyuki Ishimaru |
| "You've Got a New Machine" Sequence Designers |
Manabu Okano, Yoshiyuki Takago, Takahiro Kinoshita |
Sound Team |
| Sound Director |
Hiroshi Okubo |
| Sound Effect Designers |
Ryo Watanabe, Hiroshi Okubo |
| Engine Sound Effect Designers |
Ryuichi Takada, Tetsukazu Nakanishi |
| VO Editor |
Ryuichi Takada |
| Movie Sound Effect Designers |
Ryo Watanabe, Keiki Kobayashi |
| BG Composers & Remixers |
Hiroshi Okubo, Ryuichi Takada, Akitaka Toyama, Rio Hamamoto, Junichi Nakatsuru, Tetsukazu Nakanishi, U, Keiki Kobayashi, Ryo Watanabe |
| Technical Sound Support |
Tetsukazu Nakanishi |
| Engine Sound Synthesizer Team |
Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Narumi Aoyama |
| Sound Library Team (NU SOUND) |
Yoshihiro Kurohata, Shogo Nakamura, Narumi Aoyama, Hiroyuki Hiraishi, Tsuyoshi Fukutomi |
CG Technical Support |
| Lead Programmer |
Hiroyuki Kato |
| Car Model Converter Programmer |
Hidenori Sato |
| Course Environment Tool Programmer |
Hiroyuki Kato |
Quality Assurance |
| QA Lead |
Ryo Tanaka |
| Testers |
Norihiro Yoshinari, Keigo Honma, Shinya Katayama, Kazuhiro Handa, Takashi Ichihara, Tsutomu Makioka, Michio Okabe, Yūta Katō, Sawako Akama |
Localization Team |
| Localization Producer |
Lindsay Gray |
| Localization Specialists |
Seiji Sugimoto, Sum Tak Hau, Emi Takeuchi |
International Marketing Strategy |
| International Marketing Strategy |
Seiko Fujisawa, Tatsuya Kubota, Noriko Ichikawa |
External Production Staff: UI Design |
| UI Design |
Kei Fukuda (maf*maf), Mari Nagata (maf*maf) |
External Production Staff: Title & Ending Movie |
| Title & Ending Movie |
caca inc., Kei Yoshimizu, Yasunori Araki, Yumiko Hasebe, Saw Takeyama, Junya Hayashi, Tsutomu Osada |
External Production Staff: Introduction Movie Sequence |
| Introduction Movie Sequence |
Sean Wood (Motion i.d.), Minoru Nitta (Motion i.d / MARSinc.) |
External Production Staff: BGM Composers |
| BGM Composers |
Shinji Hosoe (SamplingMasters MEGA - Super Sweep Co. Ltd.), Ayako Sasō (SamplingMasters AYA - Super Sweep Co. Ltd.), Nobuyoshi Sano (sanodg - cavia inc.), Jinbae Park (ESTi) |
External Production Staff: Ending Theme "Calm" |
| Soprano Sax Performance |
Osamu Yoshida |
| Guitar Performance |
Takanori Goto |
External Production Staff: Music Supervisor |
| Music Supervisor |
Hisa Ishioka (King Street Sounds / a Division of HI's Production Inc.) |
External Production Staff: BGM Mixing Engineer |
| BGM Mixing Engineer |
Shigeo Sakurai (ONKIO HAUS) |
External Production Staff: BGM Mastering Engineer |
| BGM Mastering Engineer |
Wataru Ishii (ONKIO HAUS) |
External Production Staff: English Voice Over Production |
| Voice Director |
Keith Arem (PCB Productions) |
| Voice Actors |
James C. Mathis III, Erin Matthews |
| Recording Facilities |
PCB Productions |
| Signatory Services |
Digital Synapse |
| Voice Post Production |
Jesse Kovarovics (PCB Productions), Jamie Vance (PCB Productions), Byron Evora (PCB Productions) |
External Production Staff: Staffing Services |
| Staffing Services |
DIGITALSCAPE Co. Ltd. |
External Production Staff: Font Credits |
| Fonts used in-game are provided by |
Bitstream Inc., All rights reserved. |
| The typefaces included herein are developed by |
DynaComware |
| Special Thanks |
Fontworks Japan Inc., © RYOBI Limited |
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. Staff |
| Product Group Director |
Yoshi Niki |
| Localization Manager |
Hiroshi Tanaka |
| Localization Producer |
Ryota Toyama |
| Localization Support |
John Kenzo Hickey |
| Marketing Director |
Yoko Nakao |
| Associate Product Marketing Manager |
Wayne Shiu |
| PR Manager |
Melody Ann Pfeiffer |
| National Sales Manager |
Brian Schorr |
| Publishing Support Director |
Glen A. Cureton |
| QA Manager |
Chuck McFadden |
| Customer Services Manager |
Chuck McFadden |
| QA Supervisor |
Daryle Tumacder |
| QA Lead |
Gene Bang |
| QA Assistant Lead |
Scott Hartz |
| QA Testers |
Thomas Aftowicz, Darren Agellon, James Cho, William Dal Porto, Abhra Dasgupta, Jeffrey Davis, Leticia C. Dueñas, Alex Freeman, Mario Gonzalez, Erika Hays, Blake Hoffmann, Wisdom Hong, Saiho Kwan, Bryan Maxwell, David Miller, Tim Olson, Ricky Ortiz, Armin Parang, Ben Pascua, Sam Sandy, Patrick Sarmiento, Arif Sinan, Mark Sudano, Victor Tsao, Abelina Villegas, Shaun Woo, Shin Young, Mitch Zamara |
Special Thanks |
| Special Thanks |
Ayano Seki, Shinji Takehara (mozoo inc.), Sakura Munakata (mozoo inc.), Shinji Watanabe (mozoo inc.), Kenichi Harada (DIGITALSCAPE), Ryosuke Mamiya (DIGITALSCAPE), Yukihiro Fukuda (ONKIO HAUS), Miki Yamaguchi (ONKIO HAUS), Hisayuki Nakayama (Dolby Laboratories Inc.), Aya Itokawa (Dolby Laboratories Inc.), Hiroaki Kondo (Dolby Laboratories Inc.), Hiroyuki Niwa (FUJIPACIFIC MUSIC INC.), Manabu Sugiyama, Takehiko Ōkubo, Takaharu Suzuki, Jun Imamiya, Keita Kiso, Nobuyuki Nakatani, Keisuke Sugahara, Kazuki Sakamoto, Mari Terada, Hiroyuki Hiraishi, Tsuyoshi Fukutomi, Shun Tsubosaki, Kazue Yamada, Hirofumi Inagaki, Daisuke Uchiyama, Rio Nakata, Hiroshi Matsuyama, Cyber Connect 2 Co. Ltd, Yuki Takahashi, Naotake Hirata, Koh Onda, Akio Ueyama, Atsushi Shiozawa, Hiromi Matsuoka, Daisuke Onizuka, Makoto Ishii, Yuji Imamura, Shuhei Kurose, Shigenori Kanai, Hiroaki Yotoriyama, Akiko Tange, Kazutoki Kono, Masato Kanno, Hiroyuki Ichiyanagi, Kosuke Itomi, Hiroyuki Onoda, Minoru Sashida, Ken Nakadate, Yukiko Yokoo, Hirofumi Kami, Masataka Shimono, Junichi Nishimura, Hideo Yoshizawa, Kaori Shinozaki, Yoshihiko Arawi, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Shinichiro Komori, Kentarō Kawashima, Mamoru Takahashi, Naomiki Yanagisawa, Yukie Kanno, Yozo Sakagami, Hajime Nakatani, Masahiro Kimoto, Katsuhiro Harada, Katamari Staff, Yoshito Higuchi, Jun Omata, Maya Itō, Shohei Nakanowatari, Hirofumi Tanaka, Hironori Iriuchi, Yuji Iizuka, Mao Onaka, Masanori Kato, Masako Aizawa, Genichi Ito, Nobuhiro Kasahara, Garry Cole, Makoto Iwai, Shuji Nakata, Naruo Uchida, Jennifer Tersigni, Hiroyuki Kobota, Ryan Chennault, Janna Smith, Shin Unozawa |