• Google

    Director for Games, Google Cloud

    Jack Buser

    A game industry veteran leader who built numerous game platforms at Google and PlayStation.

  • Fast Travel Games

    Designer and Chief Creative Officer

    Erik Odeldahl

    Author and game designer that worked on hit games like Apex Construct, and the Battlefield and Mirror’s Edge franchises.

  • Bitwave

    Senior Game Developer

    Carl-Henrik Skarstedt

    Programmed video games since the early 90’s starting on 16-bit consoles. Ported the Toaplan shoot ‘em up games to PC.

  • Blaze Entertainment

    CEO

    Andrew Byatt

    Creator of the Evercade retro platform with cartridges containing classic games, including several Toaplan collections.

  • game designer

    Andreas Escher

    German game designer known for the Turrican series and worked on games in the Star Wars, R-Type, Contra, and Indiana Jones series during his time at Rainbow Arts and Factor 5.

  • ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO TOAPLAN DOCUMENTARY

    Director

    Joseph Michael Pierce

    A young, passionate Toaplan fan who kickstared a documentary film about the company.

  • TAITO CORPORATION

    Producer

    Yuichi Toyama

    His long relationship with Toaplan reaches back to his time as a developer. Representative works: Musha Aleste, Sorcer Striker, etc.

  • TAITO CORPORATION

    EGRETII mini Producer

    Tetsuo Egawa

    Began his career at Taito in store development, and is currently working on re-releasing classic retro games, including Toaplan titles.

  • M2 Co., Ltd.

    Representative Director

    Naoki Horii

    The M2 brand’s ability to build trust through ability to port is due their president’s commitment.

  • exA-Arcadia

    Head of Product

    Eric Chung

    The founder of exA-Arcadia, with a refined taste in arcade games, he takes on the world with their outstanding technology.

  • Matrix/IGCC

    Representative Director and President

    Yasuhiro Ohori

    A legendary former game journalist who has written numerous articles on arcade games since his student names under the pen name Anzu Urusei.

  • CITY CONNECTION

    Representative Director

    Nobuhiro Yoshikawa

    A passionate CEO who loves music and is delivering an evolution in Jaleco-IP-based retro games to players around the world.

  • hosplug

    composer

    Soushi Hoshoi

    A composer and arranger who has a wide range of styles and is active in live performances and streaming. His representative works include the Sonic Wings series.

  • Professional Wrestler

    KANA

    Japan’s premier female pro-wrestler, active all over the world, and also a huge video game lover.

  • J.C.STAFF

    Executive Officer / Chief Producer

    Yuji Matsukura

    An animation producer who started out in games. His representative works include Revolutionary Girl Utena.

  • Game Designer

    Hideki Kamiya

    A retro-game-loving game producer who Japan is proud to call its own. His representative works include “Sol Cresta” and many others!

  • CAVE Interactive

    Executive Officer

    Tsuneki Ikeda

    Mr. Shmup himself, he laid the foundation for bullet hell at Toaplan and went on to have a great influence on its subsequent development!

  • Composer

    Hiroyuki Kawada

    A renowned game music composer, whose representative works are too many to mention but include Yokai Dochuki and Valkyrie Densetsu.

  • Ancient Corp.

    Representative Director and President

    Yuzo Koshiro

    The crown prince of the game music world. His representative works include “Actraiser”, “Ys” series, and many others!

  • Composer

    Tsukasa Masuko

    A well-known composer and arranger who notably ported and arranged Toaplan’s works. His representative works include the Megami Tensei series and many others!

  • Freelance

    Composer / Sound Designer / Game Designer / Director

    Manabu Namiki

    Composer and arranger of sound for numerous shooting games, and a stickler for game production itself.

  • CAVE Interactive

    Yagawa

    A legendary game creator who never reveals his face to his fans. Representative works Battle Garegga, Ibara, etc.

  • KICK THE CAN CREW

    MCU

    The biggest game enthusiast in the hip-hop group “KICK THE CAN CREW,” known for performing on NHK’s Kohaku annual music contest.

  • Manga Artist

    Rensuke Oshikiri

    Manga artist who pioneered the unique horror gag genre. Representative works: “HIGH SCORE GIRL” and others.

  • Studio HISEKUTTA

    Representative Director / Manga Artist

    Jyunya Inoue

    Manga artist from Toaplan. Currently serializing “Kaiju JSDF” in Shinchosha’s “Comic Bunch” to rave reviews!

  • INH/Gesen MIKADO

    Representative Director

    IKEDAMINOROCK

    Manager of the legendary arcade Game Center Mikado, an arcade that puts its existance on the line for the survival of arcade video games.

  • Japan Online Game Association

    Head of the Secretariat

    Youji Kawaguchi

    Since becoming editor-in-chief of Beep, Japan’s first video game magazine, he has worked hard for the development of the video game industry and the improvement of its social standing!

  • Game Writer

    Zenji Ishii

    Editor-in-chief of Gamest magazine during the Toaplan’s heyday and has since been active in writing opinion pieces on the industry!

  • CITY CONNECTION

    Former Editor-in-Chief of GAMESIDE

    Syusaku Yamamoto

    Many people became Toaplan fans after reading the special feature in Shooting Gameside magazine, where he served as editor-in-chief.

  • NintendoDREAM

    Editor-in-Chief

    Naoyuki Kayama

    Editor-in-Chief of NintendoDREAM, a magazine specializing in Nintendo game consoles, he can also be spotted at Toaplan live music performances.

  • Freelance Writer

    Moriyuki Shigihara

    In addition to writing in various media, promotes activities to preserve the game industry and culture through the Japan Society for Digital Game Studies and other organizations.

  • RETRO GAME SUMMIT Executive Committee

    RETRO GAME SUMMIT Representative / Megadriver

    Memi Aizawa

    She is currently organizing fan event “RETRO GAME SUMMIT” to support the retro game industry!

  • Game Music Historian

    hally(VORC)

    He is a composer and coordinator with a deep understanding of chiptune music, and is also active on TV and in other media as a researcher of game history!