This article pertains to the staff members behind Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and its additional re-releases.

Executive producer[]

• Hayao Nakayama

Producer[]

• Shinobu Toyoda

Director[]

• Masaharu Yoshii

Chief programmer[]

• Yuji Naka ("YU2")

Game planner[]

• Hirokazu Yasuhara ("Carol Yas")
• Masaharu Yoshii (uncredited)

Programmer[]

• Mark Cerny (uncredited)

Character design and chief artist[]

• Yasushi Yamaguchi ("Judy Totoya")

Assistant programmers[]

• Bill Willis,
• Masanobu Yamamoto

Object placement[]

• Hirokazu Yasuhara,
• Takahiro Anto,
• Yutaka Sugano

Special Stage object placement[]

• Yutaka Sugano

Zone artists[]

• Yasushi Yamaguchi,
• Craig Stitt,
• Brenda Ross,
• Jina Ishiwatari,
• Tom Payne,
• Phenix Rie

Special Stage art and CG[]

• Tim Skelly,
• Peter Morawiec

Music composer[]

• Masato Nakamura (©1992 Dreams Come True)

Sound programmer[]

• Tomoyuki Shimada

Sound assistants[]

• Yukifumi Makino ("Macky"),
• Hiroshi Kubota ("Jimita"),
• Yoshiaki Kashima ("Milpo"),
• Izuho Numata ("Ippo"),
• Sachio Ogawa ("S.O"),
• Masaru Setsumaru ("Oyz"),
• Masayuki Nagao ("N.Gee")

Project assistants[]

• Syuichi Katagi,
• Takahiro Hamano,
• Yoshiki Ooka,
• Steve Woita

Game manual[]

• Youichi Takahashi,
• Carol Ann Hanshaw

Executive supporters[]

• Daizaburou Sakurai,
• Hisashi Suzuki,
• Thomas Kalinske,
• Fujio Minegishi,
• Takaharu Utsunomiya

Special thanks to[]

• Cindy Claveran,
• France Tantiado,
• Daisuke Saito,
• Kunitake Aoki,
• Tsuneko Aoki,
• Deborah McCracken,
• Tatsuo Yamada,
• Rick Macaraeg,
• Akinori Nishiyama ("Locky P"),
• Masaaki Kawamura

Presented by[]

• Sega

2013 re-release staff[]

Original game developed by[]

• Sega

Developed for mobile platforms by[]

• Christian Whitehead
• Headcannon

Lead programmer[]

• Christian Whitehead

Programmer[]

• Simon Thomley

Title & menu music[]

• Jane-Evelyn "CHIBI-TECH" Nisperos (M2 Co, Ltd)

SEGA OF AMERICA[]

Chairman[]

• Naoya Tsurumi

CEO[]

• Tatsuyuki Miyazaki

CCO[]

• Masnao Maeda

COO/CFO/President[]

• Jogn Cheng

VP of digital business[]

• Chris Olson

Director of digital planning[]

• Naoki Kameda

Director of mobile business[]

• David Zemke

3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 staff[]

Original game developed by[]

• Sega

DLC version developed by[]

• M2

Directors[]

• Naoki Horil
• Tsuyoshi Matsuoka

Planners[]

• Takaaki Hashimoto
• Ken-iciro Kikuchi
• Tsuyoshi Matsuoka

3D co-ordinator[]

• Youichirou Watanabe

Polygon co-ordinators[]

• Taiyo Mamada
• Shintaro Ishikura

Programmers[]

• Youichirou Watanabe
• Shintaro Ishikura
• Tetsuya Abe
• Hiroyuki Sawi
• Akira Salto
• Emiko Iunchi
• Makoto Harashino
• Nobuhisa Shinoda
• Minoru Kubota
• Jumpei Isshiki
• Masaki Goto

Graphic designers[]

• Naoki Takahashi
• Keisuke Koga
• Takuya Watanabe

Sound designers[]

• Manabu Namiki
• Tatsuhiko Kasuga

Libary & tools[]

• Jun Okada
• Toshinori Yuui (WAMSOFT)
• Go Watanabe (WAMSOFT)

Project manager[]

• Takehiro Kawachi

SEGA of America Inc.[]

Chief operating officer[]

• John Cheng

EVP of publishing & strategy[]

• Yusuke Suai

Director of production[]

• Todd Hartwig

Producer[]

• Samuek G Mullen

Mastering lab supervisor[]

• Rey Buzon

Group marketing manager[]

• David DePaulis

Senior brand manager[]

• Mai Kawaguchi

Associate brand manager[]

• Stephen Akana

Community manager[]

• Julian Mehfeld

Senior PR manager[]

• Kerstin Hunt

Video editor[]

• Arthur Swidzinski

Web manager[]

• Michael Dobbins

Senor graphic designer[]

• Marco Garcia

First party coordinator[]

• Andrew Wong

SEGA Europe Ltd.[]

Head of studio localisation and ESD[]

• Charlie Harris

Producer[]

• Renée Teloka

Digital product manager[]

• Lewis Herbert

Senior business manager[]

• Anh Luong

Head of QA & localisation QA[]

• Gulam Khan

Production manager[]

• Teresa right

Localisation manager[]

• Mart Lois Gonzalez

Localisation project supervisor[]

• Gabriel Cassas

Translators[]

• Anais Maniaval
• Gwladys Gaye
• Banjamin Brunet

Mastering & equipment manager[]

• Francesco Fraulo

Senior mastering technician[]

• Mike Veness

Assistant mastering technicians[]

• Andrew Doran
• Danny Florey
• Shaun Young

Project lead[]

• Adrian Daly

Compliance coordinator[]

• Mohammed Ajiab

Compliance tester[]

• Aaron Wright

Localisation QA team lead[]

• Ruggero Varisco

Language QA tester[]

• Sarah Breton

SEGA OF JAPAN[]

Producers[]

• Kafasei Shimomura
• Yosuke Okunari

SOJ quality assurance[]

• Akira Nishikawa
• Osamu Sato
• Atsushi Hirano
• Hidaka Ogasawara
• Jiro Kimura
• Kazuya Miyazaki
• Takumi Shinya
• Takehito Kimura
• Kazuhiko Morii
• Toshiro Yuda
• Kazuki Muto

Software manual production[]

• Yoshiro Sakuta
• Masato Shimamura
• Colin Restall
• Hiroki Osawa

Product management[]

• Takayoshi Ohuchi
• Takafumi Ueoro
• Koichi Hanatete

1st party relation[]

• Toyohisa Hiwatari
• Yusuke Asano
• Chiaki Furuya

PR[]

• Mamoru Kodama
• Sho Nanmoku

Promotion[]

• Kousuke Honma
• Ikuo Ishizaka

Web design[]

• Noriko Sanda

Localization support[]

• Shintaro Tanioka
• Emi Yamane
• Nobuyuki Minato

Special thanks[]

• Takashi Iizuka
• Yuji Uekawa
• Eltaro Toyoda
• Emiko Mikuni

• Yuji Naka (PROPE)

Senior producers[]

• Akira Nishino
• Yoichi Shimosato

Chief producer[]

• Osamu Ohashi

Exective producers[]

• Haruki Satomi
• Kenji Matsubara
• Toshihiro Nagoshi

Presented by[]

• SEGA

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