2008 / Heisei 20

NEW EMPLOYEES

• Yosuke Fujino joins EAD Kyoto as a graphic artist.
• Takuya Futamura joins IRD as a coordinator.
• Sayaka Hayashi joins the Intellectual Property Department as a coordinator.
• Manabu Hiraoka joins EAD Kyoto as a graphic artist.
• Kenichi Ikeda joins RED as a quality control engineer.
• Megumi Inoue joins SPD as a music composer.
• Daisuke Ito joins EAD Tokyo as a graphic artist.
• Yuichi Iwasa joins 1-UP Studio as a planner.
• Yohei Izumi joins EAD Kyoto as a graphic artist.
• Sota Kagino joins SPD as a graphic artist.
• Shintaro Kashiwagi joins EAD Kyoto as a graphic artist.
• Toyoki Kataoka joins EAD Kyoto as a software engineer.
• Ami Makino joins SPD as a graphic artist. (left in 2017)
• Kenji Matsumoto joins SPD as a software engineer.
• Ryuhei Matsuura joins EAD Kyoto as a debugger.
• Akira Murakami joins the Purchasing Management Department as a negotiator.
• Shoh Murakami joins Intelligent Systems as a sound engineer.
• Takafumi Nishida joins IRD as a hardware engineer.
• Miyako Nishio joins SPD as a graphic artist.
• Satoko Okada joins EAD Kyoto as a graphic artist.
• Yoshiaki Onishi joins SPD as a debugger.
• Kohei Ozeki joins IRD as a software engineer.
• Yu Sasaki joins SDD as a software engineer.
• Shintaro Sato joins EAD Kyoto as a software engineer.
• Tetsuya Sato joins Intelligent Systems as a software engineer.
• Yushi Shushi joins Intelligent Systems as a software engineer.
• Chiharu Takabayashi joins SPD as a graphic artist.
• Tatsuya Takadera joins EAD Kyoto as a software engineer.
• Kenichi Takemoto joins SDD as a software engineer (left in 2021)
• Yosuke Tamori joins EAD Kyoto as a graphic artist.
• Jun Tanoue joins SDD as a software engineer.
• Yumi Todo joins HAL Laboratory as a graphic artist.
• Yuki Tsuji joins EAD Kyoto as a sound engineer.
• Takaomi Ueno joins SPD as a software engineer.
• Masanori Unno joins SPD as a software engineer.
• Shinji Ushiroda joins SPD from Konami as a music composer.
• Kazuhiro Wabe joins SPD as a software engineer.
• Masaki Wada joins SPD as a software engineer.
• Tomohiro Yamamura joins SPD as a debugger.
• Takahiro Yamazaki joins SDD as a software engineer.
• Shin Yuasa joins SDD from CTC Global as a network engineer.

GAME RELEASES
NORTH AMERICA

• January 21: Endless Ocean (Wii)
• January 29: Bomberman Land (Wii)
• March 9: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
• May 2: Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
• May 19: Wii Fit (Wii)
• June 2: Toki Tori (WiiWare)
• June 9: My Pokemon Ranch (WiiWare)
• June 30: Magnetica Twist (WiiWare)
• August 25: Mario Super Sluggers (Wii)
• September 29: Art Style: ORBIENT (WiiWare)
• October 20: Tetris Party (WiiWare)
• October 20: Wii Music (Wii)
• October 27: Art Style: ROTOHEX (WiiWare)
• November 16: Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii)

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