Staff of Yo-kai Watch

This contains a list of staff members that have worked on Yo-kai Watch for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was developed by Level-5 with the 3D models being developed by Digital Works Entertainment Inc. The game was published by Level-5 in Japan and in North America and Europe by Nintendo.

List of staff members

Creative Producer / Planner / Story Writer

• Akihiro Hino

Director

• Ken Motomura

LEVEL-5 Development Staff

Character and Yo-kai Design

• Takuzo Nagano
• Miho Tanaka

Art Director

• Nobuyuki Yanai

Programming Director

• Yuji Mori
• Tetsuo Mori

Programmers

• Atsunori Sakamoto
• Ryo Yoshikawa
• Kosuke Nagami
• Ryosuke Nakahara
• Kota Yamashita
• Naruhito Kojima
• Nobuhiro Ogawa

Programming Support

• Usuke Kumagai
• Yusuke Hashimoto
• Kazunari Akita

Planners

• Kensuke Nishida
• Yuichi Kosakai
• Shunsuke Asai
• Hideki Nagahama
• Kyosuke Yoshioka

Planning Support

• Toshihiko Matsushita
• Youki Iwabuchi

Menu Design

• Taku Tanaka
• Kengo Todaka

Original Character Artwork

• Makiko Furuhashi
• Miki Inoue
• Akiko Kimura
• Kazunari Yuki
• Takuya Yamamoto

Original Background Artwork

• Yuri Higashimura
• Natsumi Tomita
• Jiro Morinaga

Character Model Director

• Akiyuki Tomita

Modeling and Animation

• Takahiro Koshio
• Takanori Fukamachi
• Masashi Oosawa
• Tomoe Ueda
• Yuki Mito
• Yu Sakakibara
• Yasuharu Tanaka
• Jun Maeda
• Naotsugu Zushi

Map Director

• Hisami Miyamoto

Map Modeling

• Takayuki Sameshima
• Masaki Miyamoto
• Norio Suzuki
• Hidenobu Sasaki
• Yasuhito Tsugimoto
• Ryosuke Kodera

Cinematics Director

• Kazuyuki Endo

Cinematics

• Yoshito Shimada
• Yu Ikejiri
• Nozomu Fujikawa
• Momoko Tsugawa
• Norihiro Matsuo
• Issei Ogawa

Graphical Effects Director

• Yohei Fujimura

Graphical Effects

• Kenichi Tanoue
• Jun Itakura
• Amami Kamiya
• Naoki Mori
• Mitsuhito Nakajo
• Tetsuya Fukuo
• Toshinori Yokoyama
• Tomoya Sekiuchi

Audio Director

• Takeshi Inoue

Composer

• Kenichiro Saigo

Sound Designers

• Dai Yamanaka
• Yohsuke Nakashima

Promotional Movies

• Noboru Tsuda
• Kosuke Uemura
• Takahito Otsubo

Opening Theme Song

• "Yo-kai Watch feat. Swampy Marsh"

Lyrics and Composition

• Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
• Dan Povenmire
• Rob Hughes
• Danny Jacob

Performers

• Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
• Danny Jacob

Publisher

• Surfer Jack Productions Inc.

3D Modeling Support

• DIGITAL WORKS Entertainment Inc.

Animation Staff

Animation Production

• OLM, Inc.

Executive Producer

• Toshiaki Okuno

Storyboard

• Shinji Ushiro

Episode Director

• Kenichirou Komaya

Character Design

• Sayuri Ichiishi

Animation Director

• Daisuke Sakou
• Satoshi Nakano

Assistant Director

• Akira Takeuchi

Key Animation

• Shiro Kudaka
• Tetsuya Masuda
• Hiroyoshi Iida
• Kim Enhui
• Kaoru Saito
• Michiaki Sugimoto
• Rio Niisato
• Masahiro Hamamori
• Hitomi Matsuura
• Chika Mizusawa
• Hiroyoshi Wakana
• Miho Sekimoto
• Nao Takano
• Chiori Hanada
• Eriko Ito
• Studio Liberty

Animation Check

• Mioko Suzuki

Animation

• Masashi Nishida
• Nozomi Ichijo
• Mao Yumoto
• Mami Kuramoto
• Yumi Nomaguchi
• Miho Kashima
• Konomi Sato

Color Coordinator

• Emi Kadono

Color Setting

• Emi Kadono

Special Effects

• Noriyuki Ota

Checkers

• Yumi Mitome
• Yumi Watanabe
• Hiroyuki Kanemitsu
• Yuki Atsumi
• Junko Mochizuki
• Hitomi Yamase

Production Administration

• Wish

Art Director

• Toshihiro Kodama

Art Setting

• Kaoru Aoki

Background

• Bihou

Composite Advisor

• Tatsumi Yukiwaki

Director of Photography

• Naomi Yamamichi

Composite

• OLM, Inc.
• Sayaka Akimoto
• Yusaku Iwami
• Mitsutoshi Yamazaki
• Hiroshi Tanigaki

CGI

• OLM Digital, Inc.

CGI Producer

• Masashi Kobayashi

CGI Director

• Yoshinori Moriizumi

Stereoscopic Director

• Hiroshi Uchibori

Stereoscopic Production Manager

• Tatsushi Takei

Stereoscopic Support

• MERCURY SYSTEM
• Yukie Era
• Yukiko Mori
• Aiko Yamanishi
• Naoki Okamoto
• Ryota Takahashi
• Hitomi Sawada
• Tomomi Imamura

Editor

• Ayako Miura

Assistant Editor

• Jyunya Houzou

Production Assistant

• Katsuyoshi Ishizaki

Production Producer

• Manabu Kawakita

Animation Producer

• Takashi Inoue

Animation Production by

• OLM TEAM INOUE

Director

• Shinji Ushiro

Nintendo of America Inc.

Localization Management

• Jeff Miller
• Rich Amtower
• Nate Bihldorff
• Reiko Ninomiya
• Dan Owsen
• Scot Ritchey
• Tim O'Leary

Localization

• Raymond Elliget
• Bill Hutchens
• Kristin Kirby
• Yoriko Marusich
• Ed Murray
• Rob Tunstall

Product Testing

• Sam AbouHarb
• Tica Cardozo Galvis
• Bean Gawlowski
• Sara Hoad
• Teresa Lillygren
• Tomoko Mikami
• Karina Mora
• Lacy D. Pellazar
• Allen Perez
• Erin Peterson
• Shannon Jaye Roberts
• Nicko Gonzalez De Santiago
• Natalie Schermer
• Kevin Smelt
• Michelle Stilwell
• Makiko Szolas
• Ludovic Tientcheu
• Stephen Ward
• Product Testing Technicians
• PTD Guideline Compliance

Nintendo of Europe GmbH

NOE Localization Management

• Matthew Mawer
• Tânia Rodrigues
• Flavia Madonia

European Translation

• Patrick Joyce
• Sabrina Bretant
• Florence d'Anterroches
• Manuela Patano
• Angela Nardone
• Alexander van de Bergh
• Martina Deimel
• José Manuel Malagón
• Sofía Marín Aguilar-Galindo
• Pole To Win Europe Ltd. (London)

North American Translation

• Nintendo of America Inc.

European Quality Assurance

• Pole To Win Europe Ltd. (London)

Special Thanks

• Dario De Leo
• Yoko Oikawa

= Localization Leader

• Yun Seoyun

Localization

• Kim Hyesu
• Kim Soonil

Localization Management

• Jung Hyokjin

Art Director

• Park Saehyun

Artwork Management

• An Siyoung

Debug Leaders

• Kim Seokju
• Jeon Teawook

Testers

• Na Kyoungim
• Lee Eodo
• Kim Hyesu
• Tae Youngsun
• Han Goeun
• Byun Sungjae
• Song Inook
• Seoung Kiung
• Jeong Yujin

Promotion

• Ko Kwangwoo
• Park Sungmin

Recording Coodination

• Ko Sora

Title Director

• Taro Kimura

Sprite Animation Studios

Voice Cast

• Aaron Albertus
• Johnny Yong Bosch
• Melissa Hutchison
• J. W. Terry
• Alicyn Packard
• Brent Pendergrass

Voice Direction

• Mark Risley

Dialog Recording

• Thomas Chan

Post-Production Services

• Amalgamated Sound and Picture
• Los Angeles, CA

Sound Editorial

• Rebecca Lord
• Jeff Halbert

Voice Recording Management

• Sprite Animation Studios
• Los Angeles, CA

Line Producer

• Junichi O. Yanagihara

Production Manager

• Jeffrey R. Hawley

Voice Cast

English

• Aaron Albertus
• Johnny Yong Bosch
• Melissa Hutchison
• J. W. Terry
• Alicyn Packard
• Brent Pendergrass

French

• Bruno Meyere
• Caroline Combes
• Emmanuel Gradi
• Fanny Bloc
• Marc Bretonnière
• Martial Leminoux
• Nathalie Bienaimé
• Pascale Chemin
• Yann Pichon

Italian

• Alessandro Capra
• Claudio Moneta
• Debora Morese
• Graziano Galoforo
• Katia Sorrentino
• Luca Bottale
• Mario Scarabelli
• Mattia Bressan
• Patrizia Mottola
• Pietro Ubaldi
• Renato Novara
• Ruggero Andreozzi

German

• Arne Obermeier
• Bernd Kuschmann
• Birte Baumgardt
• Marco Sven Reinbold
• Martin Bross
• Oliver Krietsch
• Reenier Baaken
• Rieke Werner
• Tabea Hilbert
• Thomas Balou Martin
• Tobias Brecklinghaus
• Volker Niederfahrenhorst

Spanish

• Ana María Camps
• Ana Romano
• Carlos Martínez
• Carme Ambrós
• Jordi Naro
• Lourdes Fabrés
• Maribel Pomar
• Mario Fernández
• Rafael Turia
• Ramon Canals
• Sergio Mesa
• Tasio Alonso

Korean

• Kwon Sunghyuck
• Kim Yul
• Kim Jeonghoon
• Kim Chaeha
• Kim Hyunji
• Park Kyonghye
• Bang Yeonji
• Yeo Yunmi
• Lim Yoonseon
• Han Shin
• Hyun Kyungsu
• Hong Bumki

North American Recording Studios

• Amalgamated Sound and Picture
• Los Angeles, CA

Sound Editorial

• Rebecca Lord
• Jeff Halbert

Voice Recording Management

• Sprite Animation Studios
• Los Angeles, CA

European Recording Studios

• Side

Production Manager

• Olivier Deslandes

Head Audio Engineer

• Steve Parker

Voice Directors

• Emmanuel Bonami
• Alessandro Ricci
• Michael Huslmann
• Guillermo Reinlein

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Localization Producer

• Takayoshi Katori

LEVEL-5 Support Staff

Logo Design

• Noriko Maruya

Package and Manual Design

• Shinichi Furuta

Manual Design Assistants

• Akio Ohtsuji
• Rie Miyasa

PR Director

• Akihiro Usuki

PR Chief

• Noriko Maruya

PR Staff

• Chika Oota
• Kyoichi Tsutsumi

Website Creators

• Yuji Kurotsu
• Sho Kawano

Assistant Website Creator

• Nobuhiko Utsumi

Business Planning and Development

• Katsumi Rakuyama
• Tomoko Kanbayashi

Cross Media Staff

• Masaya Aoki

Skit Design

• Noriyuki Konishi

In Cooperation With

• Shogakukan Inc.
• Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
• Bandai Co., Ltd.
• BANDAI NAMCO KOREA CO.,LTD.
• YO-KAI Watch Project
• Hasbro, Inc.

Cross Media Coordination

• Masakazu Kubo
• Yukari Hayakawa
• Rio Sato

Localization

Programmers

• Yukinori Yamaguchi
• Atsunori Sakamoto
• Kosuke Nagami
• Makoto Tomita

Menu Designers

• Kengo Todaka
• Rie Okaguchi
• Miharu Kawaguchi

Planner

• Hideki Nagahama

Planning Support

• Shin Fukaya
• Yukiko Fujita
• Kyosuke Yoshioka
• Keitaro Sato
• Yuichi Kosakai
• Shunsuke Asai

Character Modeling and Animation

• Ryo Ohba
• Hiroshi Niwa

Map Modeling

• Takayuki Sameshima
• Nahoko Kawabata

Audio Dialogue Editor

• Tomohito Nishiura

LEVEL-5 International America Inc.

Glossary Localization Team

• Shinji JJ Futami
• Tom Nakatsubo
• Andrew Ibushi
• Rie Hisao
• Jonathan Chang
• Kei Nishikawa
• Yuri Yamauchi

FIGSK Glossary Localization

• Shloc Ltd.

Quality Assurance

LEVEL-5 QA Team

• Suguru Sato
• Hidetaka Kajiwara
• Ryuichi Araki
• Yuya Yoshida
• Takanori Sato
• Daiki Yokoyama
• Erika Kawano
• Anna Matsubara
• Hiroyuki Iwamuro
• Yasuhiro Zenin
• Honoka Moriwaki
• Yoshiko Okusa
• Kenichi Kai
• Emi Goto
• Hiroki Fujiwara
• Keisuke Hakoda

Japanese QA Support

• Pole To Win Co., Ltd.

Special Thanks

• Yoshiaki Kusuda
• Takafumi Koukami
• Yoshiaki Koya
• Tomoko Hirayabu
• Yoko Yasukochi
• Katsutoshi Kanamori
• Naoki Yamazumi
• Asami Katsuki
• Natsuko Shirakawa

Assistant Producers

• Kaoru Takahira
• Hideo Yoshioka

Assistant Aid

• Yoko Kurita

Technical Director

• Yasuhiro Akasaka

Executive Producer

• Akihiro Hino