Yoshinori Ono (game producer)

Yoshinori Ono
小野義徳
Ono in 2016
OccupationVideo game producer
Years active1993–present
Employers
  • Capcom (1993–2020)
  • Delightworks (2021–2022)
  • Lasengle (2022–present)
Notable workStreet Fighter series

Yoshinori Ono (小野義徳, Ono Yoshinori) is a Japanese video game producer and former sound producer and composer.[1] He joined Capcom in 1993, where he acted as producer on the Street Fighter franchise up to Street Fighter V.[2] He was the studio director of Capcom Vancouver, the developer of the Dead Rising series, from 2011 to 2014.[3]

On August 9, 2020, Ono announced on his Twitter account that he left Capcom in summer 2020.[4] On April 27, 2021, Ono announced his new position as president and chief operating officer of Delightworks, particularly its game division. Since Aniplex acquired Delightworks' game division as of December 12, 2021, Ono and other employees of the division moved to its successor under Aniplex's subsidiary company name, Lasengle as of early 2022.[5][6][7][8][9]

Games

Capcom

Year Title Role(s)
1993 Saturday Night Slam Masters Music producer[1]
1995 Street Fighter Alpha Sound programmer[10]
1995 Street Fighter: The Movie Music composer
1997 Mega Man: Battle & Chase Music composer
1998 Street Fighter Alpha 3 Sound manager
1999 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
2000 Breath of Fire IV Opening FMV sound manager
Spawn: In the Demon's Hand Sound producer
Dino Crisis 2 Publicist
2001 Devil May Cry Sound design coordination
Onimusha: Warlords Sound manager
Heavy Metal: Geomatrix Sound producer
Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon Sound manager
2002 Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Assistant producer
2003 Chaos Legion Producer
Resident Evil Outbreak CG modeling
2004 Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 Character design director
Capcom Fighting Evolution Producer
2005 Shadow of Rome
2006 Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
2008 Street Fighter IV
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom General manager
2010 Super Street Fighter IV Producer
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
2012 Street Fighter X Tekken
2014 Ultra Street Fighter IV Executive producer
2016 Street Fighter V
2017 Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers Producer
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Executive producer

Delightworks

Year Title Role(s)
2021 Melty Blood: Type Lumina[11] COO and president of Delightworks[12]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "The Rise and Collapse of Yoshinori Ono". Eurogamer. 29 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Yoshinori Ono". MobyGames.
  3. ^ Sarkar, Samit (16 June 2014). "Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono resigns from Capcom Vancouver (update)". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ @Yoshi_OnoChin (August 9, 2020). "And now, after serving almost 30 years at Capcom, I am leaving the company this summer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @Yoshi_OnoChin (April 27, 2021). "On May 1st, I will be moving from Capcom to another company" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Yoshinori Ono appointed president and COO of Delightworks". 27 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Yoshinori Ono confirms move from DELiGHTWORKS to new company under Aniplex". 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Aniplex to acquire DELiGHTWORKS' games business". 15 December 2021.
  9. ^ "DELiGHTWORKS establishes Lasengle - new company to be transferred to Aniplex". 28 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Yoshinori Ono - inovador do divertimento - Bojogá". Bojoga.com.br. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  11. ^ @Yoshi_OnoChin (June 23, 2021). "Today, we announced the release date for MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA. It's September 30th" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ Bonthuys, Darryn (25 June 2021). "Melty Blood: Type Lumina Is Former Street Fighter Producer Yoshinori Ono's Next Game". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 August 2022.


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