Veteran SEGA Designer: Akihito Hiroyoshi Interview (Virtua Cop, Arabian Fight, Power Drift)

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I had the honor to interview veteran and former SEGA AM2 Designer, Akihito Hiroyoshi) in person while visiting Japan about his early life, career during his time at SEGA, and hobbies. This interview also features behind the scenes concept art on the games he worked on during his time at SEGA such as Virtua Cop, Arabian Fight, and more!
Check out the article post on @SEGAbits: segabits.com/?p=80107
Credits
Video Editing: Kori-Maru (Patrick)
Gameplay Footage: Kori-Maru (Patrick)
Video Recording: NoNeckKota (Dakota)
Translations: Martin Hemingway & Scott Hamby (upsidedownfuji)
Special Thanks: Akihito Hiroyoshi, Yumiko Miyabe, SEGAbits, SEGA Forever

[@PandaMoniumReviews]

What a great get! Happy to hear from Hiroyoshi. Well done.

[@KoriMaruGaming]

Thank you! I hope you can get the chance to talk to him in person for your next Virtua Cop video. He's pretty cool to chat with and likes all types of guns.

[@Multibrawlr]

Great interview, thanks for sharing. Was awesome to hear Hiroyoshi talk about Virtua Cop 3's story and character development.

[@madly909]

Sega!!!!

[@journie3042]

Very fun interview

[@michielkroder4031]

This deserves more views. Thank you for doing this interview!

[@KoriMaruGaming]

Thank you! Please continue sharing to many SEGA fans. ❤

[@michielkroder4031]

@@KoriMaruGaming Will do. I just shared this on my Twitter.

[@SolCresta3405]

So Virtua Cop was inspired by buddy cop movies? I thought that game was inspired by Dirty Harry, not Lethal Weapon...