Phantasy Star IV Game Credits

These are the people responsible for creating Phantasy Star IV.

Directors

Reiko Kodama, Tohru Yoshida, and Kiyoshi Takeuchi

Planners

Kazuyoshi Tsugawa and Akinori Nishiyama

Programmers

Yoshiaki Endo, Daisuke Yamamoto, Masatoshi Shibata, and Makoto Funabashi

Original Story Plan

Tohru Yoshida

Script

Akinori Nishiyama

Sound Direction

Izuho "Ippo" Takeuchi

Battle-System Plan

Kazuyoshi Tsugawa

Battle Program

Yoshiaki Endo

Battle Program Assist

Makoto Funabashi

Monster Graphic Design

Kazuyoshi Tsugawa, Tohru Yoshida, Akinori Nishiyama, and Tsukasa Mori

Battle Background Design

Reiko Kodama and Kazuyoshi Tsugawa

System Plan

Akinori Nishiyama

System Program

Daisuke Yamamoto

System Program Assist

Masatoshi Shibata

Field Graphic Design

Reiko Kodama

Character Design

Tohru Yoshida

Mechanic Design

Kazuyoshi Tsugawa and Akinori Nishiyama

Map Design

Tohru Yoshida, Akinori Nishiyama, Kazuyoshi Tsugawa, and Tsukasa Mori

Object Design

Akinori Nishiyama, Kazuyoshi Tsugawa, Tohru Yoshida, and Reiko Kodama

Font Design

Akinori Nishiyama

Visual Event Plan

Tohru Yoshida

Paper Event Plan

Akinori Nishiyama

Event Program

Daisuke Yamamoto

Event Program Assist

Masatoshi Shibata

Visual Event Graphic

Tohru Yoshida, Reiko Kodama, Kazuyoshi Tsugawa, and Tsukasa Mori

Music Compose

Izuho "Ippo" Takeuchi and Masaki "Gakichan" Nakagaki (Yoshimi Nakagaki)

Sound Program

Izuho "Ippo" Takeuchi and Yoshiaki Kashima

Sound Effect

Izuho "Ippo" Takeuchi and Masaki "Gakichan" Nakagaki (Yoshimi Nakagaki)

Japan Cover Art

Hitoshi Yoneda

North American Cover Art

Boris Vallejo

Producer

Jerry Markota

Product Manger

Jaime Wojick

Coordinator

Masanobu Tsukamoto

Text Translation

Shippy Ohka

Text Editors

Jerry Markota, David Forster, and David Wood

Lead Tester

David Forster

Assistant Lead Testers

David Wood and Gregg Vogt

Testers

Crisi Albertson, Janine Cook, John Amirkhan, Derek Carmichael, Arnold Feener, Todd Pifer, Stanley Weaver, Mike Callahan, Ed Chennault, Randy Kreidt, Rachael Bristol, Peter Clark, Mark Griffin, Michael Wu

Manual

Wendy Dinsmore

Special Thanks

Clint Dyer, John Sauer, and Rick Raymo

Fun Facts

Did you know these bits of trivia?

Izuho "Ippo" Takeuchi was the only returning staff member from Phantasy Star III.

Clint Dyer wrote one of the earliest walkthroughs for Phantasy Star.

Boris Vallejo, the North American cover artist, is a famous fantasy artist. Many books collecting his work have been published.