List of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe staff

This is a list of the staff involved with the game Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Producers

 * Hideki Konno
 * Kosuke Yabuki

Co-Producer

 * Yasuyuki Oyagi

Director

 * Yusuke Shiraiwa

Programming Director

 * Tatsuya Takadera

Design Managers

 * Yoshihisa Morimoto
 * Manabu Okano

Art Directors

 * Masaaki Ishikawa
 * Masahiro Kawanishi

Sound Director

 * Kenta Nagata

Planning

 * Koji Kitagawa
 * Shintaro Jikumaru
 * HokWai Ng
 * Shinichi Ikematsu
 * Kazuyoshi Sensui
 * Ryuhei Matuura
 * Hideaki Fukuoka
 * Fumihiro Suzuki
 * Akane Ishikawa
 * Makoto Kawamata
 * Masahito Yonekura
 * Yusuke Shigeta

Programming

 * Takeshi Miyamoto
 * Yoshinori Konishi
 * Shoichi Obayashi
 * Mifune Hayata
 * Miyuki Kimura
 * Kenta Sato
 * Jun Ito
 * Akira Mizukami
 * Keisuke Iba
 * Hideaki Nishihara
 * Hideyuki Tatsuta
 * Shun Utsugi
 * Masahiro Kishi

Course Design Lead

 * Hirotake Ohtsubo
 * Manabu Takehara
 * Eisuke Sasaki
 * Toshitaka Mukasa

Course Design

 * Tetsuya Kobayashi
 * Jihyun Kim
 * Kotomi Jin
 * Yoshikazu Hara
 * Yohei Izumi
 * Takeshi Hosono
 * Youngseok Kong
 * Miki Aoki
 * Jun Tanaka
 * Akito Osanai
 * Homi Hada
 * Hiroshi Yamada
 * Yoshihiro Wakao
 * Mariko Yoshino
 * Takashi Yoshikawa
 * Ryoichi Yamagishi
 * Toshikatsu Terashima
 * Tsutomu Taniguchi
 * Tadatsugu Motomiya
 * Tatsuo Shioda
 * Naruki Sugeno

Character Design Lead

 * Daisuke Kageyama
 * Michiho Hayashi
 * Masanobu Sato
 * Ryota Akutsu
 * Shunsuke Otsuka

Character Design

 * Tomomi Iwasaki
 * Misaki Imura
 * Hikari Harada
 * Yoko Tanaka
 * Aya Shida
 * Keisuke Umeda
 * Kazunori Fujii
 * Tsumugi Harunari
 * Toshiaki Abe
 * Osamu Koumura
 * Noriyoshi Sekiyama
 * Takuya Naito
 * Satomi Asakawa

UI Design

 * Chiharu Takabayashi
 * Mai Yamamoto
 * Hiroko Nishibe
 * Emi Tomita

Visual Effects

 * Sayaka Nishimura
 * Makoto Ohta

Music

 * Shiho Fujii
 * Atsuko Asahi
 * Ryo Nagamatsu
 * Yasuaki Iwata
 * Asuka Hayazaki
 * Toru Minegishi
 * Kazumi Totaka
 * Koji Kondo

Sound Programming

 * Sanae Uchida
 * Masato Mizuta
 * Toru Asakawa

Sound Effects

 * Natsuko Yokoyama
 * Yohei Miyagawa
 * Taro Bando
 * Takahisa Yamamoto

Demo Movie

 * Hiroki Hirano

Artwork

 * Yuki Ijiri
 * Sachiko Nakamichi
 * Ryuichi Suzuki
 * Kazuma Norisada
 * Kazuya Kikkawa
 * Hiroaki Kawagoe
 * Hiroshi Asai
 * Tamami Ishikawa

Illustration

 * Yuri Adachi
 * Takumi Wada
 * Naoya Hasegawa
 * Shigehisa Nakaue
 * Ryusuke Yoshida

Illustration Supervisor

 * Yusuke Nakano

Character Supervisors

 * Yo Onishi
 * Yu Yamamoto
 * Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Progress Management

 * Hironobu Kakui
 * Hiroyuki Kimura
 * Naomiki Yanagisawa
 * Yoshinobu Shimada
 * Tsuyoshi Koboyashi
 * Masanori Kato

Technical Support

 * Kotaro Hiromatsu
 * Yasuhiro Kawaguchi
 * Yoshito Yasuda
 * Masahiro Takeguchi
 * Hiroyasu Sasano
 * Taichi Suzuki
 * Junichi Hori
 * Shotaro Iwanaga
 * Hiroyuki Kato
 * Kensuke Nakanishi
 * Tomoatsu Nagafuji
 * Hiroki Yasuhara
 * Ryoma Kunamoto

Programming Support

 * Kenji Yamamoto
 * Takuhiro Dohta
 * Atsushi Haneda
 * Nao Ueda
 * Yoshiyuki Sawada
 * Katsuhito Nishimura
 * Katsuhisa Sato
 * Shigetoshi Kitayama
 * Masato Kimura
 * Tetsuya Nakata
 * Daisuke Hiratsu
 * Haruki Tojo
 * Masashi Mifune
 * Shuhei Matsuo
 * Ryota Maruko
 * Toyoki Kataoka
 * Hisashi Sekoguchi
 * Hitoshi Kanetani
 * Tsutomu Kaneshige
 * Naoki Kinoshita
 * Takahito Okuda
 * Kazuhide Ueda
 * Yuta Ogura
 * Masafumi Kawamura
 * Junya Osada
 * Mitsuhiro Kida
 * Tomohisa Saito
 * Atsushi Asakura
 * Takanori Nishino
 * Yasushi Ebisawa
 * Tomohiro Nishino

Network Support

 * Yu Nishikawa
 * Tetsu Okubo
 * Kimihiko Shimomura
 * Yuki Mitsui
 * Hirokazu Shimaoka
 * Takayuki Hama
 * Taketo Konno
 * Masayuki Kimura
 * Kenkichi Miura
 * Shunsaku Kato
 * Akira Okazaki
 * Hajime Nakao
 * Takumi Masuda

Design Support

 * Yoshiki Haruhana
 * Hitoshi Kobayashi
 * Keijiro Inoue
 * Yoshifumi Masaki
 * Daisuke Nobori

Sound Support

 * Mahito Yokota
 * Takahiro Watanabe

Debug

 * Hitoshi Nishizawa
 * Masashi Onishi
 * Kentaro Nishimura
 * Daiki Moriyama
 * Yasunori Shibayama
 * Maki Yoshitake
 * Jun Sugiyama
 * Naotaka Matsumoto
 * Yuhei Ariyama
 * Takeshi Kiriyama
 * Sayaka Takagi
 * Megumi Emi
 * Mario Club Co., Ltd.
 * DIGITAL Hearts Co., Ltd.

NOA Localization Management

 * Leslie Swan
 * Nate Bihldorff
 * Tim O'Leary
 * Reiko Ninomiya
 * Rich Amtower
 * Scot Ritchey
 * Dan Owsen

NOA Localization

 * Camilo Alba Navarro
 * Hélène Bisson-Pelland
 * Eric M. Smith
 * Thaddée Wiseur
 * David Carrasco
 * Ethan Stockton
 * Kento Oiwa
 * Owen Cooney
 * Nich Maragos
 * Dutch Hixenbaugh
 * Matthew Niemi
 * NOA Copy Editors

NOA Product Testing

 * Masayasu Nakata
 * Randy Shoemake
 * Seth Hanser
 * Sean Egan
 * Robert Johnson
 * Andy Kolden
 * Jeffrey Storbo
 * Tomoko Henley
 * Nicko Gonzalez De Santiago
 * Teresa Lillygren
 * Kindra Timmerwilke
 * Shannon Jaye Roberts
 * Sara Hoad
 * Stéphane Arlot
 * Ludovic Tientcheu Ponkin
 * Gene Pencil
 * Santavorn Mam
 * Marko Wallenius
 * Madison Levitan
 * James Dillon
 * Product Testing Technicians
 * PTD Guideline Compliance

NOE Localisation Management

 * Stefan Kashani-Matin
 * Fabrizio Cattaneo
 * Ambra Gostoli
 * Hanako Furuya

NOE Translation

 * Kevin Murray
 * Anastasia Golovanova
 * Anton Ivanchikov
 * Chiara Botta
 * Christian Buter
 * Cristina Solà
 * Enrique Sánchez Rosa
 * Georg Schmalhofer
 * Giuseppe Tangerini
 * Greg T. Sadownik
 * Janine Wetherell
 * Marijke Pustjens
 * Marta Bizarro
 * Nicolas Sciotti
 * Pete Sheppard
 * Pierre Galmiche
 * Rodrigo Dias
 * Sarah Kelly
 * Giacomo lacumin
 * Gunnar Friedrich
 * Sara Sainz Nieto
 * Carsten Harmans
 * Rui Mendes
 * Tatiana Dornbusch

NOE Quality Assurance

 * Naiara Ordorika Ibarguengoitia
 * Andreas Langer
 * Bert Beeckman
 * Cátia Pinto Cardoso
 * Florent Aupert
 * Ibon Díez Maeztu
 * Inna Talalay
 * Laura Soto Toral
 * Malcolm Thorne
 * Margarita Jabner
 * Matteo Marras
 * Patrick De Sousa
 * Sean Keoghan
 * Sonia Laranjeira Santos
 * Steven Van de Voorde
 * Swen Harder
 * Veronica Casi
 * Marc Henkler
 * Daniele Alibrandi

Music Performance
Italics indicate returning musicians

MARIO KART BAND

 * Takashi Masuzaki: Electric Guitar
 * Teppei Kawasaki: Bass Guitar
 * Satoshi Bandoh: Drums
 * Tetsuro Toyama: Acoustic Guitar
 * Eric Miyashiro: Trumpet 1
 * Koji Nishimura: Trumpet 2
 * Sho Okumura: Trumpet 3
 * Yoichi Murata: Trombone 1
 * Kanade Shishiuchi: Trombone 2
 * Kazuki Katsuta: Alto Saxophone
 * Masato Honma: Alto Saxophone
 * Masakuni Takeno: Tenor Saxophone
 * Takuo Yamamoto: Baritone Saxophone
 * Hitoshi Konno: Violin

The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 band
(Including Hyrule Circuit, Dragon Driftway, and Mute City)
 * Takashi Masuzaki: Guitar
 * Teppei Kawasaki: Bass
 * Hiroyuki Noritake: Drums
 * Luis Valle: Trumpet
 * Masato Honma: Alto Saxophone
 * Takuo Yamamoto: Tenor/Baritone Saxophone
 * Masatsugu Shinozaki: Violin/Erhu

Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 band
(Including Wild Woods, Super Bell Subway, Big Blue, and Animal Crossing)
 * Takashi Masuzaki: Guitar
 * Teppei Kawasaki: Bass Guitar
 * Satoshi Bandoh: Drums
 * Koji Nishimura: Trumpet/Flugelhorn
 * Eijiro Nakagawa: Trombone
 * Kazuki Katsuta: Alto Saxophone (Big Blue)
 * Masato Honma: Alto Saxophone
 * Takuo Yamamoto: Soprano/Baritone Saxophone
 * Hideyo Takakuwa: Flute/Tin Whistle
 * Takayuki Mogami: Oboe
 * Toshihiro Nakanishi: Violin
 * Yoshiaki Sato: Accordion

Special Thanks

 * Naohiro Saito
 * Hideto Yamazaki
 * Yasushi Omori
 * Shigeru Yokoyama
 * Hajime Nakatani
 * Satoshi Oshita
 * BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.
 * Takayuki Shindo
 * BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
 * Tomohiko Yamazaki
 * Yuuki Aoshima
 * Keisuke Kadota
 * Naruhisa Kawano
 * Ryosuke Hirayama
 * Kohei Ozeki
 * Masayoshi Oki
 * Eiichi Shirakawa
 * Yasuto Kakimoto
 * Hiromitsu Fujikawa
 * Fumihiko Tamiya
 * Hiroki Soji
 * Satoko Okada
 * Junji Morii
 * Tsubasa Sakaguchi
 * Chie Sakakura
 * Aki Sakurai
 * Takashi Tomizuka
 * Takayuki Haga
 * Jeff Miller
 * All EPD

General Producers

 * Shigeru Miyamoto
 * Shinya Takahashi

Executive Producers

 * Satoru Iwata
 * Tatsumi Kimishima

3D Models for Artwork Illustrations

 * Marza Animation Planet Inc.

Character Voices

 * Charles Martinet as Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Metal Mario, Gold Mario, Tanooki Mario
 * Samantha Kelly as Peach, Toad(s), Toadette, Baby Peach, Pink Gold Peach, and Cat Peach
 * Kazumi Totaka as Yoshi(s)
 * Kenny James as Bowser and Dry Bowser
 * Caety Sagoian as Bowser Jr.
 * Takashi Nagasako as Donkey Kong
 * Nate Bihldorff as Shy Guy(s)
 * Deanna Mustard as Daisy and Baby Daisy
 * Laura Faye Smith as Rosalina and Baby Rosalina
 * Michelle Hippe as Larry
 * David Cooke as Morton
 * Ashley Flannegan Wendy
 * Ryan Higgins as Iggy
 * Dan Falcone as Roy
 * Carlee McManus as Lemmy
 * David J. Goldfarb as Ludwig
 * Tadd Morgan as Lakitu
 * Toru Asakawa as King Boo and Dry Bones
 * Katsuhiro Harasawa as male Mii
 * Tomoyuki Higuchi as male Mii
 * Fumihiro Okabayashi male Mii
 * Takuya Sato as male Mii
 * Tomo Adachi as female Mii
 * Hitomi Hirose as female Mii
 * Yuko Kaida as female Mii
 * Ayumi Nagao as female Mii
 * Yuki Tsuji as Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy
 * Takashi Ōhara as Link
 * Sanae Suzaki as Boos
 * Scott Burns as male Piantas and male Nokis
 * Dolores Rogers as female Piantas
 * Kit Harris as female Nokis
 * Stacey Deddo as Sunshine Airport public announcer
 * Jack Merluzzi as Big Blue announcer