List of Mario Kart 8 staff

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

Producer

 * Hideki Konno

Co-Producer

 * Yasuyuki Oyagi

Director

 * Kosuke Yabuki

Programming Director

 * Yusuke Shiraiwa

Design Managers

 * Yoshihisa Morimoto
 * Manabu Okano

Art Director

 * Masaaki Ishikawa

Sound Director

 * Kenta Nagata

Planning

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

Programming

 * Takeshi Miyamoto
 * Yoshinori Konishi
 * Shoichi Obayashi
 * Mifune Hayata
 * Tatsuya Takadera
 * Miyuki Kimura
 * Kenta Sato
 * Jun Ito
 * Akira Mizukami
 * Keisuke Iba
 * Hideaki Fukuoka
 * Hideaki Nishihara
 * Hideyuki Tatsuta

Course Design Lead

 * Masahiro Kawanishi
 * Hirotake Ohtsubo
 * Manabu Takehara
 * Toshitaka Mukasa

Course Design

 * Tetsuya Kobayashi
 * Eisuke Sasaki
 * Jihyun Kim
 * Kotomi Jin
 * Yoshikazu Hara
 * Yohei Izumi
 * Takeshi Hosono
 * Youngseok Kong
 * Miki Aoki
 * Jun Tanaka
 * Homi Hada
 * Hiroshi Yamada
 * Yoshihiro Wakao
 * Mariko Yoshino
 * Takashi Yoshikawa
 * Yroichi Yamagishi
 * Toshikatsu Terashima
 * Tsutomu Taniguchi
 * Tadatsugu Motomiya

Character Design Lead

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

Character Design

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

UI Design

 * Chiharu Takabayashi
 * Mai Yamamoto
 * Hiroko Nishibe

Visual Effects

 * Sayaka Nishimura
 * Makoto Ohta

Music

 * Shiho Fujii
 * Atsuko Asahi
 * Ryo Nagamatsu
 * Yasuaki Iwata

Sound Programming

 * Sanae Uchida
 * Masato Mizuta

Sound Effects

 * Natsuko Yokoyama
 * Yohei Miyagawa
 * Taro Bando

Demo Movie

 * Hiroki Hirano

Artwork

 * Yuki Ijiri
 * Sachiko Nakamichi
 * Ryuichi Suzuki
 * Hiroaki Kawagoe

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
 * Naomiki Yanagisawa
 * Yoshinobu Shimada
 * Tsuyoshi Koboyashi

Technical Support

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

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

Network Support

 * Yu Nishikawa
 * Tetsu Okubo
 * Kimihiko Shimomura
 * Yuki Mitsui
 * Hirokazu Shimaoka
 * Takayuki Hama
 * Taketo Konno
 * Masayuki Kimura
 * Kenkichi Miura
 * Shunsaku Kato
 * Akira Okazaki
 * Miiverse Team

Design Support

 * Yoshiki Haruhana
 * 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
 * Mario Club Co., Ltd.
 * DIGITAL Hearts Co., Ltd.

NOA Localization Management

 * Leslie Swan
 * Nate Bihldorff
 * Tim O'Leary
 * Reiko Ninomiya

NOA Localization

 * Camilo Alba Navarro
 * Hélène Bisson-Pelland
 * Eric M. Smith
 * Thaddée Wiseur
 * David Carrasco
 * Ethan Stockton
 * Kento Oiwa

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
 * Product Testing Technicians
 * PTD Guideline Compliance
 * Gene Pencil

NOE Localisation Management

 * Stefan Kashani-Matin
 * Fabrizio Cattaneo

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

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

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
 * Masanori Kato
 * Hideto Yamazaki
 * Yasushi Omori
 * Shigeru Yokoyama
 * Hajime Nakatani
 * BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.
 * Tomohiko Yamazaki
 * Yuuki Aoshima
 * Keisuke Kadota
 * Naruhisa Kawano
 * Ryosuke Hirayama
 * Kohei Ozeki
 * Masayoshi Oki
 * Eiichi Shirakawa
 * Yasuto Kakimoto
 * Hiromitsu Fujikawa
 * Fumihiko Tamiya
 * Soji Hiroki
 * Satoko Okada
 * Junji Morii
 * Tsubasa Sakaguchi
 * All EAD

General Producer

 * Shigeru Miyamoto

Executive Producer

 * Satoru Iwata

Character Voices

 * Charles Martinet (Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Metal Mario, Tanooki Mario and male Piantas)
 * Samantha Kelly (Princess Peach, Toad(s), Toadette, Baby Peach, Pink Gold Peach, and Cat Peach)
 * Kazumi Totaka (Yoshi(s))
 * Kenny James (Bowser and Dry Bowser)
 * Takashi Nagasako (Donkey Kong)
 * Nate Bihldorff (Shy Guy(s))
 * Deanna Mustard (Princess Daisy and Baby Daisy)
 * Laura Faye Smith (Rosalina and Baby Rosalina)
 * Lani Minella (Larry and Lemmy)
 * David Cooke (Morton)
 * Mike Vaughn (Iggy)
 * Michelle Hippe (Larry)
 * Ashley Flannegan (Wendy)
 * Dan Falcone (Roy)
 * David J. Goldfarb (Ludwig)
 * Tadd Morgan (Lakitu)
 * Tomo Adachi (Female Mii)
 * Katsuhiro Harasawa (Male Mii)
 * Tomoyuki Higuchi (Male Mii)
 * Hitomi Hirose (Female Mii)
 * Yuko Kaida (Female Mii)
 * Ayumi Nagao (Female Mii)
 * Fumihiro Okabayashi (Male Mii)
 * Takuya Sato (Male Mii)
 * Sanae Suzaki (Boos)
 * Dolores Rogers (female Piantas)
 * Kit Harris (Nokis)
 * Unknown (Sunshine Airport and Super Bell Subway public announcers)
 * Takashi Ōhara (Link)
 * N/A (sound effects) (Koopa Troopa, Villager and Isabelle)
 * Jack Merluzzi (Big Blue announcer)