Mie Kumagai is a Sega

Sega

, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...

 video game producer

Game producer

A video game producer is the person in charge of overseeing development of a video game.The earliest documented use of the term producer in games was by Trip Hawkins, who established the position when he founded Electronic Arts in 1982...

 since 1993, and when the previous boss of the Hitmaker

Hitmaker

Sega AM3 is a division of Japanese video game developer Sega Corporation. The development team has produced some popular arcade game and video games, including Virtual On, NASCAR Arcade, Crazy Taxi, Astro Boy: Omega Factor , Virtua Tennis, and the Initial D Arcade Stage series.-History:In 2000, as...

 development studio Hisao Oguchi

Hisao Oguchi

Hisao Oguchi is the current President and COO of Sega Corporation as well as the current Director, Vice Chairman, and Chief Creative Officer of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. Oguchi originally was President and CEO of Sega until the merger with Sammy.-References:...

 was promoted to president of the whole company, Kumagai became the new studio head and the first ever female president within Sega's development structure. Her games include Virtua Tennis Series

Virtua Tennis Series

Virtua Tennis is a series of tennis simulation video games started in 1999 by Sega-AM3. The player competes through tennis tournaments and various arcade modes. For the home console market the game was expanded with the introduction of the campaign mode...

 & Virtual On

Virtual On

is a series of video games created by Sega AM-3 . The original series was first published for arcades in February 1995. The game features fast, action-oriented gameplay requiring quick reflexes...

Series.

Role

Aside from being the first female head of a video game studio, Mie Kumagi's responsibilities include scheduling and financial aspects of video games.

External links

• Kikizo Kikizo Interview