Gran Turismo
グランツーリスモ

1997.12.23 Sony Computer Entertainment


Gran Turismo
The Real Driving Simulator


Development Staff

Director
Kazunori Yamauchi

Main Program
Seiichi Ikiuo

Simulation Algorithm
Akihiko Tan

Visual Effects Program
Takeshi Yokouchi

Menu Program
Nobuo Sakai

Car Design
Yuichi Matsumoto
Hiroshi Samatsu
Yoichi Takahashi
Hajime Sakai
Hidekazu Saitou
Takeshi Ikegami
Cosmo Studio

Art Director
Masaaki Goto

Course & Movie Design
Masaaki Goto
Kazumichi Otsubo
Sanae Ebihara
Miho Kato

Data Management
Hirotaka Komiyama
Tomokazu Murase
Masaru Suzuki

Game Design
Kazunori Yamauchi
Takeshi Yokouchi
Hirotaka Komiyama

Menu Design
Hironori Komiya
Koji Hasegawa
Eiichi Abe
Yasunori Aoki
Fumio Kikuchi
Manual Inn

Sound Director
Masamichi Seki

Sound Design
Masamichi Seki
Takashi Kanai
Yasuaki Yabuta
Mitsukuni Murai

Menu Music
Isamu Ohira

Sequence Data
Kenmei Adachi

Sound Driver
Yoshihiko Kurata
Masashi Fujita

Advisor
Shinsuke Saitou

Car Information Text
Manabu Kawaguchi

Quality Assurance
Masayuki Mizuno

Manual Writing
Ken-ichiro Yasuhara

Logo & Package Design
Eiichi Abe

Hospitality
Mayumi Suzaki

Paint Assistant
Nodoka Kinsho
Shinobu Sawamura
Yukari Sekizawa
Yoichi Inamura
Emi Yoshida
Yoko Yamanouchi
Asako Hamaoka

SCEI QA Team
Eiichi Matsui
Masaki Hiyoshi
Juniichi Akatsuka
Kei Shimo
Shunsuke Saitou
Kazuaki Higashijima
Yasuhiro Okada
Takanobu Furukawa
Yoshiyuki Nomura
Daisuke Okinaka
Hiroki Shibuya


Chief Development Executive
Akira Sato

Executive Producer
Shuhei Yoshida

Producer
Kazunori Yamauchi

Supervisor
Toshiyuki Miyata
Yukio Nagasaki

Promotion
Masatsuka Saeki
Satoshi Komuro
Kohei Adachi

Marketing
Mitsutaka Masumoto
Kyoko Kato
Sachiyo Shoji

Music Producer
Tomohiko Fukuoka

Sound Producer
Takafumi Fujisawa

Main Theme & BGM
Masahiro Ando

Artist Management
Mikio Aoki

Development Support
Cyber Head

Legal
Ryukatsu Son
Kazuhiro Masuda
Andrew Zaffron
Marian Toole

Overseas Coordination
Shuhei Yoshida
Yoshiko Furusawa

Package Coordination
Tamami Shinpo
Hironori Komiya


Cooperation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd
Honda Motor Co.,Ltd
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
Mazda Motor Corporation
Nissan Motorsports International Co.,Ltd
Toyota Technocraft
MUGEN Co.,Ltd
Ralliart Inc.
Mazdaspeed Co.,Ltd
Subaru Technica International
General Motors Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited
TVR Engineering Limited
Bridgestone Corporation
Castrol Limited


Special Thanks
Tomi Kambe (SCEI)
Osamu Nagano (Cyber Head)
Yukari Koseki (Toyota)
Tomoko Nagamine (Toyota)
Tsugizo Kubo (Nissan)
Atsuko Suzuki (Nissan)
Hideji Kato (Honda)
Satoshi Kato (Honda)
Keiko Shimizu (Honda)
Jun-ichi Ozawa (Mitsubishi)
Tatsuo Kawabuchi (Mitsubishi)
Hideo Muto (Subaru)
Kyouichi Takeda (Subaru)
Kouichiro Akasaka (Subaru)
Osamu Kinebuchi (Mazda)
Hatsuki Kouno (Nismo)
Kouichi Ogawara (Nismo)
Akihiro Kojima (MUGEN)
Eri Chikaoka (TRD)
Masakazu Takahashi (Bridgestone)
Junya Mizuno (Castrol)
Yousuke Matsuzaki (Mazdaspeed)
Hideo Senkou (Ralliart)
Takashi Mitsuzuka (Tom's Spirit)
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Masanori Sekiya
Masahiro Matsunaga
Eric Comas
Castrol Tom's Team
Munenori Ito
Sportsland SUGO
Suzuka Circuit Land
BANDIT
Ken Kutaragi (SCEI)
Ryoji Akagawa (SCEI)
Nobuhide Ishibashi (SCEI)
Jun-ichi Kobayashi (SCEI)
Asako Sanada (SCEI)
Ken-ichi Iwata (SCEI)
Yasushi Taki (SCEI)
Masanori Hasegawa (SCEI)
Fumitake Yodo (Sony)
Maho Matsuoka (SCEI)
Reika Suzuki (SCEI)
Kouichi Yamazaki (SCEI)
Naoto Nakai (SCEI)
Yu Ogata (SCEI)
Tomoyuki Hoshi (SCEI)
Yuka Kaneko (SCEI)
Michiko Kusaba (SCEI)
Yoshiko Kishimoto (SCEI)
Keiichi Ashizawa (SCEI)
Takako Hirato (SCEI)
PlayStation Monitor Staff & Members
Phil Harrison (SCEA)
Taku Imasaki (SCEA)
Sean Kelly (SCEE)
Jason Falk (SCEE)


Developed by
Polys Entertainment


Copyright 1997 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.


Credits from the Japan PS1 release.
Image Source
© 1997 Sony Computer Entertainment