Famitsu published an interview with Daichi Katagiri that looks back at his illustrious, soon-to-be-30 year career at SEGA which has been recently translated into English by Brian Clark (thanks Brian!) Katagiri-san reflects on his youthful days spent in the arcades, obsessing (and rage quitting!) over OutRun high scores, the importance of music in games, riding in Yu Suzuki's ferarri for "research purposes" and exclusive behind-the-scenes developer tales of the Virtua Fighter franchise dating back to the original. This is a fascinating interview, celebration and reflection on Katagiri-san's amazing journey at SEGA, which he believes "set my life on a great path."



How Katagiri-san got started:

Read the full translation by Brian Clark (@BClarkOMP) here:

http://www.onemillionpower.com/daichi-katagiri-outrun-and-virtua-fighter/​

Original Famitsu article: https://www.famitsu.com/news/202102/09213453.html