Shining Wind

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    Japanese Shining Wind cover. Illustrations by Tony Taka.

    Shining Wind (シャイニング・ウィンド, Shainingu Windo) is an action role-playing game developed by Nex Entertainment and published by Sega for the Sony PlayStation 2 in May 2007 in Japan.

    Shining Wind was the first home console game in the series not to receive an English localization since the last two scenarios of Shining Force III. Future games in the series would not receive English releases until Blade Arcus from Shining Battle Arena in 2016 and Shining Resonance Refrain in 2018.

    Story Impact

    Shining Wind defines the fantasy realm of Endias first introduced in Shining Tears as a world separate from Erd, an equivalent of modern Earth.

    Shining Wind Staff

    The following credits appear at the end of the game.

    • Total Produce & Original Work: Tsuyoshi Sawada
    • Character Design & Illustrations: Tony
    • Cast
      • Kiriya: Akira Ishida, Seena: Nana Mizuki, Souma & Xero: Souichiro Hoshi, Koreha: Yui Horie, Traihard: Ryotaro Okiayu, Hildareia: Kumi Sakuma, Xecty: Houko Kuwashima, Killrain: Hikaru Midorikawa, Zeed & Leon: Takeshi Kusao, Clalacian & Blanc Neige: Ayako Kawasumi, Caris: Ryoko Shiraishi, Houmei: Chiwa Saito, Hyouun: Kazuya Naka, Rouen: Tetsu Inada, Jin-Crow: Hisao Egawa, Enu: Kazunari Tanaka, Raihi: Naoki Imamura, Kouryu: Tomohisa Asou, Basou: Takahiko Sakaguma, Shumari: Hiroshi Kamiya, Raidel: Hirohiko Kakegawa, Dag: Yasuhiko Kawazu, Gord: Naoki Tatsuta, Cerestia & Elwing: Ryou Hirohashi, Lassi: Jyunko Hagimori, Mao: Ai Nonaka, Others: Keiji Hirai, Hiroaki Matsushima, Keisuke Baba, Takahiro Fujimoto, Isao Teramoto, Rika Komatsu
    • Voice Acting Coordination: AONI PRODUCTION, Toshio Furuichi
    • Sound Produce: STUDIO GEN, Miho Sugawara, Shinichi Kobori
    • Sound Direction: Yoshio Obara
    • Image Song: Heart-shaped Chant
      • Singer: Nana Mizuki
      • Songwriter: Nana Mizuki
      • Composer & Arranger: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
      • Image Song Produce: KING RECORDS, Akio Mishima
    • Series Theme Music: Shiro Sagisu
    • Game Developer: NEX ENTERTAINMENT
      • Game Producer: Katsuji Aoyama, Yoshiki Ito
      • Director: Yasunori Gotoh
      • Associate Director: Ryutaro Ichikura
      • Game Concept Plan: Daisuke Tajima
      • Game Designer: Fumio Shimoyama
      • Main Programmer: Norimichi Oguri
      • Programmers: Satoshi Fukuda, Daisuke Haga, Shin Ishida, Hiroyuki Horita
      • Game Planners: Toshikazu Saitoh, Yuichi Niijima, Takahiro Nakamura
      • Script Director: Teppei Suzuki
      • Scriptwriters: Takashi Kawamura, Michita Nagato, Kentaro Tsushima
      • Sound Director: Takuya Yokota
      • Music Designer: Kaoru Okada
      • Art Director: Minoru Matsuura Yukari Miki
      • Back Ground Art Creator: Chie Ohta
      • Background Artists: Sayaka Yamada, Makiko Takahasi, Hanako Kagawa, Eriko Suzuki, Nobuko Tagaki, Mio Aramaki
      • Character Model & Animation: Shigeru Komatsuzaki
      • Character Animation: Ryo Miyata
      • Visual Effects Director: Kenji Demura
      • Visual Effects: Hitoshi Aoiki
      • Artwork: Nozomi, Ohtawa, Tomohiro Ohnuki, Kazuhiro Nagata, Susumu Higashitsuji, Yusuke Tsubouchi
      • Technical Support: Ysunayoshi Orihara, Yuichiro Kubo, Hideaki Ohta, Katsuyuku Sugano
      • Background Art Product Producer: Koji Takeuchi
      • Product Manager: Osamu Taniguchi
      • Lead Paint Artist: Seiji Sugawara
      • Paint Artists: Satoshi Tokizawa, Hiroshi Nitta, Yasuhiro Yamane, Sanhyon Ann, Fumie Nuibe, Yuuko Sugiyama, Ayumi Sugimoto, Yukihiro Yokoyama
      • Sub-Character Product Producer: Norio Kawakami
      • Lead Designer: Mototaka Nakatsu
      • Senior Designners: Yoshiaki Tanaka, Takaharu Suzuki
      • Character Motion: Daisuke Ishikawa, Fumihiro Maruno, Kazuya Satou
      • Character Model: Hikaru Takami, Takashi Yamaguchi, Gorou Kurosaki, Naoyuki Takashima
    • Story & World Design: rpm
      • Story & Concept: Kouya Sakugami
      • CG Work: Layer, Kyu
      • Cooperation: Sangetsu Nekoyashiki, Megumi Ohta, Seiji Miyazaki, unspeakable
      • Sub-Character Design: MONSUKE
      • Design Supervision: Masaaki Yamada
      • Background CG Work: TOMO, TONJIRU, Zhu
    • STUDIO SAIZENSEN
      • Story & Concept: Mafumi Kitahara, Kouichi Suzuki, Kouichi Mitsuboshi
      • Design Work: Toshinobu Kondo, Yasuhiro Tanuma, Masayasu Hirotomi, Hisanori Saito, K5, Shusaku Kondo, HAN
      • Background Design: G7
      • Deform Character Supervision: Toshinobu Kondo
    • ZAPP STUDIO
      • Background CG Work: Syuu Honda, Sinobu Yamaguti, Rie Honda
    • Animation Movie: STUDIO DEEN
      • Animation Producer: Masahiro Toyosumi
      • Storyboard Direction: Hiroshi Watanabe
      • Character Design: Mariko Emori, Yukiko Ban
      • Art Director: Mariko Emori
      • Original Picture Artwork: Tatsuya Oka, Minako Shiba, Satoko Miyachi, Yuko Iwaoka, Emiko Matsuno, Mika Shirota, Kenichi Hamazaki, Keiichi Ishida, Yukiko Ban, Mariko Emori, Cyuji Nakajima, Yumie Wada, Hidenori Miyahara, Mitsuru Nakada, Tomokazu Shimabukuro, Tsutomu Shibutani
      • Animation Artwork: Jun Sawamura, Manami Okumura, Kanako Ono, Shunsuke Honma, Ai Kawamura, Mayu Shinoda, Emi Sato, ECHO
      • BG Art: DESIGN OFFICE MECAMAN, Michiyo Miki, ECHO-BG, Kim Mee Kyuong, Kim Woo Soung, Joung Won Young, Sim Sang Il, Joung Young Bea, Yi jin Ju
      • Composite: STUDIO DEEN MEGUMI, Norito Kondo, Yayoi Mutou, Shinnosuke Inaba, Misaki Touma
      • Editor: Matsuura Masahiro
      • Assistant Editor: Sayaka Mita
      • Color model: Shinji Matsumoto
      • Color palette: Chitose Kimura, Mariko Mima, Chisato Tsumotani, Kozue Arai, ECHO
    • Publishing: SEGA
      • Coordination: Seiji Hayashi
      • Marketing Manager: Yasushi Yamashita, Kouki Akiyama
      • Publicity: Kenichi Hashimoto
      • Promotion: Daisuke Sekine, Yuka Hayano, Ikuo Ishazaka
      • Sales Promotion: Akihide Ichimura
      • Packaging and Software Manual Direction: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Yoichi Takahashi, Kazuaki Jikuhara
      • QA Testing: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Akira Terasawa, Kazuhiko Morii, Akinobu Koechi, Yuji Nakamura, Akio Saito, Daichi Sasaki
      • Character Merchandising: Tadashi Takezaki, Masahiro Nakayama, Izumi Shirafune
      • Special Thanks: Masaya Konya, Sakura Kogome, Tengoku, Ryo Yokokawa
      • Executive Producer: Hiroyuki Miyazaki

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    PlayStation 2 Shining Tears・Shining Force NeoShining Force EXAShining Wind
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