Mie Kumagai

Mie Kumagai
熊谷 美恵
Born (1968-06-11) June 11, 1968 (age 56)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)Video game producer, director
Employer(s)Sega (1983–2015)
Colopl (2015–present)
Known forBeing the first female head of a Japanese game studio[1]
Notable workVirtua Tennis series
SpouseTakeshi Goden[2]

Mie Kumagai (熊谷 美恵, Kumagai Mie, born June 11, 1968) is a Japanese video game producer. She began working at Sega in 1993 as an amusement park attraction planner and transferred to the arcade division of its AM3 studio two years later. When this studio's boss, Hisao Oguchi, was promoted to president of the whole company in 2003, Kumagai became the new AM3 head and the first ever female president within Sega's development structure or any Japanese development studio. She produced a number of arcade titles before helming Sega's successful Virtua Tennis series for arcades and home consoles. As of 2015, Kumagai is an executive producer at the mobile game company Colopl.

  1. ^ Fahey, Rob (July 3, 2003). "Sega names new HitMaker president". Gamesindustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on October 29, 2004. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Kushida Riko (June 30, 2017). "ゲームプロデューサー熊谷美恵さんの「セガ子会社社長兼クリエイターとして」⎯⎯ゲーム業界、彼女の履歴書" [Game Producer Mie Kumagai As "Sega Subsidiary President and Creator" Her Game Industry Resume] (in Japanese). Red Bull GmbH. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.