List of Mario Kart 8 staff
This is a list of the staff involved with the game Mario Kart 8.
NintendoEdit
ProducerEdit
Co-ProducerEdit
- Yasuyuki Oyagi
DirectorEdit
Programming DirectorEdit
- Yusuke Shiraiwa
Design ManagersEdit
- Yoshihisa Morimoto
- Manabu Okano
Art DirectorEdit
- Masaaki Ishikawa
Sound DirectorEdit
PlanningEdit
- Koji Kitagawa
- Shintaro Jikumaru
- HokWai Ng
- Shinichi Ikematsu
- Kazuyoshi Sensui
- Ryuhei Matuura
- Fumihiro Suzuki
- Akane Ishikawa
- Makoto Kawamata
- Masahito Yonekura
ProgrammingEdit
- Takeshi Miyamoto
- Yoshinori Konishi
- Shoichi Obayashi
- Mifune Hayata
- Tatsuya Takadera
- Miyuki Kimura
- Kenta Sato
- Jun Ito
- Akira Mizukami
- Keisuke Iba
- Hideaki Fukuoka
- Hideaki Nishihara
- Hideyuki Tatsuta
Course Design LeadEdit
- Masahiro Kawanishi
- Hirotake Ohtsubo
- Manabu Takehara
- Toshitaka Mukasa
Course DesignEdit
- Tetsuya Kobayashi
- Eisuke Sasaki
- Jihyun Kim
- Kotomi Jin
- Yoshikazu Hara
- Yohei Izumi
- Takeshi Hosono
- Youngseok Kong
- Miki Aoki
- Jun Tanaka
- Homi Hada
- Hiroshi Yamada
- Yoshihiro Wakao
- Mariko Yoshino
- Takashi Yoshikawa
- Ryoichi Yamagishi
- Toshikatsu Terashima
- Tsutomu Taniguchi
- Tadatsugu Motomiya
Character Design LeadEdit
- Daisuke Kageyama
- Michiho Hayashi
- Masanobu Sato
- Shunsuke Otsuka
Character DesignEdit
- Tomomi Iwasaki
- Ryota Akutsu
- Misaki Imura
- Hikari Harada
- Yoko Tanaka
- Aya Shida
- Keisuke Umeda
- Kazunori Fujii
- Toshiaki Abe
- Osamu Koumura
- Noriyoshi Sekiyama
- Takuya Naito
- Satomi Asakawa
UI DesignEdit
- Chiharu Takabayashi
- Mai Yamamoto
- Hiroko Nishibe
Visual EffectsEdit
- Sayaka Nishimura
- Makoto Ohta
MusicEdit
Sound ProgrammingEdit
- Sanae Uchida
- Masato Mizuta
Sound EffectsEdit
- Natsuko Yokoyama
- Yohei Miyagawa
- Taro Bando
Demo MovieEdit
- Hiroki Hirano
ArtworkEdit
- Yuki Ijiri
- Sachiko Nakamichi
- Ryuichi Suzuki
- Hiroaki Kawagoe
IllustrationEdit
- Yuri Adachi
- Takumi Wada
- Naoya Hasegawa
- Shigehisa Nakaue
- Ryusuke Yoshida
Illustration SupervisorEdit
- Yusuke Nakano
Character SupervisorsEdit
- Yo Onishi
- Yu Yamamoto
- Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Progress ManagementEdit
- Hironobu Kakui
- Naomiki Yanagisawa
- Yoshinobu Shimada
- Tsuyoshi Koboyashi
Technical SupportEdit
- Kotaro Hiromatsu
- Yasuhiro Kawaguchi
- Yoshito Yasuda
- Masahiro Takeguchi
- Hiroyasu Sasano
- Taichi Suzuki
- Junichi Hori
- Hiroyuki Kato
- Kensuke Nakanishi
- Tomoatsu Nagafuji
- Hiroki Yasuhara
Programming SupportEdit
- Kenji Yamamoto
- Takuhiro Dohta
- Atsushi Haneda
- Nao Ueda
- Yoshiyuki Sawada
- Katsuhito Nishimura
- Katsuhisa Sato
- Shigetoshi Kitayama
- Masato Kimura
- Tetsuya Nakata
- Daisuke Hiratsu
- Haruki Tojo
- Masashi Mifune
- Shuhei Matsuo
- Ryota Maruko
- Toyoki Kataoka
- Hisashi Sekoguchi
- Hitoshi Kanetani
- Tsutomu Kaneshige
- Naoki Kinoshita
- Takahito Okuda
- Kazuhide Ueda
- Yuta Ogura
Network SupportEdit
- Yu Nishikawa
- Tetsu Okubo
- Kimihiko Shimomura
- Yuki Mitsui
- Hirokazu Shimaoka
- Takayuki Hama
- Taketo Konno
- Masayuki Kimura
- Kenkichi Miura
- Shunsaku Kato
- Akira Okazaki
- Miiverse Team
Design SupportEdit
- Yoshiki Haruhana
- Keijiro Inoue
- Yoshifumi Masaki
- Daisuke Nobori
Sound SupportEdit
- Mahito Yokota
- Takahiro Watanabe
DebugEdit
- Hitoshi Nishizawa
- Masashi Onishi
- Kentaro Nishimura
- Daiki Moriyama
- Yasunori Shibayama
- Maki Yoshitake
- Jun Sugiyama
- Naotaka Matsumoto
- Mario Club Co., Ltd.
- DIGITAL Hearts Co., Ltd.
Nintendo (Localization Staff)Edit
NOA Localization ManagementEdit
- Leslie Swan
- Nate Bihldorff
- Tim O'Leary
- Reiko Ninomiya
NOA LocalizationEdit
- Camilo Alba Navarro
- Hélène Bisson-Pelland
- Eric M. Smith
- Thaddée Wiseur
- David Carrasco
- Ethan Stockton
- Kento Oiwa
NOA Product TestingEdit
- Masayasu Nakata
- Randy Shoemake
- Seth Hanser
- Sean Egan
- Robert Johnson
- Andy Kolden
- Jeffrey Storbo
- Tomoko Henley
- Nicko Gonzalez De Santiago
- Teresa Lillygren
- Kindra Timmerwilke
- Shannon Jaye Roberts
- Sara Hoad
- Stéphane Arlot
- Ludovic Tientcheu Ponkin
- Product Testing Technicians
- PTD Guideline Compliance
- Gene Pencil
NOE Localisation ManagementEdit
- Stefan Kashani-Matin
- Fabrizio Cattaneo
NOE TranslationEdit
- Kevin Murray
- Anastasia Golovanova
- Anton Ivanchikov
- Chiara Botta
- Christian Buter
- Cristina Solà
- Enrique Sánchez Rosa
- Georg Schmalhofer
- Giuseppe Tangerini
- Greg T. Sadownik
- Janine Wetherell
- Marijke Pustjens
- Marta Bizarro
- Nicolas Sciotti
- Pete Sheppard
- Pierre Galmiche
- Rodrigo Dias
NOE Quality AssuranceEdit
- Naiara Ordorika Ibarguengoitia
- Andreas Langer
- Bert Beeckman
- Cátia Pinto Cardoso
- Florent Aupert
- Ibon Díez Maeztu
- Inna Talalay
- Laura Soto Toral
- Malcolm Thorne
- Margarita Jabner
- Matteo Marras
- Patrick De Sousa
- Sean Keoghan
- Sonia Laranjeira Santos
- Steven Van de Voorde
- Swen Harder
- Veronica Casi
- Marc Henkler
Music PerformanceEdit
Italics indicate returning musicians
MARIO KART BANDEdit
- Takashi Masuzaki: Electric Guitar
- Teppei Kawasaki: Bass Guitar
- Satoshi Bandoh: Drums
- Tetsuro Toyama: Acoustic Guitar
- Eric Miyashiro: Trumpet 1
- Koji Nishimura: Trumpet 2
- Sho Okumura: Trumpet 3
- Yoichi Murata: Trombone 1
- Kanade Shishiuchi: Trombone 2
- Kazuki Katsuta: Alto Saxophone
- Masato Honma: Alto Saxophone
- Masakuni Takeno: Tenor Saxophone
- Takuo Yamamoto: Baritone Saxophone
- Hitoshi Konno: Violin
The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 bandEdit
(Including Hyrule Circuit, Dragon Driftway, and Mute City)
- Takashi Masuzaki: Guitar
- Teppei Kawasaki: Bass
- Hiroyuki Noritake: Drums
- Luis Valle: Trumpet
- Masato Honma: Alto Saxophone
- Takuo Yamamoto: Tenor/Baritone Saxophone
- Masatsugu Shinozaki: Violin/Erhu
Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 bandEdit
(Including Wild Woods, Super Bell Subway, Big Blue, and Animal Crossing)
- Takashi Masuzaki: Guitar
- Teppei Kawasaki: Bass Guitar
- Satoshi Bandoh: Drums
- Koji Nishimura: Trumpet/Flugelhorn
- Eijiro Nakagawa: Trombone
- Kazuki Katsuta: Alto Saxophone (Big Blue)
- Masato Honma: Alto Saxophone
- Takuo Yamamoto: Soprano/Baritone Saxophone
- Hideyo Takakuwa: Flute/Tin Whistle
- Takayuki Mogami: Oboe
- Toshihiro Nakanishi: Violin
- Yoshiaki Sato: Accordion
Special ThanksEdit
- Naohiro Saito
- Masanori Kato
- Hideto Yamazaki
- Yasushi Omori
- Shigeru Yokoyama
- Hajime Nakatani
- BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.
- Takayuki Shindo
- Satoshi Oshita
- BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc.
- Tomohiko Yamazaki
- Yuuki Aoshima
- Keisuke Kadota
- Naruhisa Kawano
- Ryosuke Hirayama
- Kohei Ozeki
- Masayoshi Oki
- Eiichi Shirakawa
- Yasuto Kakimoto
- Hiromitsu Fujikawa
- Fumihiko Tamiya
- Hiroki Soji
- Satoko Okada
- Junji Morii
- Tsubasa Sakaguchi
- All EAD
General ProducerEdit
Executive ProducerEdit
UncreditedEdit
3D Models for Artwork IllustrationsEdit
- Marza Animation Planet Inc.
Character VoicesEdit
- Charles Martinet (Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Metal Mario, Tanooki Mario and male Piantas)
- Samantha Kelly (Princess Peach, Toad(s), Toadette, Baby Peach, Pink Gold Peach, and Cat Peach)
- Kazumi Totaka (Yoshi(s))
- Kenny James (Bowser, Dry Bowser, and Bowser Monument)
- Takashi Nagasako (Donkey Kong)
- Nate Bihldorff (Shy Guy(s))
- Deanna Mustard (Princess Daisy and Baby Daisy)
- Laura Faye Smith (Rosalina and Baby Rosalina)
- Michelle Hippe (Larry)
- David Cooke (Morton)
- Ashley Flannegan (Wendy)
- Ryan Higgins (Iggy)
- Dan Falcone (Roy)
- Carlee McManus (Lemmy)
- David J. Goldfarb (Ludwig)
- Tadd Morgan (Lakitu)
- Tomo Adachi (Female Mii)
- Katsuhiro Harasawa (Male Mii)
- Tomoyuki Higuchi (Male Mii)
- Hitomi Hirose (Female Mii)
- Yuko Kaida (Female Mii)
- Ayumi Nagao (Female Mii)
- Fumihiro Okabayashi (Male Mii)
- Takuya Sato (Male Mii)
- Scott Burns (male Piantas and male Nokis)
- Dolores Rogers (female Piantas)
- Kit Harris (female Nokis)
- Stacey Deddo (Sunshine Airport public announcer)[1]
- Unknown (Super Bell Subway public announcer)
- Takashi Ōhara (Link)
- N/A (sound effects) (Koopa Troopa, Villager and Isabelle)
- Jim Wornell as Big Blue announcer[2]
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