Staff of Pokémon Crystal

This list of staff members worked on the core series, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, as per the in-game credits. All names are given in Western order.

Director
Called Executive Director (Japanese: エグゼクティブディレクター) in the Japanese version.


 * Satoshi Tajiri

Co-director
Called Director (Japanese: ディレクター) in the Japanese version.


 * Junichi Masuda

Programmers
Referred to as Program (Japanese: プログラム) in the Japanese version.


 * Sousuke Tamada
 * Hisashi Sogabe
 * Keita Kagaya
 * Yoshinori Matsuda
 * Shigeki Morimoto
 * Tetsuya Watanabe
 * Takenori Oota

Graphics Director

 * Ken Sugimori

Monster Design
Called Pokémon Design (Japanese: ポケモンデザイン) in the Japanese version.


 * Ken Sugimori
 * Motofumi Fujiwara
 * Shigeki Morimoto
 * Hironobu Yoshida
 * Satoshi Oota
 * Atsuko Nishida
 * Muneo Saito
 * Rena Yoshikawa

Pokémon Animation

 * Hironobu Yoshida
 * Jun Okutani

Graphics Design

 * Hironobu Yoshida
 * Jun Okutani
 * Asuka Iwashita
 * Tetsuya Watanabe

Music

 * Junichi Masuda
 * Morikazu Aoki
 * Go Ichinose

Sound Effects

 * Morikazu Aoki
 * Junichi Masuda
 * Tetsuya Watanabe

Game Design

 * Junichi Masuda
 * Shigeki Morimoto
 * Kohji Nishino
 * Tetsuji Oota
 * Hitomi Sato
 * Kenji Matsushima

Game Scenario
Referred to as Scenario (Japanese: シナリオ) in the Japanese version.


 * Junichi Masuda
 * Kohji Nishino
 * Toshinobu Matsumiya
 * Kenji Matsushima

Pokédex Text
Called Encyclopedia Text (Japanese: ずかんテキスト) in the Japanese version.


 * Toshinobu Matsumiya

Tool Programming
Referred to as Tool Program (Japanese: ツールプログラム) in the Japanese version.


 * Sousuke Tamada
 * Takenori Oota

Parametric Design
Called Parameter Creation (Japanese: パラメーターせってい) in the Japanese version.


 * Kohji Nishino

Script Design
Called Script Creation (Japanese: スクリプトせってい) in the Japanese version.


 * Tetsuji Oota
 * Nobuhiro Seya

Map Data Design
Called Map Data Creation (Japanese: マップデータせってい) in the Japanese version.


 * Tetsuji Oota
 * Kazuhito Sekine

Map Design

 * Tetsuji Oota
 * Kohji Nishino
 * Nobuhiro Seya

Coordination
Called Coordinator (Japanese: コーディネーター) in the Japanese version.


 * Hiroyuki Zinnai

Producers

 * Satoru Iwata
 * Satoshi Yamato
 * Shigeru Miyamoto
 * Tsunekazu Ishihara

Executive Producer

 * Hiroshi Yamauchi

Mobile Project Leader
(Japanese: モバイルプロジェクトリーダー)


 * Tōru Ōsawa

Mobile System Adviser
(Japanese: モバイルシステムアドバイザー)


 * Takao Ōhara
 * Yūichirō Itō

Mobile System Director
(Japanese: モバイルシステムディレクター)


 * Takao Shimizu

Product Testing
Called Debug Play (Japanese: デバッグプレイ) in the Japanese version.


 * (Japanese: Kikaku Kaihatsu-bu)
 * Keita Nakamura
 * Hirotaka Uemura
 * Hiroaki Tamura
 * Noriaki Sakaguchi
 * Super Mario Club (Japanese: スーパーマリオクラブ)
 * Kenji Saiki
 * Atsushi Tada
 * Sarugakucho (Japanese: )
 * Tōru Hashimoto
 * Noboru Matsumoto
 * Miyuki Sato

Special Thanks

 * Naoko Kawakami
 * Akito Mori
 * Gakuzi Nomoto
 * Ai Mashima
 * Kunimi Kawamura
 * Mikihiro Ishikawa
 * Hideyuki Hashimoto

US Coordination

 * Gail Tilden
 * Hiro Nakamura
 * Junichi Masuda
 * Seth McMahill
 * Hiroto Alexander
 * Teresa Lillygren

Text Translation

 * Nob Ogasawara

Programmers

 * Teruki Murakawa
 * Kazuyoshi Osawa

PAAD Testing

 * Thomas Hertzog
 * Erik Johnson

Product Testing

 * Keita Nakamura
 * Hirotaka Uemura
 * Hiroaki Tamura
 * Noriaki Sakaguchi
 * NCL Super Mario Club
 * Kenji Saiki
 * Atsushi Tada
 * Miyuki Sato
 * Miyuki Sato

Special Thanks

 * Kimiko Nakamichi
 * Akito Mori
 * Gakuzi Nomoto
 * Ai Mashima
 * Kunimi Kawamura
 * Mikihiro Ishikawa
 * Hideyuki Hashimoto

European Coordination

 * Kai Zeh
 * Hiroyuki Uesugi
 * Junichi Masuda
 * Kohji Nishino
 * Kunimi Kawamura
 * Tanja Baar
 * Kai Neumann

French Text

 * Julien Bardakoff
 * Nicolas Robert

German Text

 * Daniel Schäfers
 * Martina Deimel

Italian Text

 * Andrea Salvi
 * Elenor Isbidish
 * Calimero Tiiiun

Spanish Text

 * Antonio Greppi
 * Carlos Montilla
 * Sofia Marín
 * Palma Sánchez

Programmers

 * Teruki Murakawa
 * Kazuyoshi Osawa

French Product Testing

 * Maurice Tisdale
 * Patrick Thieret
 * French Testing Team
 * Keita Nakamura
 * Hirotaka Uemura
 * Hiroaki Tamura
 * Noriaki Sakaguchi
 * NCL Super Mario Club
 * Kenji Saiki
 * Atsushi Tada
 * Miyuki Sato
 * Miyuki Sato

German Product Testing

 * Maurice Tisdale
 * Patrick Thieret
 * Jens Peppel
 * German Testing Team
 * Keita Nakamura
 * Hirotaka Uemura
 * Hiroaki Tamura
 * Noriaki Sakaguchi
 * NCL Super Mario Club
 * Kenji Saiki
 * Atsushi Tada
 * Miyuki Sato
 * Miyuki Sato

Italian Product Testing

 * Maurice Tisdale
 * Patrick Thieret
 * Matthew Mawer
 * Italian Testing Team
 * Keita Nakamura
 * Hirotaka Uemura
 * Hiroaki Tamura
 * Noriaki Sakaguchi
 * NCL Super Mario Club
 * Kenji Saiki
 * Atsushi Tada
 * Miyuki Sato
 * Miyuki Sato

Spanish Product Testing

 * Maurice Tisdale
 * Ángel Victoria
 * Spanish Testing Team
 * Keita Nakamura
 * Hirotaka Uemura
 * Hiroaki Tamura
 * Noriaki Sakaguchi
 * NCL Super Mario Club
 * Kenji Saiki
 * Atsushi Tada
 * Miyuki Sato
 * Miyuki Sato

French Text Proofing

 * Kimiko Nakamichi

German Text Proofing

 * Kimiko Nakamichi
 * Emi Bessho
 * Takashi Inamoto

Italian Text Proofing

 * Kimiko Nakamichi
 * Akira Yano
 * Hiroshi Akune

Spanish Text Proofing

 * Kimiko Nakamichi
 * Misako Nishio

Special Thanks

 * Hiro Nakamura (Spanish version only)
 * Akito Mori
 * Gakuzi Nomoto
 * Ai Mashima
 * Mikihiro Ishikawa
 * Hideyuki Hashimoto