Born: September 16, 1979
Place of Birth: Shimotsuke, Japan.
* Rio Natsume is a veteran and highly regarded Japanese designer best known for her work at Sega Sammy Holdings where she led several teams from her position as general and game manager to create some of the top action titles in the gaming industry including Shinobi, Nightshade, Bayonetta and Anarchy Reigns*.
Additionally, Natsume led development on Sega’s popular Panzer Dragoon Orta title.
After over a decade and a half leading development at Sega where she became on the industry leaders for innovative title creation, Natsume departed in early 2016 for DeNA a highly successful mobile gaming company known for their hit title: Rage of Bahamut.
Her official position within the company in yet to be publicly revealed. With an extensive history of high impact games and creative leadership it may be reasonable to assume. Natsume's next endeavors may well help reshape DeNA’s current course and place them on a trajectory as innovators within games that appeal to the Japanese and overseas markets alike.
