Naohiro Hirao

Naohiro Hirao is a Japanese game designer and programmer at Sega.

The 20-year company veteran worked as an engineer for titles such as Virtua Fighter 3tb (1998), F-Zero GX (2003) and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007).

Hirao was game director for Puyo Puyo Tetris (2017) and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.