People behind the game
Remembering the people who made this world possible.
Behind every Trotmobile, conversation and song, there were people bringing Steambot Chronicles to life. This is a place to remember their work, from the original development team to the people who helped it find an audience in English.
Names and roles below follow the original US PlayStation 2 manual, with a selection of English voice credits collected separately.
The original development team
The designers, programmers and planners who brought Steambot Chronicles to life at IREM. Source
- Game design & chief design
- Kotaro Kita
- Design
- Akihiro Toda
- Kazuhiro Ushiro
- Miyabi Tashiro
- Keng Hayashi
- Hidekazu Kawaguchi
- Yoshio Hatakenaka
- Choshu Minami
- Kumiko Hana
- Hiroakiboyz
- Chief programming
- Yoshiyuki “Yoshizou” Yoshita
- Programming
- Ginta Ito
- Shinji Fujisawa
- Kenji Fukushima
- Chief planning & production
- Kazuma Kujo
- Planning
- Ryosuke Okubo
- Takaha-sha
- Hideo Morise
- Tsubasa
- Takehiro Imazawa
- Seiji Yamada
- Executive production
- York Jitsumori
- Moichi Matsumoto
- Hiroshi Nakaguchi
The sound of Steambot Chronicles
The music, recording and sound work behind the streets, journeys and performances we remember. Source
- Sound production
- Daikoku Azuma
- Sound direction
- Yasue Irie
- Background music
- Hiroshi Ebihara
- Sound programming
- Kou Hirota (Eyesears)
- Sound editing
- Ryuin Kigenma (USP)
- Yasue Irie (USP)
- Kirin (USP)
- Recording engineering
- Daikoku Azuma (USP)
- Naoyuki Matsumoto (HiBrite.inc)
- Takahisa Yuzawa (HiBrite.inc)
- Katsuhiko Ito (CAT)
- Mixing engineering
- Naoyuki Matsumoto (HiBrite.inc)
- Mixing studio
- DigitalDomain Studio (HiBrite.inc)
The US release team
Atlus USA brought Bumpy Trot to English-speaking players as Steambot Chronicles. These are the people credited for its localization, testing and release. Source
- Project lead, localization & manual
- Tomm Hulett
- Translation
- James Kuroki
- Shigeto “Sammy” Matsushima
- Additional editing
- Jamie Ortiz
- William Alexander
- Project coordination
- Shigeto “Sammy” Matsushima
- Hiroyuki Tanaka
- QA lead
- Carl Chen
- QA testing
- Michael Manzanares
- Tyler Shogren
- Jeff Beaudoin
- Rob Stone
- David Read
- Joe Agra
- Kyle Langs
- Ryan Macalino
- Executive production
- Shinichi Suzuki
- VP of product & marketing
- Sonoko Saito
- Marketing
- Gail Salamanca
- Assistant marketing & PR
- Zach Meston
- Voice recording
- PCB Productions
- Voice direction & engineering
- Keith Arem
- Dialogue editing
- Jamie Vance
- Jesse Kovarovics
English voices
Some of the familiar voices from the English release. This cast selection comes from the GameFAQs credits index; the manual does not list individual voice actors. Source
- Vanilla
- Spike Spencer
- Connie
- Wendee Lee
- Fennel — spoken voice
- Kirk Thornton
- Dandelion
- Yuri Lowenthal
- Rosemary
- Stephanie Sheh
The people behind the songs
Nadia Gifford’s vocals and Ryan Kerwin’s “Music Revolution” are part of the game’s musical memories. Open a song to see its credited writers and musicians, or revisit the recordings on the music page.
“Just Shout It Out” is listed as “1,000 Bricks” in the US manual. The credits below follow the manual. Source
In Your Voice
- Music
- Toshiyuki Sakai
- Lyrics, vocals & chorus
- Nadia Gifford
- Arrangement
- Hiroshi Ebihara
- Daikoku Azuma
- Piano
- Kyoko Ohsako
- Guitars
- Mitsuru Okoshi
- Bass
- Kiyomi Asano
- Drums
- Daikoku Azuma
- Flute
- Hiroyuki Ohno
Impossible
- Music
- Junko Kamata
- Lyrics, vocals & chorus
- Nadia Gifford
- Arrangement
- Hiroshi Ebihara
- Daikoku Azuma
- Piano
- Kyoko Ohsako
- Guitar
- Shun Imagawa
- Toshiyuki Arichi
- Bass
- Kiyomi Asano
- Drums
- Daikoku Azuma
- Soprano sax
- Tsubo Ken
- Flute
- Hiroyuki Ohno
I Cry
- Music & chorus
- Junko Kamata
- Lyrics & lead vocals
- Nadia Gifford
- Arrangement
- Hiroshi Ebihara
- Daikoku Azuma
- Guitars
- Shun Imagawa
- Kyouichi Ikawa
- Drums
- Daikoku Azuma
- Percussion
- Yoshikazu Satomura
Just Shout It Out (1,000 Bricks)
- Music & chorus
- Junko Kamata
- Lyrics & lead vocals
- Nadia Gifford
- Arrangement
- Hiroshi Ebihara
- Daikoku Azuma
- Piano
- Kyoko Ohsako
- Guitars
- Shun Imagawa
- Kyouichi Ikawa
- Drums
- Daikoku Azuma
- Percussion
- Yoshikazu Satomura
See You Later
- Music & chorus
- Masumi Maeda
- Lyrics & lead vocals
- Nadia Gifford
- Arrangement
- Hiroshi Ebihara
- Daikoku Azuma
- Piano
- Kyoko Ohsako
- Guitars
- Mitsuru Okoshi
- Bass
- Kiyomi Asano
- Drums
- Daikoku Azuma
Music Revolution
- Music & guitar
- Mitsuru Okoshi
- Lyrics
- Ryan Kerwin
- Mary Kerwin
- Arrangement
- Mitsuru Okoshi
- Daikoku Azuma
- Vocals
- Ryan Kerwin
- Bass
- Kiyomi Asano
- Drums & percussion
- Daikoku Azuma
Where these credits come from
The staff and song credits were checked against page 44 of the original US manual. On page 43, project lead Tomm Hulett shares how Bumpy Trot became Steambot Chronicles, including the English text, name and packaging.
Read the original credits page in the manual.
Credited nicknames are kept as they appear in the manual. This page covers the original PlayStation 2 game; the spin-offs and unreleased sequel have their own teams.