Editing Toaplan (section)

== Staff ==
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Various individuals have been important figures in the history of Toaplan:

* Masahiro Yuge – One of the six original team members and frequent composer.<ref name="PSGv10"/><ref name="TFf25v9"/><ref name="TSCa"/><ref name="STGv4a"/><ref name="STGv4b"/> Later worked at [[Takumi Corporation]] and [[Eighting]] on several projects.<ref name="AHoTi.ac"/>
* Tatsuya Uemura – One of the six original team members and frequent composer.<ref name="PSGv10"/><ref name="TFf25v9"/><ref name="TSCa"/><ref name="STGv4a"/><ref name="STGv4b"/> Later worked at [[Gazelle (software company)|Gazelle]] and Eighting on several projects.<ref name="AHoTi.ac"/>
* Toshiaki Tomizawa – Music composer for ''Demon's World'', ''Zero Wing'' and ''Vimana''.<ref name="PSGv10"/><ref name="STGv4b"/><ref name="TSCb"/> Co-founder of [[Cave (company)|CAVE]].<ref name="AHoTi.ac"/><ref name="IGM8"/>
* Osamu Ōta – Music composer for ''Wardner'', ''Rally Bike'' and ''Twin Hawk''.<ref name="PSGv10"/><ref name="STGv4b"/> Producer of ''[[Gekirindan]]'' at [[Taito]].<ref name="AHoTi.ac"/>
* Toshiaki Ōta – One of the six original team members and head of software development.<ref name="PCEFv3i2"/><ref name="AHoTi.ac"/><ref name="TFf25v9"/><ref name="TSCa"/><ref name="STGv4a"/> Founder of [[Tamsoft]].<ref name="AHoTi.ac"/><ref name="TFf25v9"/><ref name="STGv4a"/><ref name="Tamsoft"/>
* Naoki Ogiwara – Artist and designer for ''Truxton'' and ''Out Zone''.<ref name="G49"/><ref name="TFf25v9"/><ref name="TSCb"/><ref name="STGv4b"/> Co-founder of CAVE.<ref name="AHoTi.ac"/><ref name="IGM8"/>
* Kōetsu Iwabuchi – Artist for ''Guardian'' and ''Twin Cobra''.<ref name="G49"/> Later served as planning manager for ''Grind Stormer''.<ref name="1993V-VTI"/>
* Yuko Tataka – Character designer for ''Truxton'', ''Hellfire'', ''Twin Hawk'', ''Zero Wing'' and ''Fire Shark''.<ref name="B!MD14"/><ref name="AHoTi.ac"/>
* Sanae Nitō – Character designer for ''Truxton'', ''Hellfire'', ''Twin Hawk'', ''Zero Wing'' and ''Fire Shark''.<ref name="B!MD14"/><ref name="AHoTi.ac"/>
* Tsuneki Ikeda – Programmer for ''Grind Stormer'' and ''Batsugun''.<ref name="1993V-VTI"/><ref name="Gpara.com"/><ref name="MA118"/><ref name="SPOnG"/> Co-founder of CAVE.<ref name="AHoTi.ac"/><ref name="STGv4a"/><ref name="IGM8"/><ref name="SPOnG"/>
* Satoshi Kōyama – Programmer for ''Batsugun''. Later worked at CAVE on several projects.<ref name="G196"/>
* [[Junya Inoue]] – Designer for ''Dogyuun'', ''Knuckle Bash'' and ''Batsugun''.<ref name="CONTINUEv6"/><ref name="TAoSwJI"/> Later worked at Gazelle and CAVE on several projects.<ref name="CONTINUEv6"/><ref name="TAoSwJI"/><ref name="PaVP-TXB"/>
* [[Yusuke Naora]] – Graphic designer for ''Grind Stormer''. Later worked at [[Square Enix]] on several projects.<ref name="CONTINUEv6"/><ref name="IZM"/>
* Kenichi Takano – One of the six original team members and designer for ''Performan''.<ref name="TFf25v9"/><ref name="TSCa"/><ref name="STGv4a"/> Co-founder of CAVE.<ref name="AHoTi.ac"/><ref name="STGv4a"/><ref name="IGM8"/><ref name="SPOnG"/>
* Yuichirō Nozawa – One of the six original team members and designer for ''Twin Hawk''.<ref name="TFf25v9"/><ref name="TSCa"/><ref name="STGv4a"/>
* Atsushi Kawaguchi – One of the six original team members and artist for ''Demon's World''.<ref name="TFf25v9"/><ref name="TSCa"/>
* Nanpei Kaneko – Designer for ''FixEight'' and ''Knuckle Bash''.<ref name="CONTINUEv6"/><ref name="Wacom"/> Later worked as illustrator for Japanese magazines.<ref name="CONTINUEv6"/><ref name="Wacom"/>
* Tomonobu Kagawa – One of the three graphic artists for ''Truxton II''.<ref name="KTa"/><ref name="KTb"/> Later worked at Taito on several projects.<ref name="KTc"/><ref name="Hatena"/>