Youzou Sakagami

Youzou Sakagami
Staff Profile
Name: 坂上陽三 Birthdate: January 20th Employer: Namco Bandai Occupations: General Producer

Youzou Sakagami, also known as GamiP (Japanese: ガミP, GamiP), is the former Chief Executive of Management for the Development Team (General Producer) for THE iDOLM@STER series.

On March 22nd, 2023, he announced that he would step down as the General Producer for THE iDOLM@STER series at the end of March after 18 years since his involvement for the location test of THE iDOLM@STER arcade game.

THE iDOLM@STER Related Work

Games

THE iDOLM@STER (Xbox 360): General Producer
THE iDOLM@STER Live for You!: General Producer
THE iDOLM@STER SP: General Producer
THE iDOLM@STER Dearly Stars: General Producer
THE iDOLM@STER 2: General Producer
THE iDOLM@STER SHINY FESTA: General Producer

Broadcasts

THE IDOLM@STER RADIO: Guest of the 42nd, 94th, 142nd, 143rd and 173rd Broadcasts
THE iDOLM@STER P.S. Producer: Guest of the 11th Broadcast

Books

Leading Character Thinking: Published on 28th Oct. 2021

Events

While not a performer, Sakagami often appears at THE iDOLM@STER live events to provide announcements or updates on upcoming games. During his appearances, he almost always wears an orange shirt to represent his company. Because of this, glow sticks in the color "Ultra Orange" are often used by audience members to cheer him on. In addition, it is a common practice for audience members to shout "Pervert!" (Japanese: ヘンタイ, "Pervert!") while he enters the stage. He seems to have no problem with this and has said he enjoyed it in interviews, especially because this call comes close to breaking world records.

Date	Events	Approximate Number of Calls
September 28, 2008	THE iDOLM@STER Radio For You! Radio For you-i Public Recording	500 Participants
May 30, 2009	THE IDOLM@STER 4th ANNIVERSARY PARTY SPECIAL DREAM TOUR’S!! IN TOKYO	3,000 Concert Participants, 10,000 NicoLive Participants
July 23, 2009	THE IDOLM@STER 4th ANNIVERSARY PARTY SPECIAL DREAM TOUR’S!! IN OSAKA	1,500 Participants
August 23, 2009	THE IDOLM@STER Weiβ Schwarz Launch Event	1,000 Participants
October 3, 2009	Puchimasu! Stage	300 Participants
November 28, 2009	THE IDOLM@STER Blu-Ray & DVD Release Party	400 Participants
December 23, 2009	THE IDOLM@STER 2009 H@ppy Christm@s P@rty!!	2,000 Participants
July 3-4, 2010	THE IDOLM@STER 5th ANNIVERSARY The world is all one!!	12,000 Participants
September 18, 2010	Tokyo Game Show 2010	1,000 Participants
January 10, 2011	THE IDOLM@STER 2 765pro H@PPINESS NEW YE@R P@RTY!! 2011 LIVE	5,000 Participants
June 23-24, 2012	THE IDOLM@STER 7th ANNIVERSARY 765PRO ALLSTARS Minna to Issho!!	25,000 Concert Participants, 5,000 NicoLive Participants
August 11, 2012	MEGA Hobby Life	200 Participants
February 10, 2013	THE IDOLM@STER MUSIC FESTIV@L OF WINTER!!	13,000 Participants

Other Work

Death by Degrees: General Producer
Go Vacation: General Producer
Ridge Racer: General Producer
Family Ski: General Producer

Trivia

• In interviews, Sakagami has stated his favorite 765 Production idols are Iori Minase, Ami and Mami Futami, while his favorite 876/315 Production idol is Ryo Akizuki.
• During the Radio For you-i Public Recording, Sakagami revealed that he was a fan of kindergarten and baby clothes and pushed for them to become DLC in L4U. Both subsequently did.