A little know fact: Virtua Tennis creator Mie Kumagai does not in fact play tennis. "I watch the Grand Slam on TV. When I started Virtua Tennis, I practiced. Since then, I got busy."

Busy, indeed. Her business card, it's pointed out, has a silver Sega "S." She's management, working on multiple titles and leading an army of 200. But, in a traditionally male dominated field, things must be difficult?

"I love games. That feeling isn't different. Because of that, it isn't hard to communicate at work."

So what is the difference then?

"Traditionally in Japan, the feeling is that career fields for women are different. But that is changing." And that it is. Brian Ashcraft