Naoto Oshima

Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人 Ōshima Naoto) is a Japanese national and former Sega employee who designed the characters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Eggman. However, Yuji Naka often gets the credit for his work on the Sonic series, because of his close association with the Sonic name. Ohshima gained renown at Sega's Sonic Team for creating characters and playing integral roles in the development of games like Phantasy Star, NiGHTS Into Dreams, and Sonic Adventure. Image File history File links Naotooshima. ... Sega Corporation ) is an international video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Sonic the Hedgehog ) (born June 23, 1991) is a video game character, protagonist of a series of games released by Sega, as well as numerous spin-off comics, cartoons and books. ... In the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Doctor Eggman Robotnik (ドクタアエッグマン Dokuta Egguman?), also known as Doctor Ivo Robotnik outside of Japan and Doctor Julian Ivo Kintobor in the comic series, is the evil arch-nemesis of Sonic the Hedgehog. ... Yuji Naka (中 裕司 Naka YÅ«ji, born September 17, 1965), is a video game designer and head of Sonic Team, a group of Sega programmers/designers. ... Sonic Team logo Sonic Team is a computer and video game developer established in 1988 as Sega AM8. ... Screenshot Phantasy Star on the Master System. ... NiGHTS into Dreams. ... Sonic Adventure ) is a video game created by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998 in Japan by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast. ...

After leaving Sonic Team, he formed an independent game company called Artoon, of which he is currently president. There he went on to work on such games as Pinobee and Blinx: The Time Sweeper, and in 2004, the sequel to Blinx, Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space. Sonic Team logo Sonic Team is a computer and video game developer established in 1988 as Sega AM8. ... Artoon logo Artoon is a computer and video game third-party developer established in 1999. ...

He is occasionally credited under the nickname "Big Island", which is a literal translation of his surname.

It is rumored that Ohshima is giving input on the next-gen Sonic game, Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog (also called Sonic Next-Gen or Sonic 360 to differentiate it from similarly-titled games) is the name of the next-generation video game featuring Sonic to be released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. ...

Production History

• Phantasy Star (1988) — Design
• Phantasy Star II (1989) — Design
• Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) — Character Design
• Fatal Labyrinth (1991) — Designer
• Sonic Eraser (1991) — Special Thanks
• Sonic CD (1993)— Director
• Knuckles' Chaotix (1995) — Original Character Concept
• Hyper Athlete (1996) — 3D Background, Camera Work
• Sonic 3D Blast (1996) — Advisor
• NiGHTS Into Dreams (1996) — Director, Visual Designer, Character Designer
• Sonic R (1997) — Graphic Advisor
• Sonic Jam (1997) — Supervisor
• Burning Rangers (1998) — Director
• Sonic Adventure (1999) — CG Movie Producer
• Silent Hill (1999) — Effect Programmer
• Kessen (2000) — Special Thanks, Sound
• Pinobee: Wings of Adventure (2001) — Director
• Blinx: The Time Sweeper (2002) — Director
• Silent Hill 3 (2003) — Effect Programmmer
• Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space (2004) — Director