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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.

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.

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 (2006 game).

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

Ohshima, Naoto

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