Naoto Ohshima

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.

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Japan - Sega - Sonic the Hedgehog - Doctor Eggman - Yuji Naka - Sonic Team - Phantasy Star - NiGHTS Into Dreams - Sonic Adventure

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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 ', and in 2004, the sequel to Blinx, '.

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Sonic Team - Artoon - Pinobee

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

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It is rumored that Ohshima is giving input on the Next-gen Sonic game, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game).

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