Naoto Ohshima
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Naoto Ōshima (also Ohshima or Osima) is a Japanese national and former SEGA employee that was the character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Eggman. Ohshima gained notoriety at Sega's Sonic Team for creating characters and playing integral roles in the development of games like Phantasy Star, Nights, and Sonic Adventure. After leaving Sonic Team, he joined a company called Artoon. There he went on to work on such games as Pinobee and Blinx: The Time Sweeper, and as of this edit is currently working on a sequel to Blinx.
Production History
- Hyper Athlete (1996) — 3D Background, Camera Work
- Sonic 3D Blast (1996) —
- Sonic R (1997) —
- Silent Hill (1999) —
- Pinobee —
- Blinx: The Time Sweeper —
- Silent Hill 3 (2003) —
- Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space —
He's been listed in game credits under the nickname "Big Island", which is a literal translation of his surname.
Yuji Naka often gets the credit for his work on the Sonic series, because of his close association with the series.