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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Sega Visions (August/September 1992)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Sega.com (December 20, 1996)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka and Naoto Oshima interview by Saturn Power (July 1997)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Dreamcast Magazine (January 22, 1999)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Gamefan (June 1999)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Official Dreamcast Magazine (September 1999)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Sega Saturn Magazine (October 8, 1998)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Futuregamez (November 30, 1999)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Edge (1999)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by IGN (February 1, 2001)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Gamespot (February 2, 2001)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Famitsu (April 19, 2001)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Gamespot (July 3, 2001)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Times (September 13, 2001)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Sega.com (2001)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Nintendo (February 12, 2002)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by XenGamers (July 17, 2002)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Gamespot (September 30, 2002)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Euro Gamer (May 23, 2003)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by CVG (May 27, 2003)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Sega.com (June 14, 2003)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka and Takashi Iizuka interview by Sega Score (December 12, 2003)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Sega Europe (January 30, 2004)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Sega.com (January 2004)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Sega.com (February 2004)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by IGN (May 13, 2004)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by The Next Level (June 15, 2004)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Kikizo (June 24, 2004)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Gameplanet (December 7, 2004)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by GameSpy (September 2005)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Kikizo (February 04, 2009)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka interview by Nintendo Power (May 4, 2009)]]
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*[[Yuji Naka and Takashi Iizuka interview for Sonic Heroes website]]
  
 
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Revision as of 13:03, 18 June 2009

Yuji Naka, also known as YU2, is a video game designer, programmer, the former head of Sonic Team, and currently the head of the video game development company, Prope.

History

When Yuji Naka was 17 years old, he decided that he wanted to program video games. He owed this fascination to Ryuichi Sakamotos "Yellow Magic Orchestra" program, which allowed the composition of music on your computer.

Being a large fan of Namco, Yuji Naka aimed to work for them after he graduated from college. However, Namco only accepted work from university graduates, and thus Yuji Naka would not be eligible as he did not want to go to university.

He did however score a job at Sega as a programming assistant. His first release was a game for the SG-1000 Mark III called Girl's Garden, but his massive breathrough wasn't far off. In 1990 Yuji Naka, along with Naoto Oshima and Hirokazu Yasuhara began work on the original Sonic the Hedgehog. Naka became a leading programmer for the newly founded "Sonic Team" which would be the team in control of most projects featuring Sega's mascot. After the completion of Sonic 2, he became the producer of Sonic Team.

On March 16, 2006 it was announced that Naka would be creating his own game studio, independant of Sega. Naka left Sega to set up this studio, called Prope, but has since come back as a consultant for various Sega Titles, including Sonic the Hedgehog titles.

Production History

Interviews