Naoto Ōshima
Naoto Ōshima ( Japanese 大 島 直 人 , Ōshima Naoto ; born February 26, 1964 ) is a Japanese video game designer . Until 2004 he was employed by the Sonic Team belonging to Sega , where he designed the character Sonic and worked on the game series Phantasy Star , Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Adventure .
Sonic team
At Sonic Team, Ōshima worked on the following titles, among others:
He was the designer of many of these games, and of Sonic Adventure he was responsible for the videos (CG Movie Designer). In Nights into Dreams he was also character designer . The character Sonic the Hedgehog was not designed by Yuji Naka , as is often mistakenly assumed , but it was Naoto Ōshima who invented the blue hedgehog.
Artoon and Arzest
In 2004, Ōshima left Sonic Team and founded his own video game company called Artoon or, in 2010, its successor, Arzest , where he is vice president.
Naoto Ōshima was the effect programmer for the games Silent Hill and Silent Hill 3 .
In the credits of the games, Naoto Ōshima is sometimes referred to as the Big Island , which is a literal translation of his family name.
Web links
- Naoto Ōshima in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Artoon website ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Japanese, English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ōshima, Naoto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 大 島 直 人 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese video game designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1964 |