Yuji Naka

Yuji Naka (中 裕司 Naka Yūji, born September 17, 1965), is a video game designer and head of Sonic Team, a group of Sega programmers/designers.

He programmed the actual Sonic the Hedgehog game, while Naoto Oshima designed the character and Hirokazu Yasuhara planned the stages. Naka has also produced several other titles like NiGHTS Into Dreams and Phantasy Star Online. In early games he was often credited as "YU2 ", in reference to Yu Suzuki.

External links

• Interview
• Sonic Team Speaks Interviews with Yuji Naka and other Sega and Sonic Team members