NAOTO ŌSHIMA

(Redirected from Naoto Oshima)
is a Japanese national and former Sega employee who designed the characters of Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Ivo Robotnik(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. Ōshima gained renown at Sega's Sonic Team for creating characters and playing integral roles in the development of games like ''Phantasy Star'', ''Sonic CD'', ''NiGHTS Into Dreams'', and ''Sonic Adventure''.
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'', ''.
He is occasionally credited under the nickname "Big Island", which is a literal translation of his surname.

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Production History

Production History

★ ''Phantasy Star'' (1988) — Design

★ ''Phantasy Star II'' (1989) — Design

★ ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991) — Character Design

★ ''Fatal Labyrinth'' (1991) — Designer

★ ''Sonic Eraser'' (1991) — Special Thanks

★ ''Sonic CD'' (1993)— Director

★ ''Knuckles' Chaotix'' (1995) — Original Character Concept

★ ''Hyper Athlete'' (1996) — 3D Background, Camera Work

★ ''Sonic 3D Blast'' (1996) — Advisor

★ ''NiGHTS Into Dreams'' (1996) — Director, Visual Designer, Character Designer

★ ''Sonic R'' (1997) — Graphic Advisor

★ ''Sonic Jam'' (1997) — Supervisor

★ ''Burning Rangers'' (1998) — Director

★ ''Sonic Adventure'' (1999) — CG Movie Producer

★ ''Silent Hill'' (1999) — Effect Programmer

★ ''Kessen'' (2000) — Special Thanks, Sound

★ '' (2001) — Director

★ '' (2002) — Director

★ ''Silent Hill 3'' (2003) — Effect Programmmer

★ '' (2004) — Director

★ ''Yoshi's Island DS'' (2006) — Producer