- Hirokazu Yasuhara
Hirokazu Yasuhara is a Japanese
videogame designer and producer. He designed the gameplay and stages of the majority of the initial Sonic the Hedgehogvideogame s forSega Mega Drive based on technical demos and engines coded byYuji Naka and characters designed byNaoto Ōshima . In spite of Yasuhara and Oshima's key creative roles, programmer Naka has since claimed most of the credit for and become identified as the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog by the mainstream gaming press. Yasuhara stayed with the franchise until 1994 (though he worked on "Sonic R " in 1997) and with Sega until 2002. He then joinedNaughty Dog , working on the "Jak and Daxter " series and 'Uncharted ', collaborating once more with former Sega employeeMark Cerny . He is now the senior design director at NAMCO BANDAI Games America.External links
* [http://www.naughtydog.com/corporate/kennel/hirokazuY/hirokazu_Y.htm Naughty Dog profile]
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