Takashi Iizuka
aka:
飯塚 隆,
いいづか たかし
Moby ID: 43208
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Where Hirokazu Yasuhara left off, Takashi Iizuka picked up. He worked directly under Yasuhara in the design of Sonic 3, and has since taken the reigns of the series.
Sonic Adventure, the 3D rebirth of the little blue hedgehog that started it all, was the product of Iizuka's idea for a Sonic RPG. After the successful completion of that project, Iizuka headed to the US to head Sonic Team USA. Over in San Francisco, he was director, lead game designer and a level designer for Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, and Shadow the Hedgehog. He and his team developed the Wii game NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Due to Yuji Naka's departure from Sonic Team, he has taken the additional role of producer for the game.
Credited on 87 games
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| Penny's Big Breakaway (2024, Nintendo Switch) | Special Thanks |
| Sonic Dream Team (2023, Macintosh) | Sonic Game Supervisors |
| Sonic Superstars (2023, Nintendo Switch) | Sonic Series Producer |
| The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023, Macintosh) | Sonic Pillar Creative Officer |
| Sonic Frontiers (2022, Windows) | Sonic Series Producer |
| Sonic Origins (2022, Xbox Series) | Sonic Series Producer |
| Sonic Colors: Ultimate (2021, Xbox Series) | Sonic Creative Officer |
| Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (2020, Nintendo Switch) | Special Thanks |
| Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (2020, Android) | Character Supervisors |
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (2019, Nintendo Switch) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Sonic Racing (2019, iPhone) | Special Thanks |
| SEGA Genesis Mini (2019, Dedicated console) | Special Thanks |
| Team Sonic Racing (2019, PlayStation 4) | Sonic Series Producer |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Nintendo Switch) | Original Game Supervisors (SEGA) |
| Puyo Puyo Champions (2018, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| SEGA Heroes (2018, iPhone) | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Sonic Runners: Adventure (2017, Android) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Sonic Forces (2017, PlayStation 4) | Sonic Series Producer |
| Sonic Forces (2017, Android) | Special Thanks |
| Sonic Mania (2017, Windows) | VP of Product Development and Creative Services |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 59 games with Yuji Uekawa
- 54 games with Kazuyuki Hoshino
- 54 games with Jun Senoue
- 52 games with Akira Nishikawa
- 52 games with Marta Lois González
- 48 games with Yoshihiro Sakuta
- 47 games with Sachiko Kawamura
- 47 games with Naofumi Hataya
- 44 games with Osamu Ohashi
- 42 games with Mark Le Breton
Companies
- 60 games with SEGA of America, Inc.
- 54 games with SEGA Corporation
- 43 games with Sonic Team
- 30 games with SEGA Europe Ltd.
- 15 games with CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
- 15 games with Studiopolis Inc.
- 14 games with Valve Corporation
- 11 games with Sega (Shanghai) Software Co., Ltd.
- 10 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 10 games with Marza Animation Planet Inc.
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