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Yuji Uekawa (上川 祐司 Uekawa Yuji?) is an artist at Sega and a member of Sonic Team. He is well known for his redesigns of Sonic the Hedgehog, Doctor Eggman, and other returning characters for the series since Sonic Adventure.[1][2]
His first work on the series was Sonic R as the character designer, as well as creating the 2D character artwork used for the Sonic games in the early 2000's and wallpapers on Sonic Channel. He also designed many of the original characters in Sonic X and the games since Sonic R.
Credits[]
Character design and artwork[]
- Sonic 3D Blast (artist)
- Sonic Jam (artist)
- Sonic R (character designer)
- Sonic Adventure (character motion designer)
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Sonic Mega Collection (illustrator)
- Sonic X
- Sonic Heroes (menu screen artwork)
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (illustrator)
- Sonic Gems Collection (illustration)
- Sonic and the Black Knight (cutscene artist)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (artist)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (character artist)
Direction and supervision[]
- Sonic Adventure 2 (product support)
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (product support)
- Sonic Advance (art director)
- Sonic Advance 2 (art director)
- Sonic Pinball Party (art director)
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (art director)
- Sonic Battle (design coordinator)
- Sonic Heroes (product support)
- Sonic Advance 3 (art director)
- Sonic Rush (art director)
- Sonic Riders (character art director)
- Sonic Rush Adventure (art director)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sonic family character supervisor)
- Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games (Sonic family character supervisor)
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (via CS2 R&D)
- Sonic Free Riders (scenario supervisor, Sonic character supervisor)
- Sonic Colors (Sonic character supervisor)
- Sonic Generations (Sonic character supervisor)
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Sonic character supervisor)
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (via CS2 R&D)
- Sonic Lost World (Sonic character supervisor)
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Sonic character supervisor)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (supervisor)
- Sonic Boom (TV series) (Sonic character and universe supervision)
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (character supervisor)
- Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (character supervisor)
- Sonic Comic (supervisor)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Sonic character supervisor)
Special thanks[]
Miscellaneous[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (publicity artwork)
- Sonic and the Secret Rings (promotional visuals)
- Sonic Unleashed (publicity artwork)
- Sonic and the Black Knight (promotional visuals)
- Various Sonic the Hedgehog series 2D artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog Annual:
- 2019 (cover A)
- Sonic the Hedgehog's 900th Adventure (cover B)
Trivia[]
- His favorite game in the series to have worked on is Sonic Adventure, while his favorite game to play is the original Sonic the Hedgehog.[3]
- His favorite character in the series (apart from Sonic) is Big the Cat.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Cook & Becker (April 17, 2017). How Sega moved Sonic from 2D to 3D. Polygon. Retrieved on December 12, 2022.
- ↑ Aitchison, Sean (April 28, 2020). The Unsung Artist Who Defined the Look of Sonic the Hedgehog. Fanbyte. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shea, Brian (30 July 2021). Sonic Team Looks Back At The Blue Blur's First 30 Years. Game Informer. Retrieved on 7 August 2021.
External links[]
- Yuji Uekawa at IDW Sonic Hub Wiki, the IDW Sonic wiki.
- Yuji Uekawa on Sega Retro
- Yuji Uekawa at the Internet Movie Database
| Producers | Akinori Nishiyama · Takashi Iizuka · Yuji Naka · Yoji Ishii |
|---|---|
| Programmers | Takahiro Hamano · Takeshi Sakakibara · Tetsu Katano · Yuji Naka · Yoshihisa Hashimoto |
| Designers | Eitaro Toyoda · Hirokazu Yasuhara · Kazuyuki Hoshino · Makoto Yonezu · Manabu Kusunoki · Naoto Ohshima · Nobuhiko Honda · Hiroshi Miyamoto · Sachiko Kawamura · Shinichi Higashi · Shiro Maekawa · Shun Nakamura · Takashi Yuda · Yasushi Yamaguchi · Yoshitaka Miura · Yuji Uekawa |
| Directors | Hiroshi Nishiyama · Kenjiro Morimoto · Morio Kishimoto · Takashi Iizuka |
| Sound engineers | Hideaki Kobayashi · Jun Senoue · Kenichi Tokoi · Mariko Nanba · Masaru Setsumaru · Naofumi Hataya · Takahito Eguchi · Tatsuyuki Maeda · Teruhiko Nakagawa · Tomoya Ohtani |
| Other | Tomoko Kanemoto · Yui Karasuno |
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