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| − | '''Yuji Uekawa''' is an artist at [[Sega]] and a member of [[Sonic Team]]. The first ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog series|Sonic]]'' game he worked on was ''[[Sonic R]]'' as the character designer. |
+ | '''Yuji Uekawa''' (上川祐司 Uekawa Yuji) is an artist at [[Sega]] and a member of [[Sonic Team]]. The first ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog series|Sonic]]'' game he worked on was ''[[Sonic R]]'' as the character designer. |
He is well known for his redesigns of [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and other returning characters for the series since ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'', 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]]''. |
He is well known for his redesigns of [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and other returning characters for the series since ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'', 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]]''. |
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*''[[Sonic Lost World]]'' (Sonic character supervisor) |
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*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]]'' (supervisor) |
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*''[[Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric]]'' (character supervisor) |
*''[[Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric]]'' (character supervisor) |
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*''[[Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal]]'' (character supervisor) |
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*''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' (promotional visuals) |
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*Various [[Sonic Channel]] 2D artwork |
*Various [[Sonic Channel]] 2D artwork |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Revision as of 15:58, 23 April 2020
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Yuji Uekawa (上川祐司 Uekawa Yuji) is an artist at Sega and a member of Sonic Team. The first Sonic game he worked on was Sonic R as the character designer.
He is well known for his redesigns of Sonic and other returning characters for the series since Sonic Adventure, 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)
- 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 Channel 2D artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Annual 2019 (cover A)
Gallery
| Producers | Akinori Nishiyama · Takashi Iizuka · Yuji Naka · Yoji Ishii |
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| 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 | Yui Karasuno |