Takashi Yuda

Takashi Yuda
Place of birth: Brasília, Brazil
Date of birth: 1965-09-21 (age 57)
Employment history: Sega of Japan (1990 – ) Divisions: Sega R&D 2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 9 United Game Artists
Role(s): Artist, Director, Producer
Education: Musashino Art University (1989)

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Takashi "Thomas" Yuda (湯田 高志) is a game planner. He joined Sega in 1990 and was attached to the 6th R&D section as a designer, serving as main designer and other such roles for the Disney series titles on the Mega Drive. Afterwards, he worked as director for Space Channel 5 on the Dreamcast at United Game Artists and transferred to Sonic Team. He is known for being the character designer of Knuckles the Echidna. He later went on to direct the Puyo Puyo series and serve as producer for Sonic Riders. After leaving Sega in March 2005, he worked at several companies such as Artoon and Square Enix before founding the company Neilo in January 2013. He left Neilo in October 2018.

Production history

Games

• The Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive; 1989) — Designer (as Thomas Yuuda)
• ESWAT: City Under Siege (Mega Drive; 1990) — Special Thanks to (as Thomas Yuuda)
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive; 1990) — Assistant Coordinator (as Thomas Yuuda)
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive; 1990) — Artists (as Thomas Yuuda)
• QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (Mega Drive; 1991) — Art Director (as Thomas Yuuda)
• QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (Mega Drive; 1991) — Artists (as Thomas Yuuda)
• Sports Talk Baseball (Mega Drive; 1992) — Graphic Designer (as Thomas ♥ Yuuda)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Master System; 1992) — Thanks (as Thomas Y)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear; 1992) — Thanks (as Thomas Y)
• World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (Mega Drive; 1992) — Art Director (as Thomas Yuuda)
• World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (Mega Drive; 1992) — Artist (as Thomas Yuuda)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Character Designer (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Animator (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Scene Artists (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — Character Designer (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — Animator (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — Scene Artists (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Gale Racer (Saturn; 1994) — Graphic Designer (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Original Character Concept (as Takashi "Thomas" Yuda)
• Sega International Victory Goal (Saturn; 1995) — Design (as Takashi T Yuda)
• Victory Goal '96 (Saturn; 1996) — Designers (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — グラフィックデザイナー (as 湯田 高志)
• J.League Victory Goal '97 (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks To
• Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Fuse (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Director (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Roommania 203 (Dreamcast; 2000) — スペシャルサンクス (as 湯田 高志)
• Space Channel 5: Part 2 (Dreamcast; 2002) — Fuse (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5: Part 2 (Dreamcast; 2002) — Supervisor (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5: Part 2 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Fuse (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5: Part 2 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Supervisor (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Fuse (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5 (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Director (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Supervisors (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5: Special Edition (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Director (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5: Special Edition (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Supervisor (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Puyo Pop Fever (NAOMI; 2003) — Director
• Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Director
• Puyo Pop Fever (Dreamcast; 2004) — Director
• Puyo Pop Fever (GameCube; 2004) — Director
• Puyo Pop Fever (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Director
• Puyo Pop Fever (Windows PC; No results?) — Director
• Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Producer
• Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Voice Actors
• Sonic Heroes (Windows PC; No results?) — Producer
• Puyo Pop Fever (Nintendo DS; 2004) — Director
• Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation Portable; 2004) — Producer
• Puyo Puyo Fever 2 (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Producer

Music

• Space Channel 5 Original Soundtrack (CD; 2000) — Art Direction & Design (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5 Part 2 Soundtrack Volume "Chu!!" (CD; 2002) — Fuse (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5 Part 2 Soundtrack Volume "Hey!!" (CD; 2002) — Fuse (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Space Channel 5 Part 2 Moji Moji ★ Can't Stop Remix (CD; 2002) — Fuse (as Takashi Thomas Yuda)
• Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack "Speedbeats Grand Prix" (CD; 2006) — Producer

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

• Takashi Yuda interview by Sega (January 29, 2004) (Japanese)
• Takashi Yuda interview by GameSpy (September 21, 2005)
• SEGA VOICE interview (November 24, 2005)
• Akinori Nishiyama & Takashi Yuda interview by Kikizo (November 30, 2005)
• Takashi Yuda interview by JeuxActu (December 12, 2005) (French)
• Takashi Yuda interview by GameSpy (January 20, 2006)
• Takashi Yuda interview by GameSpy (January 27, 2006)
• SEGA VOICE interview (February 23, 2006)

External links

• Staff profile on www.u-ga.com