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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' (1994) — Senior Game Designer
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* ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' (1994) — Senior Game Designer
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]'' (1994) — Senior Game Designer
 
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* ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island]]'' (Mega Drive Version) (1996) — Game Concept Design (SOJ) (Sega)
 
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* ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island]]'' (Saturn and PC versions) (1996/1997) — Game Concept Design (SOJ) (Sega), Saturn Version Enhancement Design (SOJ) (Sega), Game Designer (SOJ) (Special Stage Development)
 
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* ''[[Sonic Jam]]'' (1997) — Director
 
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* ''[[Sonic R]]'' (Saturn version) (1997) — Game Design Director (Sega Enterprises Ltd.)
 
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* ''[[Sonic R]]'' (PC version) (1998) — Game Design Director (Sega Enterprises Ltd.) (Sega), Special Thanks to (Sega)
 
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* ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' (1998) — Director, Character game designer, Field designer, "Chaos" game designer
 
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* ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' (2001) — Director, Field Designer, Enemy Game Designer
 
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* ''[[Sonic Adventure 2: Battle]]'' (2001) — Director, Field Designer, Enemy Game Designer
 
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* ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' (2001) — Special Thanks (Sega of America)
 
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* ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (2002) — Special Thanks (Compiled Under The Supervision of SONICTEAM, LTD.)
 
 
* ''[[Sonic X]]'' (2003) — Supervisor
 
* ''[[Sonic X]]'' (2003) — Supervisor
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* ''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]'' (2003) — Mission Mode Game Designer
 
 
* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (2003) — Director, Level Designer, CG Movie Director
 
* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (2003) — Director, Level Designer, CG Movie Director
 
* ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'' (2004) — Special Thanks (Sega Corporation)
 
* ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'' (2004) — Special Thanks (Sega Corporation)
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* ''[[Sonic Gems Collection]]'' (2005) — Special Thanks (Sega Corporation)
 
 
* ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' (2005) — Director, Lead Game Designer, Level Designer, Scenario Writer, Movie Supervisor
 
* ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' (2005) — Director, Lead Game Designer, Level Designer, Scenario Writer, Movie Supervisor
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* ''[[Sonic Riders]]'' (2006) — Recording Coordinator
 
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (2006) — Special Thanks, Special Thanks (Sega of America, Inc.)
 
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* ''[[Sonic Rivals]]'' (2006) — Project Director, Concept Design & Scenario [NOTE: Also Producer]
 
 
* ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'' (2007) — Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'' (2007) — Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' (2007) — General Producer
 
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' (2007) — General Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic Rivals 2]]'' (2007) — Project Director (Sega of America), Concept Design & Scenario Writer (Sega of America) [NOTE: Also Producer]
 
* ''[[Sonic Rivals 2]]'' (2007) — Project Director (Sega of America), Concept Design & Scenario Writer (Sega of America) [NOTE: Also Producer]
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* ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]'' (2008) — Recording Coordinator
 
 
* ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' (2008) — Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' (2008) — Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' (DS version) (2008) — Sega Studio USA (Special Thanks)
 
* ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' (DS version) (2008) — Sega Studio USA (Special Thanks)
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* ''[[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'' (2008) — Sonic Character Supervisor
 
 
* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' (Xbox 360 & PS3 versions) (2008) — Level Design Special Thanks, Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' (Xbox 360 & PS3 versions) (2008) — Level Design Special Thanks, Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' (2009) — Special Thanks
 
* ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' (2009) — Special Thanks
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* ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' (PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions) (2011) — Producer (Sonic Generations Development Team)
 
* ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' (PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions) (2011) — Producer (Sonic Generations Development Team)
 
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' (2011/2012) — Sonic Character Supervisor
 
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' (2011/2012) — Sonic Character Supervisor
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* ''[[Sonic Generations (3DS)|Sonic Generations]]'' (3DS version) (2011) — Producer
 
 
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II]]'' (2012) — Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II]]'' (2012) — Producer
 
* ''[[Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' (2012) — CS2 R&D (Sega Corporation)
 
* ''[[Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' (2012) — CS2 R&D (Sega Corporation)
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* ''[[Tembo the Badass Elephant]]'' (2015) — Supervisor (Sega)
 
* ''[[Tembo the Badass Elephant]]'' (2015) — Supervisor (Sega)
 
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' (2016) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Games Development Team)
 
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' (2016) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Games Development Team)
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* ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' (2017) — VP of Product Development and Creative Services (Sega), Animation Supervisor (Animation Intro), VP of Product Development and Creative Services (Production) (SEGA of America, Inc.)
 
 
* ''[[sonic:Sonic Forces|Sonic Forces]]'' (2017) — Sonic Series Producer, Product Development VP of PD and Creative Services (SEGA of America, Inc.)
 
* ''[[sonic:Sonic Forces|Sonic Forces]]'' (2017) — Sonic Series Producer, Product Development VP of PD and Creative Services (SEGA of America, Inc.)
 
* ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'' (2019) — Sonic Series Producer
 
* ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'' (2019) — Sonic Series Producer

Revision as of 11:44, 21 July 2022

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Takashi Iizuka
Place of birth: Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Date of birth: 1970-03-16 (age 54)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan (Sonic Team), Sega of America (Sonic Studio)
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer
Education: Tokyo Denki University (1988-1992)

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Takashi Iizuka (飯塚 隆) is a Japanese video game developer and Sonic Team and Sonic Studio designer, director, and producer, known as one of the key heads of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise's modern incarnation.

Career

Takashi Iizuka is a key producer, director and designer within Sonic Team. Joining Sega in 1992 as a planner, he worked directly under Hirokazu Yasuhara as a senior game designer on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, and quickly progressed to be the main design of NiGHTS into Dreams and supervise development of Sonic R. In 1998, he is credited as the driving force behind Sonic Adventure, the franchise's third adventure in the third dimension, as it had been his idea to create a role-playing game featuring Sonic.

After the success of Sonic Adventure, Iizuka headed to America, where he and a few other members of Sonic Team began work on such games as Sonic Adventure 2 and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Iizuka continued as head of this department, known as Sega Studios USA, until 2008, when it was disbanded, and team members, including Iizuka were absorbed back into the Japanese division. After Akinori Nishiyama's departure from the head of Sonic Team chair, Sega would eventually settle with Iizuka as a main producer on the Sonic series, starting with Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I & Sonic Colors. Thus, he became the Sonic Series Producer/head of Sonic Team.

Production history

Games

Videos

Music

Hardware


Interviews

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Photographs

Main article: Photos of Takashi Iizuka

References

  1. ↑ File:Golden Axe III MD credits.pdf
  2. ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 MD credits.pdf
  3. ↑ File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf
  4. ↑ File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf
  5. ↑ File:Sonic 3D Blast MD credits.pdf
  6. ↑ File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf
  7. ↑ File:Sonic R Saturn credits.pdf
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 File:Sonic 3D Blast Saturn credits.pdf
  9. ↑ File:ChuChu Rocket! GBA credits.pdf
  10. ↑ File:Sonic Advance GBA credits.pdf
  11. ↑ File:SonicMegaCollection GC US Credits.pdf
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 File:SonicRivals2 PSP US manual.pdf, page 23
  13. ↑ File:CutsUnleashed CD JP front.pdf, page 3
  14. ↑ File:MDSA2OST poster1.pdf, page 1
  15. ↑ File:SA2OST CD US booklet.pdf, page 10
  16. ↑ File:TripleThreat CD JP booklet.pdf, page 2
  17. ↑ File:CompleteTrinity CD JP booklet.pdf, page 8
  18. ↑ File:LostandFound CD JP booklet.pdf, page 6
  19. ↑ File:TrueBlue CD JP booklet.pdf, page 5
  20. ↑ File:TalesofKnighthood CD JP booklet.pdf, page 10
  21. ↑ File:FacetoFaith CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11
  22. ↑ File:TrueColorsTray.jpg
  23. ↑ File:VividSound CD JP booklet.pdf, page 18
  24. ↑ File:SonicCD OST Tray.jpg
  25. ↑ File:Live! CD JP booklet.pdf, page 15
  26. ↑ File:SLWOSTWB CD JP booklet.pdf, page 22
  27. ↑ File:SonicAdventureMusicExperience CD JP Box Tokyo.jpg
  28. ↑ File:SMPOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
  29. ↑ File:MaximumOverdrive CD JP inlay front.jpg
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