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* ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' (2010) — CS2 R&D (Sega Japan) | * ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' (2010) — CS2 R&D (Sega Japan) | ||
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* ''[[Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' (2012) — CS2 R&D (Sega Corporation) | * ''[[Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' (2012) — CS2 R&D (Sega Corporation) | ||
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'' (2013) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Development Team) | * ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'' (2013) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Development Team) |
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Yuji Uekawa |
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Role(s): Artist, Designer |
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Yuji Uekawa's (上川 祐司) first major project was cult favorite Ristar, a character of his own design. His first Sonic title was the Saturn version of Sonic 3D Blast, where he was a Special Stage artist. Since Sonic R, he's been the main series character designer. His hip, stylized drawings gave Sonic an entirely new visual personality in Sonic Adventure, and he's since loaned his talents to a number of Sonic Team titles, including Samba de Amigo and Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.
Production history
Games
- Ristar (Mega Drive; 1995) — Character Designer[1]
- Astal (Saturn; 1995) — キャラクター制作[2] (as 上川 祐司)
- Astal (Saturn; 1995) — Character Production[3]
- Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — グラフィックデザイナー[4] (as 上川 祐司)
- Sonic Jam (Saturn; 1997) — Artists[5]
- Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Character Designer[6]
- Sonic R (Windows PC; 1998) — Character designer
- Sonic R (Windows PC; 1998) — Character designers
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Character designer
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Character motion designers
- Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Saturn; 1996) — Artists (SOJ)[7]
- ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast; 1999) — Art Director
- Samba de Amigo (NAOMI; 1999) — Character Designer
- Samba de Amigo (Dreamcast; 2000) — Character Designer
- Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 (NAOMI; 2000) — Character Designer
- Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 (Dreamcast; 2000) — Character Designer
- ChuChu Rocket! (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Art Director[8]
- Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Player Character Designers
- Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Product Support
- Puyo Pop (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Art Director
- Sonic Advance (Game Boy Advance; 2001) — Art Director[9]
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Player Character Designers
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Product Support
- Sonic Advance 2 (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Art Director[10]
- Sonic Mega Collection (GameCube; 2002) — Illustration[11]
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube; 2003) — Art Director
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube; 2003) — Lead Character Designer
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GameCube; 2003) — Lead Visual Artist
- Sonic Pinball Party (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Art Director
- Sonic N (N-Gage; 2003) — Art Director
- Puyo Pop Fever (NAOMI; 2003) — Art Director
- Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Design Coordinator[12]
- Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Menu Screen Artists
- Sonic Heroes (GameCube; 2003) — Menu Screen Artists
- Sonic Heroes (Xbox; 2003) — Menu Screen Artists
- Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Product Support
- Sonic Heroes (GameCube; 2003) — Product Support
- Sonic Heroes (Xbox; 2003) — Product Support
- Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Art Director
- Puyo Pop Fever (Dreamcast; 2004) — Art Director
- Puyo Pop Fever (GameCube; 2004) — Art Director
- Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Art Director[13]
- Puyo Pop Fever (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Art Director[14]
- Puyo Pop Fever (Windows PC; 2004) — Art Director
- Sega Superstars (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (PlayStation 2; 2004) — Illustrator
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (Xbox; 2004) — Illustrator
- Puyo Pop Fever (Nintendo DS; 2004) — Manager
- Puyo Pop Fever (PlayStation Portable; 2004) — Art Director
- Sonic Gems Collection (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Illustrator
- Sonic Gems Collection (GameCube; 2005) — Illustrator
- Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS; 2005) — Art Director
- Puyo Puyo Fever 2 (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Artwork Section Manager
- Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Special Thanks
- Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube; 2005) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Riders (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Character Art Director
- Sonic Riders (GameCube; 2006) — Character Art Director
- Sonic Riders (Xbox; 2006) — Character Art Director
- Sonic Riders (Windows PC; 2006) — Character Art Director
- Sonic the Hedgehog (PlayStation 3; 2006) — Publicity Artwork
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Xbox 360; 2006) — Publicity Artwork
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (Windows PC; 2006) — Illustrator
- Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii; 2007) — Promotional Visuals
- Sonic Rush Adventure (Nintendo DS; 2007) — Art Director
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii; 2007) — Sonic Family Character Supervisors
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS; 2008) — Sonic Family Character Supervisors
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii; 2008) — Supervisors (Original Games)
- Sega Superstars Tennis (PlayStation 3; 2008) — GE1
- Sega Superstars Tennis (Wii; 2008) — GE1
- Sega Superstars Tennis (Nintendo DS; 2008) — GE1
- The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii; 2008) — Promotional Visuals
- Blazer Drive (Nintendo DS; 2008) — ミスティッカー制作協力 (as 上川 祐司)
- Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Cut Scene Artists
- Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii; 2009) — Promotional Visuals
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii; 2009) — Sonic Family Character Supervisors
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS; 2009) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I (iOS; 2010) — Artists
- Sonic Free Riders (Xbox 360; 2010) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Colours (Wii; 2010) — Publicity Artwork
- Sonic Colours (Wii; 2010) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Generations (Steam; 2011) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Generations (Windows PC; 2011) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS; 2011) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Generations (Xbox 360; 2011) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Generations (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II (Xbox 360; 2012) — Character Artist
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Windows PC; 2013) — CS2 R&D
- 3D Sonic the Hedgehog (Nintendo 3DS; 2013) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Lost World (Wii U; 2013) — Sonic Character Supervisor
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Wii U; 2013) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Hero Bank (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — スペシャルサンクス (as 上川 祐司)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Supervisors (Original Games)
- Hero Bank 2 (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — スペシャルサンクス (as 上川 祐司)
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U; 2014) — Supervisors (Original Games)
- 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Nintendo 3DS; 2015) — Special Thanks
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U; 2016) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Character Supervisors
- Sonic Forces (PlayStation 4; 2017) — Sonic Character Supervisor
- Sonic Forces (Nintendo Switch; 2017) — Sonic Character Supervisor
- Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Phantasy Star (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
- Sega Heroes (Android; 2018) — ChuChu Rocket
- Sega Heroes (Android; 2018) — Sonic the Hedgehog
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — SEGA
- Team Sonic Racing (PlayStation 4; 2019) — Sonic Character Supervisor
- ChuChu Rocket! Universe (iOS; 2019) — Character Supervision
- Shin Sakura Taisen (PlayStation 4; 2019) — Development Support
- Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Special Thanks
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Xbox One; 2021) — Special Thanks
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Special Thanks
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 5; 2021) — Special Thanks
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — Special Thanks
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Steam; 2021) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Origins (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Origins (PlayStation 5; 2022) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Origins (Xbox One; 2022) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Origins (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 5; 2022) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Frontiers (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (Steam; 2023) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (Steam OS X; 2023) — Sonic Character Supervisors
- Sonic Superstars (PlayStation 4; 2023) — Sonic Characters Supervisors
- Sonic Superstars (PlayStation 5; 2023) — Sonic Characters Supervisors
- Sonic Superstars (Nintendo Switch; 2023) — Sonic Characters Supervisors
- Sonic Superstars (Epic Games Store; 2023) — Sonic Characters Supervisors
- Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop (Apple TV; 2024) — Sonic Character Supervisors
Music
- Sonic R (CD; 1998) — Cover Illust
- Sonic Team "PowerPlay" (CD; 1998) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Adventure "Digi-LOG Conversation" Original Sound Track (CD; 1999) — CG Illustration[15]
- Samba de Amigo Presents Samba de Janeiro Non-Stop Best of Bellini (CD; 2000) — Art Direction/Character Design
- Sonic X: Original Sound Tracks (CD; 2004) — キャラクター原案[16] (as 上川 祐司)
- Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush (CD; 2005) — Art Director
- Sonic the Hedgehog Vocal Traxx: Several Wills (CD; 2007) — Special Thanks to[17]
- Sonic Rush Adventure Original Soundtrack (CD; 2007) — Art Director[18]
- True Colors: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2 (CD; 2009) — Artworks[19]
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (CD; 2011) — Artworks[20]
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Original Soundtrack (CD; 2014) — Artworks
- Sonic The Hedgehog "Passion & Pride" Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era (CD; 2014) — Cover Art & Artworks
- Sonic Adventure Music Experience (CD; 2016) — Artwork[21]
- Maximum Overdrive - Team Sonic Racing Original Soundtrack (CD; 2019) — Special Thanks[22]
- Sonic the Hedgehog DJ Style "Party" (CD; 2020) — Illustrator
- Rock 'n' Sonic The Hedgehog: Sessions! (CD; 2022) — Illustration
- Sonic X (2003) — Original Character Design
- Sega Superstars Tennis (2008) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360 & PS3 versions) (2008) — Publicity Artwork
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010) — CS2 R&D (Sega Japan)
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011/2012) — Sonic Character Supervisor
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012) — CS2 R&D (Sega Corporation)
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Development Team)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014) — Supervisor (Original Games)
- Sonic Boom (2014) — Sonic Character & Universe Supervision
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) — Supervisor (Original Games)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Games Development Team)
Interviews
Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN). |
Yuji Uekawa interview by Sonic Channel (April 3, 2006) [Translated]
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Yuji Uekawa
References
- ↑ File:Ristar MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Kisuishou Densetsu Astal Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Astal Saturn US credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sakura Taisen Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic R Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic 3D Blast Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:ChuChu Rocket! GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic Advance GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic Advance 2 GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:SonicMegaCollection GC US Credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic Battle GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic Advance 3 GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Puyo Puyo Fever GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:SADLCOST CD JP booklet1.pdf, page 2
- ↑ File:SonicXOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
- ↑ File:SeveralWIlls CD JP booklet.pdf, page 15
- ↑ File:SRAOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
- ↑ File:TrueColorsTray.jpg
- ↑ File:SonicCD OST Tray.jpg
- ↑ File:SonicAdventureMusicExperience CD JP Box Tokyo.jpg
- ↑ File:MaximumOverdrive CD JP inlay front.jpg