Yuji Uekawa

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Yuji Uekawa's 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

• Ristar (1995) — Character Designer
• Astal (1995) — Character Production
• Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Saturn Version) (1996) — Artist (SOJ) (Special Stage Development)
• Sonic Jam (1997) — Artist
• Sonic R (1997) — Character Designer
• Sonic Adventure (1998) — Character designer, Character motion designer, "Chaos" character designer
• ChuChu Rocket! (Dreamcast Version) (1999) — Art Director
• ChuChu Rocket! (GBA Version) (1999) — Art Director
• Sonic Shuffle (2000) — Supervisor
• Samba de Amigo (2000) — Character Designer
• Samba de Amigo Ver. 2000 (2000) — Character Designer
• Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) — Player Character Designer, Product Support
• Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001) — Player Character Designer, Product Support
• Sonic Advance (2001) — Art Director
• Sonic Mega Collection (2002) — Illustrator
• Sonic Advance 2 (2002) — Art Director
• Sonic Pinball Party (2003) — Art Director
• Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003) — Art Director (Sonic Adventure DX Staff), Lead Character Designer (Sonic Adventure DX Staff), Lead Visual Artist (Sonic Adventure DX Staff), Character Designer (Sonic Adventure Original Staff), Character Motion Designer (Sonic Adventure Original Staff), "Chaos" Character Designer (Sonic Adventure Original Staff)
• Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003) — Character Coordinator
• Sonic Battle (2003) — Design Coordinator
• Sonic Heroes (2003) — Menu Screen Artist, Product Support
• Sonic Advance 3 (2004) — Art Director
• Puyo Pop Fever (GBA Version) (2004) — Art Director
• Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004) — Illustrator
• Sonic Gems Collection (2005) — Illustrator
• Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) — Special Thanks
• Sonic Rush (2005) — Art Director
• Sonic Riders (2006) — Character Art Director
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Publicity Artwork
• Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) — Promotional Visuals
• Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) — Art Director
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) — Sonic Family Character Supervisor
• The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (2007) — Promotional Visuals
• Sega Superstars Tennis (2008) — Special Thanks
• Sonic Unleashed (PS3 & Xbox 360 Versions) (2008) — Publicity Artwork
• Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Cut Scene Artist, Promotional Visuals
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) — Sonic Character Supervisor
• Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010) — CS2 R&D
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (2010) — Artist (Sonic Team)
• Sonic Generations (2011) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega)