Hiroshi Nishiyama
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| Hiroshi Nishiyama |
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| Place of birth: Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Role(s): Artist |
| Education: Tokyo University of the Arts (1995) |
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Hiroshi Nishiyama (西山 洋) is a designer and art director. In 1999, he moved to Sega of America (Sonic Team USA), where he worked on the development of the Sonic series as a lead environment artist. After working for several game companies, he returned to Japan for family reasons, and in 2014, he returned to Sega of America to work in the US again. After working on mobile game development, he moved to Sega of America (Sonic Pillar) in Los Angeles as an Art Director in March 2019, where he is in charge of art direction for Sonic content, including game development, merchandising, and animation.
Production history
Games
- Astal (Saturn; 1995) — End Credits Background[1]
- Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Graphic Advisors[2]
- Sonic R (Windows PC; 1998) — Graphic advisors
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Lead field artists
- Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Field Art Director
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Field Art Director
- Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Field Art Director
- Sonic Heroes (GameCube; 2003) — Field Art Director
- Sonic Heroes (Xbox; 2003) — Field Art Director
- Sonic Heroes (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Movie Art Support
- Sonic Heroes (GameCube; 2003) — Movie Art Support
- Sonic Heroes (Xbox; 2003) — Movie Art Support
- Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Field Art Director
- Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube; 2005) — Field Art Director
- Shadow the Hedgehog (PlayStation 2; 2005) — CG Movie Supervisors
- Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube; 2005) — CG Movie Supervisors
- Sonic Riders (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Riders (GameCube; 2006) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Riders (Xbox; 2006) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Riders (Windows PC; 2006) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Rivals (PlayStation Portable; 2006) — Art Supervisors
- Sonic Rivals 2 (PlayStation Portable; 2007) — Art Supervisors[3]
- NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii; 2007) — Nightopia Artists
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (Android; 2018) — Concept Art
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (iOS; 2018) — Concept Art
- Sonic Colours: Ultimate (Xbox One; 2021) — Creative Services
- Sonic Colours: Ultimate (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Creative Services
- Sonic Colours: Ultimate (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — Creative Services
- Sonic Colours: Ultimate (??; 2021) — Creative Services
- Sonic Origins (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Origins (PlayStation 5; 2022) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Origins (Xbox One; 2022) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Origins (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 5; 2022) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Frontiers (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Colours: Ultimate (Steam; 2023) — Creative Services
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (Steam; 2023) — SEGA Special Thanks
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (Steam OS X; 2023) — SEGA Special Thanks
- Sonic Superstars (PlayStation 4; 2023) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Superstars (PlayStation 5; 2023) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Superstars (Nintendo Switch; 2023) — Director of Creative Services
- Sonic Superstars (??; 2023) — Director of Creative Services
Videos
- Chao In Space () — Executive Producers
- Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony () — Special Thanks
- Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps () — Executive Producers
- Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence (??; ?) — Executive Producers
- Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble (??; ?) — Executive Producers
- Sonic R (1997) — Graphic Advisor
- Sonic Adventure (1998) — Lead Field Artist
- Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) — Field Art Director
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2002) — Field Art Director
- Sonic Heroes (2004) — Field Art Director, CG Movie Art Support
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) — Field Art Director, CG Movie Supervisor
- Sonic Riders (2006) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Rivals (2006) — Art Supervisor
- Sonic Rivals 2 (2007) — Art Supervisor
- Afro Samurai (2009) — Level Artist
External links
New Japanese Artists Working Abroad: Nishiyama Hiroshi [Translation]