Yuji Naka (中 裕司, Naka Yūji, born September 17, 1965) is a Japanese video game programmer, designer, and producer who was the former head of Sonic Team, where he was the lead programmer of the original Sonic the Hedgehog series of games on the Sega Genesis. With Sonic Team, Naka also led development on games including Nights into Dreams (1996), Burning Rangers (1998), Sonic Adventure (1998), and Phantasy Star Online (2000). In 2006, he left Sega to found Prope, an independent game company. In January 2018, he joined Square Enix, where he is directing Balan Wonderworld.
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Date of birth | 17 September 1965
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Place of birth | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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Yuji Naka is known for his role in the TV series Sonic Prime (2022) as (original creator) (23 episodes, 2022-2024).
He is also known for his role in the TV series Death Battle (2010) as Sonic the Hedgehog created by.
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