Yuji Naka

Yuji Naka

Japanese video game designer
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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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Yuji Naka was born on Friday, 17 September 1965 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He is best known as a designer. Naka's country of citizenship (nationality) is Japanese. Yuji Naka is 59 years old and his zodiac star sign is Virgo.

You can find people similar to Yuji Naka by visiting our lists Game Developers Conference Lifetime Achievement Award recipients and Japanese video game programmers.

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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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