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Takashi Iizuka (game designer)

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Early career
Sega Studio USA
Currently
Notabilities
Production history
References

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screenwriter
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}}{{nihongo|Takashi Iizuka|飯塚隆|Iizuka Takashi}} (born March 16, 1970) is a Japanese video game director, producer, designer and screenwriter. Since 2009, Iizuka has been the vice president of Product Development for the Sonic franchise at Sega of America and head of Sonic Team, altogether serving as the head of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.^[1]

Early career

His first collaboration with Sega involved working with STI on Sonic 3 and Knuckles as a designer. Later, he helped supervise Traveller's Tales with the development of Sonic R. In Japan he was lead designer for Nights into Dreams.^[2] He directed Sonic Adventure as well.

Sega Studio USA

In 1999, he and a small part of Sonic Team moved to San Francisco to establish Sonic Team USA (later renamed Sega Studio USA), in order to gain feedback from the western market. Over in the U.S. his team worked on the international release of Sonic Adventure. Afterward, his team started to develop their own games, where he was the director and lead designer for Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Journey of Dreams. In an effort to further broaden Sonic's appeal to western markets, Iizuka gave western developer, Backbone Entertainment, a shot at developing Sonic titles (Sonic Rivals & Sonic Rivals 2) under his team's supervision for the PlayStation Portable console.

Currently

In 2008 Sega's American division, Sega Studio USA, was absorbed back into Sonic Team Japan making Iizuka the producer for the Sonic series at Sonic Team and the head of the company as well. Currently, Iizuka has relocated to Los Angeles to become the VP of Product Development for the Sonic franchise at Sega of America, which includes the games produced by Sonic Team, while retaining his title as the head of Sonic Team.^[3]

Notabilities

Game Journalist from Wired described Takashi Iizuka as a difficult man to read, as he tends to slip into corporate speak especially when discussing mixed reception of Sonic games.^[4] His long time colleague and composer, Tomoko Sasaki, however described him as someone who "offered a different and fresh, almost unpredictable, way of thinking" and got along well with him from the very start.^[5]

Production history

Golden Axe III (1993) — Planner (as Iiz)
Sonic 3 (1994) — Senior Game Designer
Sonic & Knuckles (1994) — Senior Game Designer
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994) — Senior Game Designer
Nights into Dreams (1996) — Lead Game Designer
Christmas Nights (1996) — Game Designer
Sonic 3D Blast (1996) — Game Concept Design, Special Stage Design, Saturn Enhancements
Sonic Jam (1997) — Director
Sonic R (1997) — Game Design Director
Sonic Adventure (1999) — Director, Character Game Designer, Chaos Game Designer, Level Designer
ChuChu Rocket! (2000) — Product Support (Sega of America)
Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) — Director, Lead Game Designer, Enemy Game Designer, Level Designer
Director's Cut (2003) — Mission Mode Game Designer
Sonic Heroes (2003) — Director, Level Designer, CG Movie Director
Sonic Mega Collection — Special Thanks
Sonic Gems Collection (2005) — Special Thanks
Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) — Director, Lead Game Designer, Level Designer, Scenario Writer, Movie Supervisor
Sonic Riders (2006) — Recording Coordinator
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Special Thanks
Sonic Rivals (2006) — Director, Concept Design, Scenario Writer, Producer
Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) — Special Thanks
Sonic Rivals 2 (2007) — Director, Concept Design, Scenario Writer, Producer
Journey of Dreams (2007) — Director, Producer, Lead Game Designer
Nights into Dreams (PS2 Version) (2008) — Supervisor
Zero Gravity (2008) — Recording Coordinator
Sega Superstars Tennis (2008) — Special Thanks
Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360 & PS3 Version) (2008) — Level Design Special Thanks
The Dark Brotherhood (2008) — Sonic Character Supervisor
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) - Director, Game Designer
Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Special Thanks
Episode I (2010) — Producer
Sonic Colors (2010) — Producer
Sonic Generations (2011) — Producer
Episode II (2012) — Producer
Sonic Lost World (2013) — Producer
Puyo Puyo Tetris (2014) — Product Support
Sonic Runners (2015) — Producer
Tembo the Badass Elephant (2015) — Supervisor
Sonic Mania (2017) – Supervisor
Sonic Forces (2017) – Sonic Series Producer
Team Sonic Racing (2019) – Producer

References

1. ^http://info.sonicretro.org/Takashi_Iizuka_interview_by_SPOnG_(September_14,_2010)
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/20/tech/gamecore/main3527076.shtml|title=Gamespeak: "NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams"|last=Chamberlain|first=Chad|date=20 November 2007|work=CBS|accessdate=19 April 2011}}
3. ^https://www.mcvuk.com/development/sonic-team-head-returns-to-us-to-establish-development-hub-for-franchise
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.robboffard.com/project/sonic-teams-takashi-iizuka-on-how-sega-is-changing-its-game/|title=Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka on how Sega is changing its game - Rob Boffard|publisher=}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.originalsoundversion.com/a-blast-from-the-past-tomoko-sasaki-and-naofumi-hataya-nights-interview/#more-6759|title=A Blast From The Past: Tomoko Sasaki and Naofumi Hataya NiGHTS Interview|publisher=}}

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