Yuji Uekawa

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Yuji Uekawa
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Role(s): Artist, Designer

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Yuji Uekawa's (上川 祐司) 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

Games

Music

  • Sonic X (2003) — Original Character Design
  • Sonic Boom (2014) — Sonic Character & Universe Supervision

Magazine covers

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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1998-25: "1998-25 (1998-09-11,18)" (1998-08-28)
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Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1998-01: "1998-01 (1998-11-20)" (1998-11-06)
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Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-01: "1999-01 (1999-01-01)" (1998-12-18)
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Interviews

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Yuji Uekawa interview by Sonic Channel (April 3, 2006) [Translated]

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Yuji Uekawa

References