Difference between revisions of "Takashi Iizuka"

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* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' (2007) — General Producer
 
 
* ''[[Sonic Rivals 2]]'' (2007) — Project Director (Sega of America), Concept Design & Scenario Writer (Sega of America) [NOTE: Also Producer]
 
* ''[[Sonic Rivals 2]]'' (2007) — Project Director (Sega of America), Concept Design & Scenario Writer (Sega of America) [NOTE: Also Producer]
 
* ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' (2008) — Special Thanks
 
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* ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' (DS version) (2008) — Sega Studio USA (Special Thanks)
 
* ''[[Sega Superstars Tennis]]'' (DS version) (2008) — Sega Studio USA (Special Thanks)
 
* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' (Xbox 360 & PS3 versions) (2008) — Level Design Special Thanks, Special Thanks
 
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* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' (Wii version) (2009) — Director, Game Designer (Game Design Section)
 
 
* ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' (2010) — CS2 R&D (Sega Japan)
 
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I]]'' (2010) — Producer
 
 
* ''[[Sonic Free Riders]]'' (2010) — Scenario Supervisor, Sonic Character Supervisor
 
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* ''[[Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary]]'' (2011) — Special Thanks
 
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* ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' (PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions) (2011) — Producer (Sonic Generations Development Team)
 
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* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'' (2013) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Development Team)
 
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* ''[[Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed|Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Original Soundtrack]]'' (CD) (2014) — Supervisor
 
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* ''[[sonic:Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' (2014) — Supervisor (Original Games)
 
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* ''[[Tembo the Badass Elephant]]'' (2015) — Supervisor (Sega)
 
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* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' (2016) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Games Development Team)
 
* ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' (2016) — Sonic Character Supervisor (Sega Games Development Team)
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* ''[[sonic:Sonic Forces|Sonic Forces]]'' (2017) — Sonic Series Producer, Product Development VP of PD and Creative Services (SEGA of America, Inc.)
 
 
* ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'' (2019) — Sonic Series Producer
 
* ''[[Team Sonic Racing]]'' (2019) — Sonic Series Producer
 
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Takashi Iizuka
Place of birth: Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Date of birth: 1970-03-16 (age 54)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan (Sonic Team), Sega of America (Sonic Studio)
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer
Education: Tokyo Denki University (1988-1992)

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Takashi Iizuka (飯塚 隆) is a Japanese video game developer and Sonic Team and Sonic Studio designer, director, and producer, known as one of the key heads of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise's modern incarnation.

Career

Takashi Iizuka is a key producer, director and designer within Sonic Team. Joining Sega in 1992 as a planner, he worked directly under Hirokazu Yasuhara as a senior game designer on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles, and quickly progressed to be the main design of NiGHTS into Dreams and supervise development of Sonic R. In 1998, he is credited as the driving force behind Sonic Adventure, the franchise's third adventure in the third dimension, as it had been his idea to create a role-playing game featuring Sonic.

After the success of Sonic Adventure, Iizuka headed to America, where he and a few other members of Sonic Team began work on such games as Sonic Adventure 2 and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Iizuka continued as head of this department, known as Sega Studios USA, until 2008, when it was disbanded, and team members, including Iizuka were absorbed back into the Japanese division. After Akinori Nishiyama's departure from the head of Sonic Team chair, Sega would eventually settle with Iizuka as a main producer on the Sonic series, starting with Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I & Sonic Colors. Thus, he became the Sonic Series Producer/head of Sonic Team.

Production history

Games

Videos

Music

Hardware

Interviews

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Photographs

Main article: Photos of Takashi Iizuka

References

  1. ↑ File:Golden Axe III MD credits.pdf
  2. ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 MD credits.pdf
  3. ↑ File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf
  4. ↑ File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf
  5. ↑ File:Sonic 3D Blast MD credits.pdf
  6. ↑ File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf
  7. ↑ File:Sonic R Saturn credits.pdf
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 File:Sonic 3D Blast Saturn credits.pdf
  9. ↑ File:ChuChu Rocket! GBA credits.pdf
  10. ↑ File:Sonic Advance GBA credits.pdf
  11. ↑ File:SonicMegaCollection GC US Credits.pdf
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 File:SonicRivals2 PSP US manual.pdf, page 23
  13. ↑ File:CutsUnleashed CD JP front.pdf, page 3
  14. ↑ File:MDSA2OST poster1.pdf, page 1
  15. ↑ File:SA2OST CD US booklet.pdf, page 10
  16. ↑ File:TripleThreat CD JP booklet.pdf, page 2
  17. ↑ File:CompleteTrinity CD JP booklet.pdf, page 8
  18. ↑ File:LostandFound CD JP booklet.pdf, page 6
  19. ↑ File:TrueBlue CD JP booklet.pdf, page 5
  20. ↑ File:TalesofKnighthood CD JP booklet.pdf, page 10
  21. ↑ File:FacetoFaith CD JP booklet.pdf, page 11
  22. ↑ File:TrueColorsTray.jpg
  23. ↑ File:VividSound CD JP booklet.pdf, page 18
  24. ↑ File:SonicCD OST Tray.jpg
  25. ↑ File:Live! CD JP booklet.pdf, page 15
  26. ↑ File:SLWOSTWB CD JP booklet.pdf, page 22
  27. ↑ File:SonicAdventureMusicExperience CD JP Box Tokyo.jpg
  28. ↑ File:SMPOST CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
  29. ↑ File:MaximumOverdrive CD JP inlay front.jpg
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