Naoto Ohshima
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After leaving Sonic Team, Ohshima formed an independent game company called Artoon in 1999. There he went on to work on such games as Pinobee (2001), Blinx: The Time Sweeper (2002), and Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space (2004). In 2010, Artoon was absorbed into AQ Interactive, and Ohshima and other key members of Artoon left to form Arzest. Early in his career, he was credited under the nickname "Big Island" in a number of games, which is a literal translation of his family name.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Works
| Year | Game | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Phantasy Star | Designer |
| 1988 | Space Harrier 3-D | Artist |
| SpellCaster | Designer | |
| 1989 | Phantasy Star II | |
| Tommy Lasorda Baseball | ||
| Last Battle | Art director | |
| 1990 | Fatal Labyrinth | Designer |
| 1991 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Creator, Character designer |
| 1993 | Sonic CD | Director |
| 1995 | Knuckles' Chaotix | Original character concept |
| 1996 | Nights into Dreams | Director, character designer |
| Sonic 3D Blast | Advisor | |
| 1997 | Sonic Jam | Supervisor |
| Sonic R | Graphic advisor | |
| 1998 | Burning Rangers | Director, character designer, graphic artist |
| Sonic Adventure | Event motion designer, story event coordinator | |
| 2001 | Pinobee: Wings of Adventure | Director, character designer |
| 2002 | The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood | Art director |
| Ghost Vibration | Game designer | |
| Blinx: The Time Sweeper | Director, game designer | |
| 2004 | Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space | |
| Yoshi's Universal Gravitation | Producer | |
| 2006 | Yoshi's Island DS | Senior producer |
| Blue Dragon | Executive producer | |
| 2007 | Vampire Rain | Producer |
| 2008 | Away: Shuffle Dungeon | Producer, character designer |
| 2009 | Ju-On: The Grudge | Chief producer |
| 2010 | FlingSmash | Senior producer |
| Echoshift | Producer | |
| 2011 | Wii Play: Motion | Director |
| 2014 | Yoshi's New Island | Development producer |
| 2015 | Terra Battle | Special character illustration |
| 2016 | Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games | Supervisor |
| 2017 | Hey! Pikmin | Development producer |
| 2021 | Balan Wonderworld | Development producer, character designer |
| 2023 | Sonic Superstars | |
| TBA | Hypergalactic | Writer |
References
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Further reading
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External links
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- Sega Stars: Naoto Ohshima
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