Yuji Uekawa is the main character designer and lead illustration artist for Sonic Team. During the development of Sonic Adventure he re-designed all of the main Sonic characters, giving them all slightly more realistic appearances. He also designed many of the original characters in Sonic X and the games since Sonic R.
Production History[]
- Ristar (1995) — Character Designer
- Sonic 3D Blast (1996) — Artist
- Sonic Jam (1997) — Artist
- Sonic R (1997) — Character Designer
- Sonic Adventure (1999) — Character Designer, Character Motion Designer, "Chaos" Character Designer
- ChuChu Rocket! (2000) — Art Director
- Sonic Shuffle (2000) — Supervisor
- Samba de Amigo (2000) — Character Designer
- Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 (2000) — Character Designer
- Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) — Player Character Designer, Product Support
- Sonic Adventure 2:Battle (2002) — Player Character Designer, Product Support
- Sonic Advance (2002) — Art Director
- Sonic Mega Collection (2002) — Illustrator
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003) — Art Director, Lead Character Designer, Lead Visual Artist
- Sonic Advance 2 (2003) — Art Director
- Sonic Pinball Party (2003) — Art Director
- Sonic Battle (2004) — Design Coordinator
- Sonic Heroes (2004) — Menu Screen Artist, Product Support
- Sonic Advance 3 (2004) — Art Director
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004) — Illustrator
- Sonic Gems Collection (2005) — Illustrator
- Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) — Special Thanks
- Sonic Rush (2005) — Art Director
- Sonic Riders (2006) — Character Art Director
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Publicity Artwork
- Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) — Promotional Visuals
- Sonic Rush Adventure (2007) — Art Director
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) — Sonic Family Character Supervisor
- Sonic Unleashed (PS3 & Xbox 360 Version) (2008) — Publicity Artwork
External links[]
- Yuji Uekawa at IMDb
- Yuji Uekawa at RAWG.io