Kazuyuki Hoshino
aka:
Kazuyoshi Hoshino,
星野 一幸
Moby ID: 43209
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Hoshino's first gig with Sonic Team was as the character designer for Sonic CD, in which he introduced such fan favorites as Amy Rose and the ever badass Metal Sonic. He was also one of the main character designers in NiGHTS, and since Sonic Adventure has been the series art director. He hangs out with Iizuka at Sonic Team USA, where the two continue to play the most pivotal roles in determining the direction of the series.
Credited on 69 games
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| Sonic X Shadow Generations (2024, Xbox Series) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop (2024, Macintosh) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Penny's Big Breakaway (2024, Nintendo Switch) | Special Thanks |
| Sonic Superstars (2023, Nintendo Switch) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023, Macintosh) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Sonic Frontiers (2022, Windows) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Sonic Origins (2022, Xbox Series) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania (2021, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Sonic Colors: Ultimate (2021, Xbox Series) | Producer |
| Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (2020, Nintendo Switch) | Special Thanks |
| Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (2020, Android) | Character Supervisors |
| Sakura Wars (2020, PlayStation 4) | Development Support |
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (2019, Nintendo Switch) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game (2019, PlayStation 4) | Development Support |
| Team Sonic Racing (2019, PlayStation 4) | Director of Creative Services |
| Puyo Puyo Tetris (2018, Windows) | Project Manager |
| Sonic Runners: Adventure (2017, Android) | Sonic Character Supervisors |
| Sonic Forces (2017, PlayStation 4) | Director of Creative |
| Sonic Mania (2017, Windows) | Director of Creative Services |
| Puyo Puyo Chronicle (2016, Nintendo 3DS) | Project Support |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 54 games with Takashi Iizuka
- 46 games with Naofumi Hataya
- 46 games with Yuji Uekawa
- 45 games with Jun Senoue
- 40 games with Akira Nishikawa
- 39 games with Sachiko Kawamura
- 37 games with Marta Lois González
- 36 games with Yoshihiro Sakuta
- 34 games with Tetsu Katano
- 34 games with Osamu Ohashi
Companies
- 48 games with SEGA Corporation
- 44 games with SEGA of America, Inc.
- 29 games with Sonic Team
- 19 games with SEGA Europe Ltd.
- 16 games with CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
- 14 games with Studiopolis Inc.
- 10 games with Marza Animation Planet Inc.
- 9 games with Sega (Shanghai) Software Co., Ltd.
- 9 games with Valve Corporation
- 7 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
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