Kazuyuki Hoshino

Kazuyuki Hoshino (星野 和幸, Hoshino Kazuyuki) is a video game artist who works for Sonic Team. His first role involved working with Sega on Sonic the Hedgehog CD as a character/sprite, special-stage, and visual designer. He is notable for creating Metal Sonic and Amy Rose. He was Sega Studio USA's art director and lead character designer until part of the studio was absorbed back into the Japanese parent company. At the US branch, he worked alongside Takashi Iizuka, as they both determined the best direction and style for their games.^[1]

Works

• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) — Character designer
• Panic! (1993) — Graphic designer
• Knuckles Chaotix (1995) — Character designer
• Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) (1996) — Special stage artist
• NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) — Character designer
• Sonic R (1997) — Additional artwork
• Sonic Jam (1997) — Artist
• Sonic Adventure (1998) — Art director, character designer
• Sonic Adventure 2 — Art director, character designer
• Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003) — Character designer^[2]
• Sonic Heroes (2003) — Art director, character designer
• Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) — Art director
• Sonic Rivals (2006) — Art supervisor
• Sonic Rivals 2 (2007) — Art supervisor
• NiGHTS Journey of Dreams (2007) — Art director, character designer
• NiGHTS into Dreams (2008) — Supervisor
• Sonic Lost World (2013) - Project support
• Puyo Puyo Tetris (2014) — Project support
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014) — Supervisor
• Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014) — Character supervisor
• Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (2014) — Character supervisor
• Sonic Runners (2015) — Project support
• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) — Senior art director

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