Hirokazu Yasuhara (安原 広和, Yasuhara Hirokazu, born October 12, 1965) (also credited as Carol Yas) is a Japanese video game designer. He is best known for designing the gameplay and stages of the initial Sonic the Hedgehog video games for Sega Genesis in the 1990s, based on technical demos and engines programmed by Yuji Naka.[1] Yasuhara stayed with Sega until 1999.[2] He then worked for Naughty Dog from 2002 to 2008, working on the Jak and Daxter series and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, collaborating again with former Sega employee Mark Cerny. He was the senior design director at Namco Bandai Games America from 2008 to 2012.[2] In April 2012, Yasuhara joined Nintendo where he accepted a position at the Nintendo Software Technology division.[3] He left Nintendo in 2016 and has since worked for Unity Technologies.[4]
^"75 Power Players". Next Generation (11). Imagine Media: 54. November 1995.
^ ab"Experience - Hirokazu Yasuhara". Linkedin.
^Curtis, Tom (April 4, 2012). "Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Hirokazu Yasuhara joins Nintendo". Gamasutra. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^Gilbert, Ben (2021-06-23). "Sonic boom: Sega designer tells the origin story of a gaming legend". TechRadar. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
HirokazuYasuhara (安原 広和, YasuharaHirokazu, born October 12, 1965) (also credited as Carol Yas) is a Japanese video game designer. He is best known for...
original development team—including programmer Yuji Naka and designer HirokazuYasuhara—moved from Japan to California to join the project. Sonic 2 was intended...
created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and HirokazuYasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog...
Yasuhara (written: 安原) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: HirokazuYasuhara (安原 広和, born 1965), Japanese video game designer...
1959), Japanese former ski jumper who competed between 1979 and 1984 HirokazuYasuhara (安原 広和, born 1965), Japanese video game designer and Sonic Team's...
the second level, Marble Zone. It was constructed by level designer HirokazuYasuhara with its musical theme by Masato Nakamura. Green Hill Zone is considered...
the other Americans, who worked on Sonic Spinball. Yuji Naka and HirokazuYasuhara were the primary creators of the Sonic 3 design document and project...
including programmer Yuji Naka, artist Naoto Ohshima, and level designer HirokazuYasuhara. The team took the name Sonic Team in 1991 with the release of their...
Hedgehog video game series created by Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima and HirokazuYasuhara. It is licensed from Sega. The theme was first introduced in 2023...
out with character design by Naoto Ohshima and levels conceived by HirokazuYasuhara. Naka hoped to showcase the Mega Drive's processing speed through...
28, 2017. Retrieved 2014-07-21. "Sonic's Architect: GI Interviews HirokazuYasuhara". Game Informer. Vol. 13, no. 124. August 2003. pp. 114–116. Hester...
Naoto Ohshima's character design and levels conceived by designer HirokazuYasuhara. Sonic's color was chosen to match Sega's cobalt blue logo; his shoes...
months later, at double his original salary and additional bonuses. HirokazuYasuhara, who had designed most of the Sonic stages and gameplay, had been...
including programmer Yuji Naka, artist Naoto Ohshima, and level designer HirokazuYasuhara. The team took the name Sonic Team in 1991 with the release of Sonic...
Jason Rubin Amy Hennig Designer(s) Evan Wells Richard Lemarchand HirokazuYasuhara Programmer(s) Andy Gavin Christopher Christensen Neil Druckmann Christophe...
Lego Dimensions Sega Heroes Fall Guys Angry Birds Other Green Hill Zone Sonic Team Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima HirokazuYasuhara Takashi Iizuka Retro Engine...
Sugano Designer(s) Takao Miyoshi Kats Sato Kenji Ono Takashi Iizuka HirokazuYasuhara Programmer(s) Sega Genesis Jon Burton Sega Saturn Neil Harding Stephen...
with Ohshima's character design and levels conceived by designer HirokazuYasuhara. Although Katz and Sega of America's marketing experts disliked Sonic...
Gamefam Studios Publisher(s) Sega Creator(s) Naoto Ohshima Yuji Naka HirokazuYasuhara Platform(s) List Android Arcade Game Boy Advance GameCube iOS Java...
Concepts also collaborated with the Sonic the Hedgehog level designer HirokazuYasuhara on the action-adventure game Floigan Bros. and developed the action...
Global Information