Kazuyuki Hoshino

Kazuyuki Hoshino
星野 一幸
Born (1967-03-02) March 2, 1967 (age 57)
Japan
Alma materTama Art University[1]
Occupations
Years active1991–present
EmployerSonic Team (Sega)
Notable workSonic the Hedgehog series
TitleCreative director

Kazuyuki Hoshino (星野 一幸, Hoshino Kazuyuki) is a video game artist who works for Sonic Team as the studio's creative director. 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 American branch, he worked alongside Takashi Iizuka, as they both determined the best direction and style for their games.[2] As of 2019, Kazuyuki is the creative director at Sonic Team.[3]

  1. ^ "Sonic Series Creative Director". April 2019.
  2. ^ "Kazuyuki Hoshino - Sega Retro". segaretro.org. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Sonic Series Creative Director". April 2019.