GAME DESIGNER

Naoto Ohshima

1964 - Today

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Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人, Ōshima Naoto) (born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese video game designer and artist, best known for designing Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Although Yuji Naka made a tech demo around which Sonic's gameplay was based, the character in his prototype was a ball that lacked any specific features and was based on Ohshima's game proposal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naoto Ohshima has received more than 507,521 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Naoto Ohshima is the 53rd most popular game designer (down from 40th in 2019), the 1,952nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,586th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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  • 47.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Naoto Ohshima ranks 53 out of 77. Before him are Koji Igarashi, Amy Hennig, Al Lowe, Jens Bergensten, Neil Druckmann, and Yoko Taro. After him are John Tobias, Michel Ancel, Chris Metzen, Mark Cerny, Goichi Suda, and Éric Chahi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Naoto Ohshima ranks 621. Before him are Petar Hubchev, William Tanui, Yvonne van Gennip, Igors Miglinieks, Paterson Joseph, and Brett Hull. After him are Jon Carin, Ilse Aigner, Nasrin Oryakhil, George Newbern, Stephen Bowen, and Thomas Brussig.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoto Ohshima ranks 1,952 out of 6,245. Before him are Takahiro Moriuchi (1988), Motohiro Yamaguchi (1969), Angela Aki (1977), Nisio Isin (1981), Yoshiharu Habu (1970), and Naoto Satō (1953). After him are Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006), Ayana Taketatsu (1989), Nobuhiro Ishizaki (1958), Ryoko Tani (1975), Masaru Arai (1952), and Kae Araki (1966).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Naoto Ohshima ranks 23. Before him are Yuji Naka (1965), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Yuji Horii (1954), Yoshinori Kitase (1966), Koji Igarashi (1968), and Yoko Taro (1970). After him are Goichi Suda (1968), Yoshiaki Koizumi (1968), and Hidemaro Fujibayashi (1972).

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