1965 - Today
Yuji Naka (中 裕司, Naka Yūji, born September 17, 1965), credited in some games as YU2, is a former Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer. He is the co-creator of the Sonic the Hedgehog series and was the president of Sonic Team at Sega until his departure in 2006. Naka joined Sega in 1984 and worked on games including Girl's Garden (1985) and Phantasy Star II (1989). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuji Naka has received more than 1,027,065 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Yuji Naka is the 32nd most popular game designer, the 1,460th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,343rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Game Designer.
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Among game designers, Yuji Naka ranks 32 out of 56. Before him are John Romero, Yu Suzuki, Eiji Aonuma, Tetsuya Nomura, Dave Arneson, and Yuji Horii. After him are Hideki Kamiya, Ron Gilbert, Roberta Williams, Scott Cawthon, Ed Boon, and Kazunori Yamauchi.
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 26
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 27
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 28
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 29
1947 - 2009
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 30
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 31
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 32
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 33
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 34
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 35
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 36
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 37
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1965, Yuji Naka ranks 342. Before him are Johnny Ekström, Norbert Röttgen, Valdir Benedito, Omid Djalili, Terry Richardson, and Kevin Dillon. After him are Larisa Lazutina, Rolf Sørensen, Richard Grieco, Hamed Bakayoko, Olivier Megaton, and Brett Kavanaugh.
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 336
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 337
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 338
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 339
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 340
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 341
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 342
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 343
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 344
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 345
1965 - 2021
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 346
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 347
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 348
Among people born in Japan, Yuji Naka ranks 1,460 out of 6,048. Before him are Okuro Oikawa (1896), Eijun Kiyokumo (1950), Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939), Kumiko Okae (1956), Norihiro Yagi (1968), and Masaaki Shirakawa (1949). After him are Jong Tae-se (1984), Hikaru Nakamura (1987), Toshiaki Imai (1954), Asuka (1981), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), and Takao Sakurai (1941).
1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 1,454
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 1,455
1939 - 2017
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,456
1956 - 2020
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,457
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 1,458
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 1,459
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 1,460
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,461
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 1,462
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 1,463
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 1,464
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 1,465
1941 - 2012
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 1,466
Among game designers born in Japan, Yuji Naka ranks 17. Before him are Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), Yu Suzuki (1958), Eiji Aonuma (1963), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), and Yuji Horii (1954). After him are Hideki Kamiya (1970), Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), Naoto Ohshima (1964), Yoshinori Kitase (1966), and Koji Igarashi (1968).
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 12
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 13
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 14
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 15
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 16
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 17
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 18
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 19
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 20
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 21
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 22