Sonic Team

Sega CS R&D No. 2
Trade name	Sonic Team
Native name	ソニックチーム
Romanized name	Sonikku chīmu
Formerly	Sega CS3; Sega R&D No. 8 (AM8); SONICTEAM Ltd.; Sega GE1;
Type	Division
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	April 1996; 28 years ago
Key people	Yuji Naka; Naoto Ohshima; Hirokazu Yasuhara; Takashi Iizuka;
Products	List of Sonic Team games
Parent	Sega
Website	sonicteam.com

Sega CS Research and Development No. 2,^[a] often abbreviated as Sega CS2 R&D and known as Sonic Team,^[b] is a video game development division of the Japanese company Sega. Sonic Team is best known for the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They are also known for making games such as Nights into Dreams and Phantasy Star Online.

Sonic Team Media

Yuji Naka, programmer for Sonic Team and later division president
Naoto Ohshima, Sonic Team artist who designed the Sonic the Hedgehog character

Notes

↑ Japanese: セガ第二CS研究開発部, Hepburn: Sega daini shīēsu kenkyū kaihatsubu^?
↑ Japanese: ソニックチーム, Hepburn: Sonikku chīmu^?

References

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[1] Japanese: セガ第二CS研究開発部, Hepburn: Sega daini shīēsu kenkyū kaihatsubu^?

[2] Japanese: ソニックチーム, Hepburn: Sonikku chīmu^?

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