Takashi Iizuka

Takashi Iizuka (飯塚 隆code: ja is deprecated , Iizuka Takashi, born March 16, 1970) is a Japanese video game director and producer, he is also the current head of Sonic Team since 2008 and he also played in the Sonic movie as a cameo as a person eating food and made a cameo in the Team Sonic Racing live action commercial as a cashier.

Takashi Iizuka
飯塚 隆
Iizuka at "Summer of Sonic" in 2013
Born	16 March 1970 (aged 55) Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Occupation	Game designer, producer
Years active	1992–present
Employer	Sega
Notable work	Sonic the Hedgehog series

Works

Year	Title	Role
1992	Devi & Pii	Planner
1993	Golden Axe III
1994	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Game designer
	Sonic & Knuckles
1996	Nights into Dreams	Lead game designer
	Sonic 3D Blast	Concept design
1997	Sonic Jam	Director
	Sonic R	Game design director
1998	Sonic Adventure	Director, game designer, level designer
1999	ChuChu Rocket!	Product support
2001	Sonic Adventure 2	Director, game designer, level designer
2003	Sonic Heroes	Director, level designer
2005	Shadow the Hedgehog	Director, game designer, level designer, scenario
2006	Sonic Riders	Recording coordinator
	Sonic Rivals	Director, concept design, scenario
2007	Sonic Rivals 2
	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	General producer
	Nights: Journey of Dreams	Director, producer, lead game designer
2008	Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity	Recording coordinator
	Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood	Character supervisor
2009	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games	Director, game designer
2010	Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I	Producer
	Sonic Free Riders	Scenario supervisor
	Sonic Colors	Producer
2011	Sonic Generations
	Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games	Character supervisor
2012	Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II	Producer
2013	Sonic Lost World
	Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games	Character supervisor
2014	Uta Kumi 575	Project support
	Puyo Puyo Tetris
2015	Sonic Runners	Producer
Tembo the Badass Elephant	Supervisor
2016	Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games	Character supervisor
	Puyo Puyo Chronicle	Project support
2017	Sonic Mania	Supervisor
	Sonic Forces	Sonic series producer
2019	Team Sonic Racing
	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020	Character supervisor
2022	Sonic Frontiers	Sonic series producer
2023	Sonic Superstars
	Sonic Dream Team	Supervisor
2024	Shadow Generations	Sonic series producer
2025	Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds