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Hirokazu Yasuhara

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Hirokazu Yasuhara, also credited as Carol Yas, is a Japanese video game designer born on 12 October 1965. He is best known for designing the gameplay and stages of the first Sonic the Hedgehog games for the Sega Genesis in the 1990s, based on technical demos and engines programmed by Yuji Naka. He stayed with Sega until 1999, then worked for Naughty Dog from 2002 to 2008 on the Jak and Daxter series and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

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Hirokazu Yasuhara
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    October 12, 1965
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    is a Japanese video game designer
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Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game) - Wikipedia
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Hirokazu Yasuhara
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Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega.
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