Takashi Iizuka (game designer)

Takashi Iizuka
飯塚 隆
Iizuka in 2013
Born	(1970-03-16) March 16, 1970 (age 54) Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Other names	Iiz
Alma mater	Tokyo Denki University
Occupations	Video game designer producer director writer
Years active	1992–present
Employer	Sega
Notable work	Sonic the Hedgehog series Nights into Dreams

Takashi Iizuka (飯塚 隆, Iizuka Takashi) (born March 16, 1970) is a Japanese video game director, producer, designer and screenwriter. Since 2008, Iizuka has been the vice president of product development for the Sonic the Hedgehog series at Sega, as well as the head of Sonic Team,^[1] although he has been working on games in the Sonic series since 1992.