Yasushi Yamaguchi

The father of Miles "Tails" Prower, Yasushi Yamaguchi (also known as Judy Totoya) created Miles Prower in an internal contest hosted by Sonic Team. He originally named the character Miles Prower, with the "Tails" name tacked on as the name. Yasushi Yamaguchi sneaked in his name though, and "Tails" had become the nickname.His main work was that of both creating and designing Tails as well as being the Chief Artist and one of the Zone artist in "Sonic the Hedgehog 2".He also worked as the Special Stage Designer in "Sonic CD" and on other Sega related games.

Production History

*Cyborg Hunter (1988) — Designer
*"Phantasy Star II" (1989) — Mechanical Design
*"Sonic the Hedgehog 2" (1992) — Character Design, Chief Artist, Zone Artist
*"Kid Chameleon" (1992) — Art
*"Sonic CD (1993)" — Special Stage Designer
*"Magic Knight Rayearth" (1995) — Art Director