We may earn a commission from links on this page. Yuji Naka, the Sonic Team co-founder and Balan Wonderworld director, may face up to two years of jail time due to insider trading stocks regarding ...

Yuji Naka, Sonic's co-creator and the man behind ill-fated platformer Balan Wonderworld, has been found guilty of insider trading, but will avoid prison for now. Newscast: This week's biggest ...

Update [Thu 23rd Jun, 2022 16:10]: Yuji Naka is now sharing photos on Twitter of his time in America when he was working on the original Sonic 3. One of the photos Naka has shared is from the time ...

Update 6/23 9:58 am PT: Yuji Naka has somewhat walked back his assertions that Michael Jackson is somehow involved with the music in Sonic 3. Despite longheld rumors, and a seeming confirmation ...

On Nov. 17, 57-year-old Yuji Naka, the lead programmer for the original Sonic the Hedgehog, NiGHTS into Dreams, numerous Phantasy Star titles and more, was arrested by the Tokyo District Public ...

Yuji Naka, creator ofSonic the Hedgehog and, more recently,Balan Wonderworld, has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of insider trading. Japan’sFuji News Network first reported on Naka’s ...

The judge’s ruling concerns both of these cases. Naka joined Sega in 1983, where he helped create the iconic Sonic the Hedgehog character. After leaving Sega in 2006, Naka joined Square Enix to ...

Yuji Naka, Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and has been ordered to pay the equivalent of over $1.2 million in fines. The former Square Enix ...

Tokyo — The co-creator of classic video game series Sonic the Hedgehog has been arrested for alleged insider trading, according to public prosecutors in Tokyo. Yuji Naka, a 57-year-old ...

A few months after Yuji Naka was arrested for insider trading, the former Sonic lead said he’s guilty of the charges. Japanese media giant NHK first reported Naka’s confession during his ...

He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. Yuji Naka, the co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog and former head of developer Sonic Team, has been arrested for insider ...

Yuji Naka, who co-created the video game “Sonic the Hedgehog,” was arrested Friday in Tokyo on suspicion of insider trading involving Square Enix’s mobile game “Dragon Quest Tact.” ...