Kazuyuki Hoshino

{{short description|Japanese video game designer and developer}}

{{BLP sources|date=February 2011}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Kazuyuki Hoshino

| native_name = 星野 一幸

| native_name_lang = jp

| nationality =

| birth_place = Japan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|3|02}}

| birth_name =

| years_active = 1991–present

| alma mater = Tama Art University{{Cite web |date=April 2019 |title=Sonic Series Creative Director |url=https://jp.linkedin.com/in/kazuyuki-hoshino-b1424b2a}}

| employer = Sonic Team (Sega)

| title = Creative director

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Creative director
• game designer
• character designer

}}

| notable works = Sonic the Hedgehog series

}}

{{nihongo|Kazuyuki Hoshino|星野 一幸|Hoshino Kazuyuki}} is a video game artist who works for Sonic Team as the studio's creative director. His first role involved working with Sega on Sonic the Hedgehog CD as a character/sprite, special-stage, and visual designer. He is notable for designing Metal Sonic, Amy Rose, and Shadow the Hedgehog.{{cite web |title=Sonic CD – Developer Interview Collection |url=http://shmuplations.com/soniccd/ |website=Shmuplations |access-date=March 24, 2020 |date=March 24, 2020}} He was Sega Studio USA's art director and lead character designer until part of the studio was absorbed back into the Japanese parent company. At the American branch, he worked alongside Takashi Iizuka, as they both determined the best direction and style for their games.{{cite web|title=Kazuyuki Hoshino - Sega Retro|url=http://segaretro.org/Kazuyuki_Hoshino|website=segaretro.org|accessdate=25 November 2016}} As of 2019, Kazuyuki is the creative director at Sonic Team.{{Cite web |date=April 2019 |title=Sonic Series Creative Director |url=https://jp.linkedin.com/in/kazuyuki-hoshino-b1424b2a}}