Sonic Team

Sega CS Research and Development No. 2,^[a] often abbreviated as Sega CS2 R&D and known as Sonic Team,^[b] is a video game development division of the Japanese company Sega. Sonic Team is best known for the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They are also known for making games such as Nights into Dreams and Phantasy Star Online.

Sega CS R&D No. 2

Trade name	Sonic Team
Native name	ソニックチーム
Romanized name	Sonikku chīmu
Formerly	Sega CS3 Sega R&D No. 8 (AM8) SONICTEAM Ltd. Sega GE1
Company type	Division
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	April 1996; 29 years ago (April 1996)
Key people	Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima Hirokazu Yasuhara Takashi Iizuka
Products	List of Sonic Team games
Parent	Sega
Website	sonicteam.com

Sonic Team is a Japanese video game development division of Sega. The initial team was composed of developers from Sega's Consumer Development division, including programmer Yuji Naka, artist Naoto Ohshima, and level designer Hirokazu Yasuhara.

Notes

1. Japanese: セガ 第二CS研究開発部, Hepburn: Sega daini shīēsu kenkyū kaihatsubu^?
2. Japanese: ソニックチーム, Hepburn: Sonikku chīmu^?