Takashi Iizuka
Following the release of "Sonic &amp; Knuckles" in 1994, Yasuhara quit Sega and Naka returned to Japan, having been offered a role as a producer. He was reunited with Ohshima and brought with him Takashi Iizuka, who had worked with Naka's team at STI. With Naka's return, Sonic Team was officially formed as a brand. Sonic Team began to work on a new intellectual property, "Nights into Dreams", for Sega's 32-bit Saturn console.