Sonic the Hedgehog

video game character from the eponymous video game franchise
Person video_game_character Q191626
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Sonic the Hedgehog

Summary

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game character[1]. He ranks in the top 3% of video_game_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,813 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sonic the Hedgehog is the creator of Yuji Naka[3].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog is the creator of Naoto Ohshima[4].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog is the creator of Hirokazu Yasuhara[5].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog is the creator of Yūji Uekawa[6].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog is the creator of Q122741[7].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog is the creator of DIC Entertainment Corporation[8].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog is recorded as male[9].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's instance of is recorded as video game character[10].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's instance of is recorded as anthropomorphic hedgehog[11].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's instance of is recorded as animated television character[12].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's instance of is recorded as comics character[13].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's instance of is recorded as film character[14].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's instance of is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog character[15].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's Commons category is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog (character)[16].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's unmarried partner is recorded as Amy Rose[17].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's said to be the same as is recorded as Super Sonic[18].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's color is recorded as blue[19].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's country of origin is recorded as United States[20].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's from narrative universe is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog universe[21].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's home world is recorded as Mobius[22].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's home world is recorded as Earth[23].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's eye color is recorded as green[24].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's eye color is recorded as black[25].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's present in work is recorded as Super Smash Bros.[26].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's present in work is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog[27].

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Works and Contributions

Created works include Yuji Naka[3], a video game developer[28], b. 1965[29], of Japan[30], awarded the Game Developers Choice Award - Lifetime Achievement[31], specialised in video game[32]; Naoto Ohshima[4], a video game artist[33], b. 1964[34], of Japan[35], specialised in video game[36]; Hirokazu Yasuhara[5], a game designer[37], b. 1965[38], of Japan[39]; Yūji Uekawa[6], a character designer[40], of Japan[41]; Q122741[7], a business[42], in Japan[43], founded in 1960[44], headquartered in Shinagawa[45]; and DIC Entertainment Corporation[8], a film production company[46], in United States[47], founded in 1971[48], headquartered in Burbank[49]. Things named for Sonic the Hedgehog include SHH[50], a gene[51]; The Murder of him[52], a video game[53]; and Coleco Sonic[54], a handheld game console model[55].

Why It Matters

Sonic the Hedgehog ranks in the top 3% of video_game_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,813 views/month).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] He is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for him include SHH[50], a gene[51]; The Murder of him[52], a video game[53]; and Coleco Sonic[54], a handheld game console model[55].

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  1. [50] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [54] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  24. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  25. [55] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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