Co-Creator Of Sonic The Hedgehog Sentenced To Prison For Financial Crimes

Shoichiro Irimajiri (2nd R), president of Japan's Sega Enterprises Ltd., poses for photographers with its game character Sonic (C) to announce the first game software "Sonic Adventure" for its new 128-bit home video game console Dreamcast. Sega plans to release the game by the end of this year to regain its lost market share. L-R: Japanese actor Hiroshi Fujioka, Sonic, President Irimajiri and game producer Yuji Naka. AFP PHOTO (Photo by TORU YAMANAKA / AFP) (Photo by TORU YAMANAKA/AFP via Getty Images)

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A man who who helped create one of the most iconic video games of all time will spend the next two years behind bars.

57-year-old Yuji Naka was sentenced this week after he was arrested for insider trading last year.

Naka is best known for co-creating Sonic the Hedgehog in the 90's when he was a developer at Sega. He also worked on Sega classics like Phantasy Star, Nights Into Dreams, and Chu Chu Rocket.