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'''Koichi Ishii''' {{Hover|石井 浩一|Ishii Kōichi}}, born July 9, 1964, sometimes credited as '''Kouichi Ishii''', is a video game designer, director, and former employee of [[Squaresoft]] and [[Square Enix]], where he served as head of the company's Product Development Division-8. | '''Koichi Ishii''' ({{Hover|石井 浩一|Ishii Kōichi}}), born July 9, 1964, sometimes credited as '''Kouichi Ishii''', is a video game designer, director, and former employee of [[Squaresoft]] and [[Square Enix]], where he served as head of the company's Product Development Division-8. | ||
Though best known as the creator of the [[Mana (series)|''Mana'' series]], Ishii was involved with the company's earlier ''[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_series Final Fantasy]'' titles since the very first game, where he served as planner and provided battle graphics. He would later go on to serve as director and character designer on the first game of his own brainchild series, ''Seiken Densetsu'' (originally released in North America as ''[[Final Fantasy Adventure]]''), which would be followed up by such games as ''Secret of Mana'' and ''Legend of Mana''. Between 2002 and 2003, he would act as director of ''[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XI Final Fantasy XI]''. | Though best known as the creator of the [[Mana (series)|''Mana'' series]], Ishii was involved with the company's earlier ''[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_series Final Fantasy]'' titles since the very first game, where he served as planner and provided battle graphics. He would later go on to serve as director and character designer on the first game of his own brainchild series, ''Seiken Densetsu'' (originally released in North America as ''[[Final Fantasy Adventure]]''), which would be followed up by such games as ''Secret of Mana'' and ''Legend of Mana''. Between 2002 and 2003, he would act as director of ''[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XI Final Fantasy XI]''. | ||
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| [[Final Fantasy Adventure|Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden]](Cell phone) || August 16, 2006 || ? | |||
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| [[Sword of Mana]] || August 29, 2003 || Producer / Game Design / Original Story / Monster Design | | [[Sword of Mana]] || August 29, 2003 || Producer / Game Design / Original Story / Monster Design | ||
Revision as of 22:34, May 1, 2024
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| Full name | Koichi Ishii |
| Born | July 9, 1964 |
| Mana-related role(s) | Creator of the Mana series |
Koichi Ishii (石井 浩一), born July 9, 1964, sometimes credited as Kouichi Ishii, is a video game designer, director, and former employee of Squaresoft and Square Enix, where he served as head of the company's Product Development Division-8.
Though best known as the creator of the Mana series, Ishii was involved with the company's earlier Final Fantasy titles since the very first game, where he served as planner and provided battle graphics. He would later go on to serve as director and character designer on the first game of his own brainchild series, Seiken Densetsu (originally released in North America as Final Fantasy Adventure), which would be followed up by such games as Secret of Mana and Legend of Mana. Between 2002 and 2003, he would act as director of Final Fantasy XI.
Ishii left Square Enix in April 2007 to start his own game development company, Grezzo Games, Inc.
Work in the Mana series
| Game Title | Release Date (Japan) | Role(s) |
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| Seiken Densetsu: The Emergence of Excalibur | Cancelled Planned April 1987 |
Designer |
| Final Fantasy Adventure | June 28, 1991 | Director |
| Secret of Mana | August 6, 1993 | Director, Chief Game Design, Animation / Monster Design |
| Trials of Mana | September 30, 1995 | Director of Game Design / Character Design |
| Legend of Mana | July 15, 1999 | Director |
| Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden(Cell phone) | August 16, 2006 | ? |
| Sword of Mana | August 29, 2003 | Producer / Game Design / Original Story / Monster Design |
| Children of Mana | March 11, 2006 | Game Design / Executive Producer |
| Friends of Mana | October 18, 2006 | ? |
| Dawn of Mana | December 21, 2006 | Producer & Director |
| Heroes of Mana | March 8, 2007 | Producer |
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| Executives | Koichi Ishii • Mikiharu Oiwa • Masaru Oyamada • Hiromichi Tanaka | |
| Graphic Design | Nao Ikeda • Hiroo Isono • Hiromi Ito • Shinichi Kameoka • Goro Ohashi • Masaki Ohtani • Noriko Sasaki • Kazuko Shibuya • Kazuhiko Takahashi (animator) • Kazuhiko Takahashi (background designer) • Koji Tsuda • Airi Yoshioka | |
| Sound Design | Takayuki Aihara • Takayuki Hattori • Kenji Ito • Masaharu Iwata • Hiroki Kikuta • Chiharu Minekawa • Tsuyoshi Sekito • Ryuichi Sakamoto • Yoko Shimomura • Masayoshi Soken • Nobuo Uematsu | |
| Scriptwriting | Ryo Akagi • Nobuyuki Inoue • Masato Kato • Yoshinori Kitase • Masato Yagi | |
| Programming | Nasir Gebelli • Shun Moriya • Masaaki Saito | |
| Voice Acting | Adrienne Arno • Jacob Barrens • Tom Bauer • Alana Marie Cheuvront • Brittany Cox • Dino Andrade • Lizzie Freeman • Sarah Miller-Crews • Stephanie Panisello • Jay Preston • TJ Rhoads • Alejandro Saab • Brad Venable | |
| Translation | Kaoru Moriyama • Ted Woolsey | |
| Other | Annika Ljungberg | |
