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Koichi Ishii
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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)
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
Seiken Densetsu 2 2009/2010/2014 ?
Circle of Mana March 5, 2013 ?
Rise of Mana 2014/2015 ?
Adventures of Mana February 4, 2016 Director / Story / Character Design
Collection of Mana June 1, 2017 ?
Secret of Mana HD February 15, 2018 Original Director
Trials of Mana HD April 24, 2020 Original Game Design
Legend of Mana Remastered June 24, 2021 Director
Echoes of Mana April 27, 2022 ?
Visions of Mana August 2024 Design Supervisor

References

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