Koichi Ishii

Koichi Ishii
Biographical Information
Date of Birth	July 9, 1964
Gender	Male
Nationality	Japan
Status(es)	Alive

Koichi Ishii (石井 浩一, Ishii Kōichi, born July 9, 1964), sometimes credited as Kouichi Ishii, is a video game designer perhaps best known for creating the Mana series (known as Seiken Densetsu in Japan). He joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1987, where he has directed or produced every game released in the Mana series (as of 2006). He has also contributed to several games in Square Enix's SaGa and Final Fantasy series, and created the well-known chocobo and moogle characters.

Ishii was the head of Square Enix's Product Development Division 8 but has since left Square Enix after the release of the World of Mana compilation. He formed a new developer Grezzo Games, Inc in April of 2007.

Works

Year	Title	Role
1987	Final Fantasy	planning, battle graphics
1988	Final Fantasy II	game design
1989	The Final Fantasy Legend	scenario
1990	Final Fantasy III	object design
1991	Final Fantasy Adventure	director, character design
1993	Secret of Mana	director, game design, monster design
1995	Seiken Densetsu 3	director, game design
1997	SaGa Frontier	planning
1999	Legend of Mana	director
	Chocobo Stallion	graphics supervisor
2002	Final Fantasy XI	director
2003	Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart	director
	Sword of Mana	producer, game design, monster design
2006	Children of Mana	producer
	Dawn of Mana	director, producer
	Mario Hoops 3-on-3	graphics, supervisor
2007	Heroes of Mana	producer
TBA	Line Attack Heroes	game design

External links

• Koichi Ishii at the Internet Movie Database
• Koichi Ishii at MobyGames

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