Hironobu Sakaguchi

Categories: 1962 births | Computer and video game designers | Final Fantasy designers

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Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy series.

Hironobu Sakaguchi (坂口 博信, born 1962) was the Director of Planning and Development for Square Co., Ltd.. He is the creator of the Final Fantasy series. In 1991 he was honored with the position of Executive Vice President followed shortly thereafter by an appointment of President of Square USA, Inc. In 2001, he founded Mist Walker, which began operation three years later.

Sakaguchi has had a long career in gaming with over 60 million units of video games sold worldwide. Sakaguchi took the leap from games to film when he took the directorial role in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, an animated motion picture based on his world-famous Final Fantasy series. However, the movie was one of the most expensive box office bombs in cinema history, losing over $120 million and leading to the closure of Square Pictures.

A long time proponent of bringing together the story telling vehicle of film and the interactive elements of games, which he has pursued through the Final Fantasy series. The franchise has sold more than 40 million units worldwide and remains popular to this day.

In 2000, Sakaguchi became the third person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. The first to receive that honor was Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo. In February 2005 it was announced that Sakaguchi's company, Mist Walker, would be working with Microsoft Game Studios to produce two computer role-playing games for the Xbox 360.de:Hironobu Sakaguchi fr:Hironobu Sakaguchi ja:坂口博信 pl:Hironobu Sakaguchi

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Games credited

Hironobu Sakaguchi has been credited, in some capacity, with the following games. This list was taken from MobyGames.com.