Hiroyuki Itō

is a Japanese game director, scenario writer, sound effects artist and game designer for Square Enix, and is most known for his work in the role-playing game series, "Final Fantasy". He uses the pen name "Shiomi" when writing lyrics and the like.

Initially working in debugging and sound effects for the first three games of the "Final Fantasy" series, his work became prominent in "Final Fantasy IV", when he created the long-time series staple, the Active Time Battle combat system. Afterwards, he served as a designer for a number of elements in the series, including the Job system in "Final Fantasy V", the Esper system in "Final Fantasy VI", and the Junction system and the Triple Triad card game in "Final Fantasy VIII". He also served as a co-director of "Final Fantasy VI" with Yoshinori Kitase as well as the director of "Final Fantasy IX".

One of his latest roles was to replace Yasumi Matsuno as a director for "Final Fantasy XII" with Hiroshi Minagawa after he left the project.

Hiroyuki Itō is also the name of a mixed martial artist and fought for RINGS.

Published works

* "Rad Racer 2": Game designer
* "Final Fantasy": Debugger
* "Final Fantasy II": Debugger
* "Makaitoushi SaGa": Scenario Writer
* "Square's Tom Sawyer": Game Designer
* "Final Fantasy III": Sound Effects
* "Final Fantasy IV": Battle Designer, Active Time Battle System Designer
* "Final Fantasy V": Battle Designer, Job/Abilities System Designer
* "Final Fantasy VI": Director (with Yoshinori Kitase), Esper System Designer
* "Chrono Trigger": Event planner
* "Final Fantasy Tactics": Game designer
* "Final Fantasy VIII": Battle Designer, Junction System Designer, Card Game Designer, Chocobo World Designer
* "Final Fantasy IX": Director, Melodies of Life lyrics (credited as Shiomi), Game Designer, Tetramaster original concept
* "Hataraku Chocobo": Game Designer
* "": Main Programmer
* "Final Fantasy XII": Director, Lead Game Designer
* "Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System": Director, Producer