- Hiromichi Tanaka
nihongo|Hiromichi Tanaka|田中 弘道|Tanaka Hiromichi (born
January 7 ,1962 ) is a Japanese video game developer,game producer ,game director andgame designer . He is currently Senior Vice President of Software Development atSquare Enix (formerly known as Square) and the head of Square Enix's Production Team 3. He is best known as the lead developer of "Final Fantasy XI ", Square Enix's firstmassively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), and oversees ongoing development of that title and of future MMOGs. He also recently led the development of theNintendo DS version of "Final Fantasy III ", having worked in a senior role on the original version of the game in1990 .In 1983, Tanaka dropped out of
Yokohama National University along withHironobu Sakaguchi to join Square, a newly formed software branch of theDenyuusha Electric Company . Along with Sakaguchi andKazuhiko Aoki , Tanaka was part of Square's original Planning and Development department.Game credits
* "
The Death Trap " (programmer)
* "Genesis" (producer/scenario/game design)
*"Alpha"
*"Suishō no Dragon "
*"Yokohama Minato Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
*"Final Fantasy" (game design)
*"Final Fantasy II " (game design)
*"Final Fantasy III " (game design)
*"Final Fantasy Legend II " (game data)
*"Secret of Mana " (producer, concept / System design, Scenario message data)
*"Seiken Densetsu 3 " (director)
*"Xenogears " (producer/battle design)
*"Chrono Cross " (producer/battle design)
*"Threads of Fate " (producer)
*"Final Fantasy XI " (producer)
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*"Final Fantasy III " (DS version) (executive producer/director)
*"Rapture" (code name) (unreleased) (designer)External links
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,40523/ "Hiromichi Tanaka"] profile at
MobyGames
* [http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=4486 Interview with Hiromichi Tanaka about Final Fantasy XI] at GamesIndustry.biz (2004)
* [http://g-wie-gorilla.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=18 Interview with Hiromichi Tanaka] at www.g-wie-gorilla.de (2006)
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