Seiichi Ishii (石井 精一 Ishii Seiichi, born August 18, 1967) is a Japanese game designer. He is best known for the development of fighting games. He was a designer on groundbreaking Sega titles, Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter. Ishii was also a designer and director for the first Tekken game in 1994 and Tekken 2 in 1995.
Biography Ishii was born in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He established his own company, DreamFactory in November 1995, through Sega and Namco, expanding his fighting game pedigree to create titles such as, Tobal No. 1, Ehrgeiz, and The Bouncer.
In 2017, it was reported that Ishii relocated to Montreal, Canada in 2003 with his family after being ill.https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20171213118/ This is due to health concerns from work stress that his doctors advised him to change his working environment.https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2024/jul/24/chrono-trigger-fighter-toriyama/ In a July 2024 interview, he said that he's willing to move back as long he can take the lead in creating a game based on a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) model.https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/07/sega-and-namco-legend-seichi-ishii-wants-to-reboot-virtua-fighter
Games developed Title Year released Platform RoleVirtua Racing1992Sega Model 1Game DesignVirtua Fighter1993Sega Model 1Coordinator / Game DesignTekken1994Namco System 11, PlayStationDirector / Game DesignTekken 21995Namco System 11Director / Game DesignTobal No. 11996PlayStationDirector / Game DesignTobal 21997PlayStationDirector / Game DesignStreet Fighter EX Plus α1997PlayStationSpecial ThanksEhrgeiz: God Bless the Ring1998Namco System 12, PlayStationDirector / Game DesignThe Bouncer2000PlayStation 2Director / Game DesignKakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal2002XboxGame DesignCrimson Tears2004PlayStation 2Scenario, Supervision
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