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Hiromichi Tanaka (田中 弘道, Tanaka Hiromichi, born January 7, 1962) is a Japanese video game developer, game producer, game director and game designer. He was Senior Vice President of Software Development at Square Enix (formerly Square) and the head of the company's Product Development Division-3.
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Hiromichi Tanaka (田中 弘道, Tanaka Hiromichi?), born January 7, 1962, was a former Squaresoft and Square Enix game director, producer, designer, and head of the company's Product Development Division-3.
Since dropping out of Yokohama National University in 1983 along with his friend Hironobu Sakaguchi, Tanaka joined the then-fledgling game studio and had a hand in creating the very first Final Fantasy, released in Japan four years later in 1987. Since then, he has been a major part of several company projects, including non-Final Fantasy titles such as Secret of Mana, Xenogears, and Chrono Cross. He was heavily involved in the development of Final Fantasy XI as a producer, and, until December 2010, oversaw development on the series' second major online title, Final Fantasy XIV.
Apr 27, 2020 · Learn how Hiromichi Tanaka, a game creator involved in FFIII and other titles, joined Square and worked on the game system design and data planning. Find out his memories and insights on FFIII's development, job system, monsters and more.
Sep 17, 2004 · Learn how the senior vice president of Square Enix oversaw the development and launch of Final Fantasy XI, the first MMORPG in the franchise. Find out how the game became a success, what challenges it faced, and what plans the company has for the future.
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Hiromichi Tanaka — one of the founding members of SquareSoft (Currently Square Enix) and a friend of Mr. Sakaguchi since they were at university together.
Our very first guest is the original producer of FFXI, Hiromichi Tanaka. In this four-part conversation, he spoke about starting the FFXI project, establishing the Development and Operations teams, and his mindset as a producer.
Apr 28, 2022 · In these two Famitsu interviews, series creator Akitoshi Kawazu, planner Hiromichi Tanaka, and composer Kenji Ito discuss the making of Final Fantasy Legend II.
