Seiichi Ishii
PERSON
A director, producer, and game designer. He is best known for creating the 3D fighting game genre, as the main designer of Sega's original Virtua Fighter and the creator of Namco's Tekken series. He later founded Dream Factory, where he created fighters/brawlers for Squaresoft, including the Tobal series, Ehrgeiz, and The Bouncer.


He is best known for creating the 3D fighting game genre, as the main designer of the original Virtua Fighter (Game) and the creator of the Tekken (Franchise) series. After working for Data East, Sega (Company), and Namco (Company), he later founded Dream Factory in 1995. Working with Squaresoft (Company), he created several similarly innovative 3D fighters/brawlers, including the Tobal (Franchise) series, Ehrgeiz, and The Bouncer (Game). Beyond fighters/brawlers, he was also one of the original designers for the similarly influential 3D racing game Virtua Racing (Franchise). In addition, he has also worked on RPGs, including the Glory of Heracles (Franchise), Metal Max (Franchise) and Arc the Lad (Franchise) franchises.



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Name
Seiichi Ishii
Gender
Male
Born
18 August 1967
Died
Hometown
Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture
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