Akihiro Hino

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Akihiro Hino (日野晃弘, HINO Akihiro^?) is the President and CEO of video game developer Level-5. Prior to founding the company in October 1998, Hino began his career in the video game industry in the early 90's at the now defunct Japanese developer Riverhillsoft, specifically on the Overblood series for the original PlayStation. Hino acted as the lead programmer on the first Overblood, and was subsequently promoted to lead scenario/game designer and director for the sequel, Overblood 2.

Since creating Level-5, Hino has designed, planned and produced all three of the studio's released titles on the PlayStation 2 (Dark Cloud, Dark Chronicle and Rogue Galaxy), as well as directing Square Enix's Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, also for the PlayStation 2. He is again designing, planning and producing Level-5's three upcoming titles in Jeanne d'Arc for the PlayStation Portable, Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village for the Nintendo DS, and White Knight Story for the PlayStation 3.

[edit] Gameography

Overblood (1996) -- Lead Programmer
Overblood 2 (1998) -- Lead Designer, Scenario Planner, Director
Dark Cloud (2000) -- Lead Designer, Scenario Planner, Producer
Dark Chronicle (2002) -- Lead Designer, Scenario Planner, Producer
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004) -- Director
Rogue Galaxy (2005) -- Lead Designer, Scenario Planner, Producer
Jeanne d'Arc (2006) -- Lead Designer, Scenario Planner, Producer
Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village (2007) -- Lead Designer, Scenario Planner, Producer
White Knight Story (2007) -- Lead Designer, Scenario Planner, Producer