Hiroyuki Itō

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Hiroyuki Itō (Japanese:伊藤裕之) is a game director and designer for Square Enix, and is most known for his work in the role-playing game series, Final Fantasy. He uses the pen name "Shiomi" when writing lyrics and the like.

Initially working in debugging and sound effects for the first three games of the Final Fantasy series, his work became prominent in Final Fantasy IV, when he created the long-time series staple, the Active Time Battle combat system. Afterwards, he served as a designer for a number of elements in the series, including the Job system in Final Fantasy V, the Esper system in Final Fantasy VI, and the Junction system and the Triple Triad card game in Final Fantasy VIII. He also served as a co-director of Final Fantasy VI with Yoshinori Kitase as well as the director of Final Fantasy IX.

One of his latest roles was to replace Yasumi Matsuno as a director for Final Fantasy XII after he left the project.

[edit] Gameography:

Final Fantasy: Debugger
Final Fantasy II: Debugger
Makaitoushi SaGa: Scenario
Final Fantasy III: Sound effects
Final Fantasy IV: Battle design
Final Fantasy V: Battle & Job/abilities system design
Final Fantasy VI: Director (with Yoshinori Kitase), Battle design
Chrono Trigger: Event planner
Final Fantasy Tactics: Game design
Final Fantasy VIII: Battle, Junction system & Card game design
Final Fantasy IX: Director, Melodies of Life lyrics (as Shiomi), Tetramaster original concept
Itadaki Street Special: Cooperation
Final Fantasy XII: Director (with Hiroshi Minagawa)