Hiroyuki Itō

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Hiroyuki Itō (伊藤裕之, Itō Hiroyuki^?) is a Japanese game director, scenario writer, sound effects artist and game 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 with Hiroshi Minagawa after he left the project.

[edit] Gameography:

Rad Racer 2: Game designer
Final Fantasy: Debugger
Final Fantasy II: Debugger
Makaitoushi SaGa: Scenario Writer
Square's Tom Sawyer: Game Designer
Final Fantasy III: Sound Effects
Final Fantasy IV: Battle Designer, Active Time Battle System Designer
Final Fantasy V: Battle Designer, Job/Abilities System Designer
Final Fantasy VI: Director (with Yoshinori Kitase), Esper System Designer
Chrono Trigger: Event planner
Final Fantasy Tactics: Game designer
Final Fantasy VIII: Battle Designer, Junction system Designer, Card Game Designer, Chocobo World Designer
Final Fantasy IX: Director, Melodies of Life lyrics (credited as Shiomi), Tetramaster original concept
Hataraku Chocobo: Game Designer
Final Fantasy XII: Game Design Director