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| name = Yuji Horii | | name = Yuji Horii | ||
| | | jpname = 堀井 雄二 | ||
| romaji = Horii Yūji | | romaji = Horii Yūji | ||
| image = HoriiSakurai.png | | image = HoriiSakurai.png | ||
| description = Yuji Horii (left), next to Masahiro Sakurai (right), during an interview held in 2019. | | description = Yuji Horii (left), next to Masahiro Sakurai (right), during an interview held in 2019. | ||
| | | birth date = January 6, 1954 | ||
| | | birth place = Awaji Island, Japan | ||
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| works = Designer, writer | | works = Designer, writer | ||
| family = | | family = | ||
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| youtube name = | |||
| twitter url = YujiHorii | |||
| twitter name = @YujiHorii | |||
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'''Yuji Horii''' {{JA|堀井 雄二|Horii Yūji | '''Yuji Horii''' {{JA|堀井 雄二|Horii Yūji}}, born January 6, 1954, is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the ''{{Meta|Dragon Quest}}'' series of role-playing games, supervising and writing the scenario for ''Chrono Trigger'', as well as the first visual novel adventure game ''Portopia Serial Murder Case''. | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Horii graduated from Waseda University's Department of Literature. He also worked as a freelance writer for newspapers, comics, and magazines, including the ''Famicom Shinken'' video games column that ran in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1985 to 1988. He then entered in an {{Meta|Enix}}-sponsored game programming contest, where he placed with ''Love Match Tennis'', a tennis video game, motivating him to become a video game designer. Horii then created ''The Portopia Serial Murder Case'' along with {{Meta|Chunsoft}}, a game that later inspired Hideo Kojima, of ''Metal Gear'' fame, to enter the video game industry. It is the first part of the ''Yuji Horii Mysteries'' trilogy, along with its successors ''Okhotsk ni Kiyu: Hokkaido Rensa Satsujin'' (1984), and ''Karuizawa Yūkai Annai'' (1985). | |||
After creating several more visual novel adventure games, Horii went on to create ''Dragon Quest'', which is said to have created the blueprint for Japanese console role-playing games, taking inspiration from ''Portopia'', as well as Wizardry and Ultima. He was a fan of Apple PC role-playing games and was motivated to create Dragon Quest for ordinary gamers, who found such games difficult, and thus he worked on an intuitive control system, influenced by his work on ''Portopia''. His works also include the ''Itadaki Street'' series. Horii was also a supervisor of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, ''Chrono Trigger'', which had multiple game endings, with Horii appearing in one of the endings with the game development staff. | |||
After creating several more visual novel adventure games, Horii went on to create ''Dragon Quest'', which is said to have created the blueprint for Japanese console role-playing games, taking inspiration from ''Portopia'', as well as Wizardry and Ultima. | |||
He was a fan of Apple PC role-playing games and was motivated to create Dragon Quest for ordinary gamers, who found such games difficult, and thus he worked on an intuitive control system, influenced by his work on ''Portopia''. | |||
His works also include the ''Itadaki Street'' series. Horii was also a supervisor of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, ''Chrono Trigger'', which had multiple game endings, with Horii appearing in one of the endings with the game development staff. | |||
Horii currently heads his own production company, Armor Project, a company that has an exclusive production contract with {{Meta|Square Enix}}, a contract established with Enix before the company merged with Square. He is on the selection committee for the annual Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award. | Horii currently heads his own production company, Armor Project, a company that has an exclusive production contract with {{Meta|Square Enix}}, a contract established with Enix before the company merged with Square. He is on the selection committee for the annual Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award. | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
In the ''Mystery Dungeon'' franchise, he appeared only for the {{DragonQuestSeriesTitle}}. Of this, he was an executive producer for one game. | |||
In the ''Mystery Dungeon'' franchise, he appeared | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{Mystery Dungeon Franchise Staff Navbox}} | {{Mystery Dungeon Franchise Development Staff Navbox}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Horii</ref> Wikipedia | * <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Horii</ref> Wikipedia | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:09, 24 May 2025
| Yuji Horii 堀井 雄二 | |
|---|---|
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| Yuji Horii (left), next to Masahiro Sakurai (right), during an interview held in 2019. | |
| Information | |
| Date of Birth | January 6, 1954 |
| Place of Birth | Awaji Island, Japan |
| Works | Designer, writer |
| Social media | |
| YouTube | None |
| @YujiHorii | |
| Bluesky | None |
Yuji Horii (Japanese: 堀井 雄二), born January 6, 1954, is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the Dragon Quest series of role-playing games, supervising and writing the scenario for Chrono Trigger, as well as the first visual novel adventure game Portopia Serial Murder Case.
Career
Horii graduated from Waseda University's Department of Literature. He also worked as a freelance writer for newspapers, comics, and magazines, including the Famicom Shinken video games column that ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1988. He then entered in an Enix-sponsored game programming contest, where he placed with Love Match Tennis, a tennis video game, motivating him to become a video game designer. Horii then created The Portopia Serial Murder Case along with Chunsoft, a game that later inspired Hideo Kojima, of Metal Gear fame, to enter the video game industry. It is the first part of the Yuji Horii Mysteries trilogy, along with its successors Okhotsk ni Kiyu: Hokkaido Rensa Satsujin (1984), and Karuizawa Yūkai Annai (1985).
After creating several more visual novel adventure games, Horii went on to create Dragon Quest, which is said to have created the blueprint for Japanese console role-playing games, taking inspiration from Portopia, as well as Wizardry and Ultima. He was a fan of Apple PC role-playing games and was motivated to create Dragon Quest for ordinary gamers, who found such games difficult, and thus he worked on an intuitive control system, influenced by his work on Portopia. His works also include the Itadaki Street series. Horii was also a supervisor of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, Chrono Trigger, which had multiple game endings, with Horii appearing in one of the endings with the game development staff.
Horii currently heads his own production company, Armor Project, a company that has an exclusive production contract with Square Enix, a contract established with Enix before the company merged with Square. He is on the selection committee for the annual Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award.
Works
In the Mystery Dungeon franchise, he appeared only for the Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon series. Of this, he was an executive producer for one game.
| Year | Game | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 |  Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
|
Original Scenario and Game Design | |
| 1999 |  World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope
|
Original Scenario | |
| 2001 | 
|
Original Scenario | |
| 2004 |
|
Executive Producer |
See Also
| Mystery Dungeon Franchise Development Staff | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artists | Akira Toriyama • JERO • Kaoru Hasegawa • Shigehisa Nakaue | |
| Composers | noisycroak (Keisuke Ito) | |
| Producers | Frank "Bo" deWindt II • Hironobu Sakaguchi • Tsunekazu Ishihara | |
| Programmers | Masayasu Yamamoto | |
| Voice Actors | 
|
Shinichiro Ohta |
| Writers | Masato Kato | |
| Other | Nob Ogasawara • Tomoya Shinozaki • Yuji Horii | |
References
- [1] Wikipedia