Katsura Hashino

Katsura Hashino (Japanese: 橋野 桂) is a Japanese video game director and producer, best known for working on the Persona role-playing game series by Atlus. Inside the company, Hashino served as director of P-Studio, formed to help manage the Persona series, as well as Studio Zero, which he formed in 2017 to work on other styles of games.

This article is about the video game developer. For the manga artist, see Katsura Hoshino.

Katsura Hashino
橋野 桂
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Game director and producer
Notable work	Persona series
Title	Director of Studio Zero
Term	1994–present

Career

Hashino made his debut as a director with the 1999 Dreamcast game, Maken X.[1] He has directed or produced several games in the Megami Tensei and Persona series.[2] In addition to Persona, Hashino was the director and producer on Catherine in 2011.[3] In 2017, Hashino formed a new internal division at Atlus called Studio Zero, beginning work on a new game titled Project Re Fantasy.[4][5]

Works

Year	Title	Role
1994	Shin Megami Tensei If...	Designer
1995	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
1999	Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
	Maken X	Director
2001	Maken Shao: Demon Sword
2003	Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
2004	Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga	Director, producer
2005	Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2	Producer
	Trauma Center: Under the Knife
2006	Trauma Center: Second Opinion
	Persona 3	Director, producer
	Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army	Producer
2007	Persona 3 FES	Director, producer
	Trauma Center: New Blood	Development manager
2008	Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
	Persona 4	Director, producer
2009	Persona 3 Portable	Producer
2011	Catherine	Director, producer
	Persona 4 Golden	Producer
2012	Persona 4 Arena
2013	Dragon's Crown
	Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
2014	Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
2015	Persona 4: Dancing All Night
2016	Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir
	Persona 5	Director, producer
2019	Catherine: Full Body	Producer
TBA	Project Re Fantasy	Director, producer[6]

References

1. "橋野 桂 [プロデューサー&ゲームディレクター] | スタッフ Voice". 2015-05-30. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
2. "Precious Moments, Hype and High School: A Conversation with 'Persona 5' Director Katsura Hashino". Waypoint. 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Catherine is twenty-hours long, has multiple endings - Gematsu". Gematsu. 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "Longtime Persona director hands off series after more than a decade". Polygon. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
5. Stenbuck, Kite. "Katsura Hashino gives more insights on Project Re FANTASY in Dengeki interview | RPG Site". www.rpgsite.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
6. Romano, Sal. "Katsura Hashino comments on Project Re Fantasy at TGS 2018". Gematsu. Retrieved 2 March 2020.