Akihiro Hino

Akihiro Hino (日野 晃博, Hino Akihiro) (born July 20, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer and businessman. Starting his career as a programmer in the 1990s, he later took on roles in writing, design, directing and producing. He founded Level-5 in 1998, where he remains its president and CEO.

Akihiro Hino
日野 晃博
Hino in 2015
Born (1968-07-20) July 20, 1968
Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationGame designer, game producer, scriptwriter
Notable work
Dark Cloud series
Professor Layton series
Inazuma Eleven series
TitlePresident and CEO of Level-5 Inc.
Term1996–present

Biography

Hino began his career in the video game industry in the late 1980s 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 designer and director for the sequel, OverBlood 2.

Hino founded Level-5 in October 1998.[1] Since the creation of Level-5, Hino has designed, planned and produced several of the studio's released titles, Dark Cloud, Dark Chronicle and Rogue Galaxy for the PlayStation 2, Jeanne d'Arc for the PlayStation Portable, and Professor Layton and the Curious Village for the Nintendo DS. He also directed Square Enix's Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King for the PlayStation 2.

Recently, Hino once again assumed designing and producing duties for Level-5's titles, White Knight Chronicles for the PlayStation 3, and the next two Professor Layton games – the Diabolical Box and the Unwound Future, both for the Nintendo DS, and Inazuma Eleven for the Nintendo DS, and Dragon Quest IX, also for the DS, which is his studio's second collaboration with role-playing video game powerhouse Square Enix.

Works
YearTitleRole
1989Burai: JokanProgrammer
1992Prince of PersiaProgrammer (3DO version)
1994Doctor HauzerProgrammer
1996OverBloodProgrammer
1998OverBlood 2Director, designer, writer
2000Dark CloudProducer, designer, writer
2002Dark ChronicleProducer, designer, writer
2004Dragon Quest VIIIDirector
2005Rogue GalaxyDirector, producer, designer, writer
2006Jeanne d'ArcProducer
2007Professor Layton and the Curious VillageProducer, designer, writer
Professor Layton and the Diabolical BoxProducer, designer, writer
Inazuma ElevenProducer, designer, writer
2008Professor Layton and the Unwound FutureProducer, designer, writer
White Knight ChroniclesDirector, producer, designer, writer
2009Inazuma Eleven 2Producer
Dragon Quest IXDirector
Professor Layton and the Last SpecterProducer, designer, writer
2010Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark DjinnWriter
Inazuma Eleven 3Producer
2011Professor Layton and the Miracle MaskProducer, designer, writer
Inazuma Eleven StrikersProducer
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White WitchProducer, writer
2012LBX: Little Battlers eXperienceProducer, planning, writer
Time TravelersProducer
Mobile Suit Gundam AGEProducer, designer, writer
Layton Brothers: Mystery RoomProducer
Crimson ShroudExecutive producer
Inazuma Eleven GO Strikers 2013Producer
Fantasy LifeProducer
2013Professor Layton and the Azran LegacyProducer
Guild02Executive producer
Yo-kai WatchProducer, writer
Attack of the Friday MonstersExecutive producer
2014Wonder FlickDirector, producer
Yo-kai Watch 2Producer, writer
2015Yo-kai Watch BlastersProducer
2016Yo-kai Watch 3Producer, writer
2017Layton's Mystery JourneyGeneral director, planning, writer
Snack World: TrejarersGeneral director, planning, writer
2018Ni no Kuni II: Revenant KingdomGeneral director, writer
Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl - GoldGeneral director, planning, writer
2019Yo-kai Watch 4Producer, writer

References
  1. Winkler, Chris (2003). "Creator's Talk Interview #2: Akihiro Hino". RPGFan.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.


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