Seiichi Ishii Explained

Seiichi Ishii
Birth Name:石井 精
Birth Place:Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Birth Date:18 August 1967
Occupation:Video game designer

Seiichi Ishii (石井 精一 Ishii Seiichi, born August 18, 1967) is a Japanese game designer. He is best known for the development of fighting games.

Ishii was born in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He was a designer on groundbreaking Sega titles Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter. Ishii was also a designer and director for the first Tekken game in 1994 and Tekken 2 in 1995. He established his own company, DreamFactory in November 1995, through Sega and Namco, expanding his fighting game pedigree to create titles such as Tobal No. 1, Ehrgeiz, and The Bouncer.

Games developed

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Title Year released Platform Role
Virtua Racing1992Sega Model 1Game Design
Virtua Fighter1993Sega Model 1Coordinator / Game Design
Tekken1994Namco System 11, PlayStationDirector / Game Design
Tekken 21995Namco System 11Director / Game Design
Tobal No. 11996PlayStationDirector / Game Design
Tobal 21997PlayStationDirector / Game Design
Street Fighter EX Plus α1997PlayStationSpecial Thanks
1998Namco System 12, PlayStationDirector / Game Design
The Bouncer2000PlayStation 2Director / Game Design
2002XboxGame Design
Crimson Tears2004PlayStation 2Scenario, Supervision