Katsura Hashino
橋野 桂
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
Years active1994–present
EmployerAtlus
Notable workMegami Tensei series
Persona series
TitleFounder, Studio Zero

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. From 2006 to 2016, Hashino served as director of P-Studio, an internal team at Atlus that developed the Persona series. Following the release of Persona 5 (2016), Hashino departed P-Studio to establish Studio Zero, another development team at Atlus focused on the creation of a new IP.

Career

Hashino made his directorial debut with Maken X (1999).[1] He has since directed or produced several games in the Megami Tensei and Persona series.[2] In addition to Persona, Hashino directed and produced on Catherine (2011).[3] Hashino formed a new internal division at Atlus in 2017 called Studio Zero, with their first release being a port of the Catherine with additional content, Catherine: Full Body (2019). The studio's first original game was the fantasy role-playing Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024).[4][5]

Works

Year Title Role
1994 Shin Megami Tensei If... Game design
1995 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
1997 Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
1999 Maken X Director
2001 Maken Shao: Demon Sword
2003 Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Director, supervisor
2004 Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Planning director, producer
2005 Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 Producer
Trauma Center: Under the Knife Original plot, producer
2006 Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army Producer
Persona 3 Director, producer
Trauma Center: Second Opinion Producer
2007 Etrian Odyssey Special advisor
Persona 3 FES Director, producer
Trauma Center: New Blood Development manager
2008 Etrian Odyssey II Special advisor
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 Development manager
Persona 4 Director
Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon Supervisor
2009 Persona 3 Portable Producer
2011 Catherine Director, producer, lyrics
Persona 4 Golden Original story, game design, creative producer
2012 Persona 4 Arena Game design, creative producer
2013 Dragon's Crown General producer
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Game design, producer
2014 Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Producer
2015 Persona 4: Dancing All Night
2016 Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir General producer
Persona 5 Director, producer
2018 Dragon's Crown Pro General producer
2019 Catherine: Full Body Producer
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Development support
2024 Metaphor: ReFantazio Director

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. ↑ Vitale, Adam. "Atlus reveals Metaphor: ReFantazio for Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC, set to launch in 2024". RPG Site. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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