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Hashimoto

Shinji Hashimoto.

Shinji Hashimoto (橋本 真司, Hashimoto Shinji?) is a former corporate advisor of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. and a former video game producer, executive officer, senior member of the board of directors, and executive director of Square Enix Co., Ltd.[1] He was also the general manager of the Media & Arts Business Division and was the division executive of Business Division 3.[2][3]

Hashimoto is the former brand manager of the Final Fantasy series before being taken over by Yoshinori Kitase in April 2021.[4] In May 2021, he announced that he would be stepping down as executive director and would serve as corporate advisor.[5] On May 31, 2022, he announced that he would be retiring that day.[6][7]

Previously working for Bandai, Hashimoto joined Square Co., Ltd. in April 1995 and he was in charge of the business and marketing aspects of the Final Fantasy series. More recently, he had also served as the executive producer of a number of Final Fantasy games. He is the producer of Final Fantasy XV (2016), which will make it his first solo Final Fantasy production since Final Fantasy VIII (1999).

Works within the series[]

Game Release Work
Final Fantasy VII 1997 Publicity Producer
Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon 1998 Producer
Chocobo Racing 1999 Producer
Final Fantasy VIII 1999 Producer
Final Fantasy IX 2000 Producer (with Hironobu Sakaguchi)
Final Fantasy X 2001 Sales & Marketing Producer
Final Fantasy X-2 2003 Sales & Marketing Producer
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- 2004 Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children 2005 Producer (with Yoshinori Kitase)
Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- 2006 Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy XII 2006 Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy V Advance 2006 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy VI Advance 2006 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales 2006 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings 2007 Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System 2007 Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- 2007 Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon 2007 Executive Producer
Dissidia Final Fantasy 2008 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete 2009 Producer (with Yoshinori Kitase and Ichiro Hazama)
Final Fantasy XIII 2009 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 2010 Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy 2011 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy Type-0 2011 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy XIII-2 2011 Executive Producer
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy 2012 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy: All The Bravest 2013 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 2013 Special Thanks
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII 2013 Executive Producer
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call 2014 Executive Producer
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD 2015 Executive Producer
Dissidia Final Fantasy (Arcade) 2015 Executive Producer
World of Final Fantasy 2016 Producer
Final Fantasy XV 2016 Producer
Final Fantasy VII Remake 2020 Executive Producer / FF Brand Manager

In-game appearances[]

Final Fantasy Type-0[]

FFT0 Hashimoto Meijin

Hashimoto Meijin.

Hashimoto appears as a Support Personnel of Akademeia, named "Hashimoto Meijin". He shares the character model with Eight.

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