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
NationalityJapanese
OccupationGame director and producer
Notable work
Persona series
TitleDirector of Studio Zero
Term1994–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.


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