Shinji Hashimoto

Shinji Hashimoto (橋本 真司, Hashimoto Shinji) is a Japanese game producer at Square Enix. He currently serves as corporate executive of the company's 1st Production Department. He has been the producer for several titles, including games in the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series. He currently serves as the corporate executive of Square Enix's Business Division 3 and is executive producer on most titles developed by Square Enix's first four business divisions.

Biography

Early Work

Hashimoto previously worked for the toy company Bandai. He currently works for Square Enix, which he joined in 1995.

Final Fantasy

He was the promotions producer for Final Fantasy VII. When asked at E3 2008 about the possibility of a remake of Final Fantasy VII, he said that Square Enix is aware fans would like that, and that they are very busy making other titles first. As Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts were being completed, the learning experience the team had during the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII project spawned the Fabula Nova Crystallis series which was supposed to build on it.