Katsura Hashino Explained

Katsura Hashino
Native Name:	橋野 桂
Native Name Lang:	ja
Nationality:	Japanese
Notable Works:	Megami Tensei series Persona series
Employer:	Atlus
Founder, Studio Zero
Years Active:	1994–present

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 Catherine with additional content, (2019). The studio's first original game is the fantasy role-playing (2024).^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 橋野 桂 [プロデューサー&ゲームディレクター] スタッフ Voice]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150530112552/http://www.atlus.co.jp/2pro/voice/kahashino.html. dead. 2015-05-30. 2015-05-30. 2018-05-04.
2. News: Precious Moments, Hype and High School: A Conversation with 'Persona 5' Director Katsura Hashino. 2017-04-04. Waypoint. 2018-05-04. en-us.
3. News: Catherine is twenty-hours long, has multiple endings - Gematsu. 2010-08-27. Gematsu. 2018-05-04. en-US.
4. News: Longtime Persona director hands off series after more than a decade. Polygon. 2018-05-04.
5. Web site: Vitale . Adam . Atlus reveals Metaphor: ReFantazio for Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC, set to launch in 2024 |url=https://www.rpgsite.net/news/14358-atlus-reveals-metaphor-refantazio-for-xbox-series-xs-and-windows-pc-set-to-launch-in-2024 |website=RPG Site |access-date=11 June 2023}}

   Works

   !Year!Title!Role

   1994	Shin Megami Tensei If...	Game design
   1995
   1997
   1999	Maken X	Director
   2001
   2003		Director, supervisor
   2004		Planning director, producer
   2005		Producer
   		Original plot, producer
   2006		Producer
   	Persona 3	Director, producer
   		Producer
   2007	Etrian Odyssey	Special advisor
   	Persona 3 FES	Director, producer
   		Development manager
   2008	Etrian Odyssey II	Special advisor
   		Development manager
   	Persona 4	Director
   		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		Producer
   2015
   2016		General producer
   	Persona 5	Director, producer
   2018	Dragon's Crown Pro	General producer
   2019		Producer
   		Development support
   2024		Director

   References

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