About the creator

Career

Game designer, Director

Born

6 January 1954

Place of birth

Awaji Island

Known games

17

Yuji Horii is a Japanese writer and designer who began as a freelance journalist and programmer before creating Armor Project. As its CEO, he has maintained a long-running production partnership first with Enix and then Square Enix, overseeing Dragon Quest as its creator, scenario writer and director.