Hajime Tabata

Hajime Tabata

Hajime Tabata at Lucca Comics & Games 2016
Native name 田畑 端
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Video game director at Square Enix

Hajime Tabata (田畑 端 Tabata Hajime) is a Japanese game director who works for Square Enix. He is the Head of Square Enix's Business Division 2[1] and part of the Final Fantasy Committee that is tasked with keeping the franchise's releases and content consistent.[2]

Career

When Tabata was in Middle school, he played a historical role-playing game made by Koei and first imagined how much fun it would be to make his own game.[3] In his last year of university, he applied for jobs in the video game industry and in other media arts such as documentaries, television and film.[3] He worked at several different video game publishers prior to his being hired at Square Enix, which he said gave him experience making action games, arcade games, and role-playing games.[3]

Square Enix

In the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the international outpouring of support for Japan was paralleled at Square Enix by fan letters about the upcoming release of Type-0, and encouraged Tabata to make something special for the fans and those living through difficult times.[4]

Current projects

He is working as the director for Final Fantasy XV after taking over from Tetsuya Nomura, a change that was announced in September 2014.[5] He used to be co-director on the project.[4] During his work on Final Fantasy XV, Tabata joked about his busy schedule, mentioning he regularly got only three hours sleep.[4] Tabata, whose previous experience was with portable gaming devices, stated he is excited to work on console systems and "help players dive even deeper into their experiences".[4]

Works

Release Title Platform(s) Credit(s)
1999 Monster Rancher 2[6] PlayStation Event director
1999 Deception III: Dark Delusion[6] PlayStation Event director
2004 Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII Mobile Director
2005 Last Order: Final Fantasy VII Anime Special thanks
2007 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII PlayStation Portable Director
2009 Kingdom Hearts Coded Mobile Co-director
2010 The 3rd Birthday PlayStation Portable Director
2011 Final Fantasy Type-0 PlayStation Portable Director
2014 Final Fantasy Agito iOS, Android Producer
2015 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows Producer, director
2015 Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius iOS, Android Special thanks
2016 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Film Producer
2016 King's Knight iOS, Android Special thanks
2016 Final Fantasy XV PlayStation 4, Xbox One Director
TBA New IP TBA TBA[7]

References

  1. ↑ "第2ビジネス・ディビジョン". Square Enix. 2016.
  2. ↑ "What Does Square Enix's Final Fantasy Committee Do?". Siliconera. March 25, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Seto, Dan (2014-11-12). "Who is Hajime Tabata?". Square Enix Europe. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Farokhmanesh, Megan. "Overworked but happy: The man behind Final Fantasy 15 and Type-0". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  5. ↑ Sinan, Kubba (2014-09-18). "Nomura no longer directing Final Fantasy 15, new TGS trailer [update]". Engadget. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  6. 1 2 "Hajime Tabata Credits". MobyGames. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  7. ↑ "第2ビジネス・ディビジョン #2". Square Enix. 2016.

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