Shinji Hashimoto

Shinji Hashimoto is a former corporate advisor of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. and a former video game producer, executive officer, senior member of the board of directors, and executive director of Square Enix Co., Ltd.https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013417/https://www.jp.square-enix.com/company/en/officer/ He was also the general manager of the Media & Arts Business Division and was the division executive of Business Division 3.https://www.jp.square-enix.com/recruit/career/BU-BD/MABD/https://web.archive.org/web/20181119184754/https://www.jp.square-enix.com/recruit/career/group/3bd/
Hashimoto is the former brand manager of the Final Fantasy series before being taken over by Yoshinori Kitase in April 2021.https://www.siliconera.com/yoshinori-kitase-succeeds-shinji-hashimoto-as-final-fantasy-brand-manager/ In May 2021, he announced that he would be stepping down as executive director and would serve as corporate advisor.https://twitter.com/shinjihashimot3/status/1395653336880218115 On May 31, 2022, he announced that he would be retiring that day.https://twitter.com/shinjihashimot3/status/1531626659555995648https://twitter.com/SquareEnix/status/1531679815085871104
Previously working for Bandai, Hashimoto joined Square Co., Ltd. in April 1995 and he was in charge of the business and marketing aspects of the Final Fantasy series. More recently, he had also served as the executive producer of a number of Final Fantasy games. He is the producer of Final Fantasy XV (2016), which will make it his first solo Final Fantasy production since Final Fantasy VIII (1999).
==Works within the series==
Game 	Release	Work
Final Fantasy VII 	1997 	Publicity Producer
Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon 	1998 	Producer
Chocobo Racing 	1999 	Producer
Final Fantasy VIII 	1999 	Producer
Final Fantasy IX 	2000 	Producer (with Hironobu Sakaguchi)
Final Fantasy X 	2001 	Sales & Marketing Producer
Final Fantasy X-2 	2003 	Sales & Marketing Producer
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- 	2004 	Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children 	2005 	Producer (with Yoshinori Kitase)
Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- 	2006 	Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy XII 	2006 	Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy V Advance 	2006 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy VI Advance 	2006 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales 	2006 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings 	2007 	Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System	2007 	Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- 	2007 	Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon 	2007 	Executive Producer
Dissidia Final Fantasy 	2008 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete 	2009 	Producer (with Yoshinori Kitase and Ichiro Hazama)
Final Fantasy XIII 	2009 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 	2010 	Sales & Marketing Senior Vice President
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy 	2011 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy Type-0 	2011 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy XIII-2 	2011 	Executive Producer
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy 	2012 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy: All The Bravest 	2013 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 	2013 	Special Thanks
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII 	2013 	Executive Producer
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call 	2014 	Executive Producer
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD 	2015 	Executive Producer
Dissidia Final Fantasy (Arcade) 	2015 	Executive Producer
World of Final Fantasy 	2016 	Producer
Final Fantasy XV 	2016 	Producer
Final Fantasy VII Remake 	2020 	Executive Producer / FF Brand Manager
==In-game appearances==
===Final Fantasy Type-0===
Hashimoto appears as a Support Personnel of Akademeia, named "Hashimoto Meijin". He shares the character model with Eight.
==Trivia==
*Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII and Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII are Hashimoto's favorite characters in the series.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXSuJKs1530
==Citations==
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