Chihiro Fujioka
Career. Fujioka began his career as a sound designer and composer at Xtalsoft in 1983 and quickly distinguished himself in a management capacity. He first collaborated with Ryuji Sasai on the soundtrack to "Mugen no Shinzou III". When Xtalsoft was absorbed to become the Osaka branch of Technology and Entertainment Software in 1990, Fujioka became a director of the department. His first work with Square was as director of "Final Fantasy Legend III" on which he work with Sasai again on the soundtrack. His third involvement with Sasai was on "Final Fantasy Mystic Quest" with Sasai as sole  composer and Fujioka writing. His most prominent role was as director of "Super Mario RPG". Fujioka left Square in 2000 with a number of other employees to form AlphaDream, where he directed a number of their early games, including "Tomato Adventure" and a number of "Hamtaro" games, as well as helped design multiple "Mario & Luigi" games. In addition to his game development work, Fujioka served as a drummer for a progressive rock band called Mr. Sirius. He also joined Nobuo Uematsu's band, Earthbound Papas.