is a Japanese

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...

producer and president of the game development company, Studio Istolia. He formerly worked at

Namco Bandai is a Japanese multinational video game publisher headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and ...

Studios where he was hired by them before their merge to be primarily involved with the production of the '' Tales of'' video games. He joined Namco in 2001. From ''

Tales of Innocence is an action role-playing game, developed and released for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Vita. ''Innocence'' is the ninth main installment in the '' Tales'' series, developed by Alfa System and published by Bandai Namco Games. It was releas ...

'' (2007), he was the brand manager and the producer of the ''Tales of'' video game series. On February 21, 2017,

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announced the formation of a new development studio, Studio Istolia, with Baba the president of the studio and producer of its first game ''Project Prelude Rune''. In April 5, 2019 it was announced that Hideo Baba had resigned from Square Enix and Studio Istolia due to a change in management policies.

Games

* '' Death by Degrees'' S2(January 27, 2005) — production manager * '' Tales of Destiny'' S2(November 30, 2006) — director * ''

'' S(December 6, 2007) — producer * ''Tales of Destiny - Director's Cut'' S2(January 31, 2008) — producer * '' Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World'' ii(June 26, 2008) - production supervisor * ''

Tales of Vesperia is an action role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio. The tenth mainline entry in the '' Tales'' series, it was released for the Xbox 360 and published in Japan and North America by Namco Bandai Games in 2008, and in European territor ...

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(August 7, 2008) — brand manager * ''

Eternal Sonata is a role-playing video game developed by tri-Crescendo and published by Bandai Namco Games. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe. The game wa ...

'' S3(September 18, 2008) — producer * ''

Tales of Hearts is an action role-playing game released for the Nintendo DS in Japan and the PlayStation Vita worldwide. It is the eleventh main entry in the ''Tales'' series, developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Bandai Namco Games. The Japan-ex ...

'' S(December 18, 2008) — producer * '' Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2'' SP(January 29, 2009) — producer * ''

Tales of VS (pronounced as ''"Tales of Versus"'') is a crossover fighting game featuring various characters across the ''Tales'' video game series. It was developed by Matrix Software and published by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation Portable on Au ...

'' SP(August 6, 2009) — producer * '' Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow'' S(October 8, 2009) — producer * ''

Tales of Graces is an action role-playing game released for the Wii in Japan in December 2009. The game is a core product of the ''Tales'' series and was developed by Namco Tales Studio. The game was ported to the PlayStation 3 under the title and was rele ...

'' ii(December 10, 2009) — producer * ''Tales of Graces F'' S3(December 2, 2010) — producer * ''

Tales of Xillia is an action role-playing game released exclusively for the PlayStation 3. It is the thirteenth main installment of the Tales (video game series), ''Tales'' series and is developed by Namco Tales Studio with Namco Bandai Games as the publisher. ...

'' S3(September 8, 2011) — producer * '' Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave'' SP(February 2, 2012) — Special Thanks * ''

Tales of Xillia 2 is an action role-playing game for the PlayStation 3 released on November 1, 2012, in Japan. It is the fourteenth core product in the ''Tales'' series and was developed and published by Bandai Namco Games. The game was localized for North Americ ...

'' S3(November 1, 2012) — producer * ''

Tales of Zestiria is an action role-playing game. It is the fifteenth main entry in the ''Tales'' series, developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released in January 2015 in Japan on the PlayStation 3. For Western re ...

'' S3(2015) — producer * ''Project Prelude Rune'' S4(Cancelled) — producer

References

{{Reflist Bandai Namco Holdings Japanese video game producers