Seiichi Ishii (石井精一 ''Ishii Seiichi'', born 18 August 1967) is a Japanese game designer. He is best known for the development of

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s. Ishii was born in Ichinomiya City,

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

, Japan. He was a designer on groundbreaking

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titles ''

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'' and '' Virtua Fighter''. Ishii was also a designer and director for the first ''

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'' game in 1994 and '' Tekken 2'' in 1995. He established his own company, DreamFactory Co., Ltd. in November 1995, through Sega Enterprises Ltd. and Namco Ltd., expanding his

pedigree to create titles such as '' Tobal No. 1'', '' Ehrgeiz'', and '' The Bouncer''.

Games developed

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* 1967 births Living people Japanese video game designers People from Aichi Prefecture {{videogame-bio-stub