is a Japanese

graphic designer A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, ...

and composer who is widely known for his work at the game development studio

Treasure Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions leg ...

. He started his career by joining

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in 1989 where he worked on a number of arcade titles. In 1992, Iuchi and a number of Konami employees including

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and Norio Hanzawa splintered away from the company to form Treasure. His first game for the new company was the critically acclaimed

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. In 1995, Iuchi left Treasure to join

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but soon left due to disagreements with the company's business practices. He was re-hired by Treasure in 1997 where he worked on his first project as a director,

Radiant Silvergun is a shoot 'em up developed by Treasure. It was originally released in Japanese arcades in 1998 and subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn later that year. The story follows a team of fighter pilots in the far future who are battling waves o ...

. Despite a new string of successes including ''

Ikaruga is a shoot 'em up developed by Treasure. It is the spiritual sequel to ''Radiant Silvergun'' (1998) and was originally released in Japanese arcades in December 2001. The story follows a rebel pilot named Shinra as he battles an enemy nation u ...

'' and ''

Gradius V is a Japanese-developed shoot 'em up video game published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console in 2004. ''Gradius V'' was largely developed under contract by Treasure, who had previously worked on ''Radiant Silvergun'' and ''I ...

'', Iuchi once again left Treasure in 2006. He resurfaced in 2007 as a freelance graphic designer and has since worked with Treasure on the

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port of ''Ikaruga'' and '' Bleach: Versus Crusade'' for the

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. In 2012 he directed Kokuga for

G.Rev , short for G.revolution, is a Japanese video game developer. The company was founded by former employees of Taito's arcade division who had worked on '' G-Darius'' and ''RayStorm'', and is known primarily for their arcade shoot 'em up games. H ...

. As of 2013 he works at M2.

Works

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Quarth , known as ''Block Hole'' outside Japan, is a hybrid puzzle/shoot 'em up game developed by Konami which was released in 1989 as an arcade game. Besides the arcade version, there were also ports of the game to the MSX2 (with a built-in SCC chip) ...

'' (1989) - Graphics *''

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'' (1990) - 2nd Player and Demonstration Graphics *''

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'' (1991) - Character Graphics *''

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'' (1991) - 1st Boss and Character Display Graphics *''

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'' (1992) - Character, Effects, and Demonstration Graphics *''

'' (1993) - All Background Graphics and Title Logo *''

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'' (1995) - Stages 1–9 Background Graphics *'' Light Crusader'' (1995) - Background, Effects, and 70% Character Graphics, 2 Pieces of Music *'' Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru'' (1997) - 70% Background Graphics, 50% Boss Graphics, Other *''

'' (1998) - Director, Planner, All Background Graphics, Effects *'' Sin and Punishment: Hoshi no Keishōsha'' (2000) - 90% Background Graphics, Effects, Other *''

'' (2001) - Director, Planner, Prototype Production, 70% Background Graphics, Effects, All Music *''

'' (2004) - Director, Planner, 60% Background Graphics, Effects *''

'' XBLA (2008) - Graphic Data Conversion, Additional Graphics *'' Bleach: Versus Crusade'' (2008) - 90% Background Graphics, Lighting *'' Strania'' (2011) - 10% Background Graphics *''

Kokuga is a shoot 'em up game released by G.rev in 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS. It was directed by Hiroshi Iuchi, famous for his seminal shoot 'em up, shmups Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga. Unlike many worldwide releases, the game wasn't released in Canada ...

'' (2012) - Director, Planner, 80% Background Graphics, Effects *'' 3D After Burner II'' (2013) - Planner, Graphic Designer *'' 3D Thunder Blade'' (2013) - Graphic Designer *'' Ubusuna'' (TBA) - Director, Music

References

External links

Hiroshi Iuchi's Website
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