{"id":125302,"date":"2022-05-31T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132252"},"modified":"2022-05-31T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T17:30:00","slug":"veteran-square-enix-producer-shinji-hashimoto-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/31\/veteran-square-enix-producer-shinji-hashimoto-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Square-Enix Producer Shinji Hashimoto Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bed5630fa452c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bed5630fa452c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bed5630fa452c\/final-fantasy-xi.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"491\" alt=\"Final Fantasy XI\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Square-Enix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Long-time Square-Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto &#8211; known for his work on the <strong>Final Fantasy<\/strong> and <strong>Kingdom Hearts<\/strong> franchises &#8211; has announced his formal retirement from the company via a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shinjihashimot3\/status\/1531626659555995648\">Twitter<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u7686\u69d8\u3001\u304a\u75b2\u308c\u69d8\u3067\u3059\u3002\u672c\u65e55\u670831\u65e5\uff08\u706b\uff09\u3092\u3082\u3061\u307e\u3057\u3066\u5b9a\u5e74\u9000\u8077\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5728\u8077\u4e2d\u306f\u591a\u65b9\u9762\u306e\u7686\u3005\u69d8\u65b9\u3005\u306b\u306f\u5927\u5909\u304a\u4e16\u8a71\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3053\u308c\u304b\u3089\u306f\u3001\u4e00\u30b9\u30af\u30a8\u30cb\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u3068\u3057\u3066\u5fdc\u63f4\u3055\u305b\u3066\u9802\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yIj89uvh8x\">pic.twitter.com\/yIj89uvh8x<\/a><\/span>\u2014 shinji hashimoto (@shinjihashimot3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shinjihashimot3\/status\/1531626659555995648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Translated, the tweet reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Thank you everyone. I will retire on May 31st (Tuesday) today. During my tenure, I am very grateful to all of you in various fields. From now on, I would like to support you as a SQUARE ENIX fan. I&#8217;m really thankful to you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hashimoto&#8217;s career with Square-Enix extends all the way back to 1995, spanning some of the company&#8217;s most iconic and successful games. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpgsite.net\/news\/12835-long-time-final-fantasy-producer-and-kingdom-hearts-originator-shinji-hashimoto-retires\">RPG Site<\/a>, he is often credited for quietly spawning the Kingdom Hearts franchise, having conspired with a Disney executive to bring the two companies together on a project whilst sharing an office building in Tokyo. He would subsequently go on to work on the entire franchise as either a producer or executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Hashimoto&#8217;s other credits include producer roles on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/final_fantasy_viii_remastered\">Final Fantasy VIII<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/final_fantasy_ix\">Final Fantasy IX<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/world_ends_with_you\">The World Ends With You<\/a>. He went on to serve as executive producer for the latter&#8217;s sequel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/neo_the_world_ends_with_you\">Neo: The World Ends With You<\/a>, a role that would prove to be one of his final contributions to the company.<\/p>\n<p>Here at Nintendo Life, we wholeheartedly thank Hashimoto for the work he&#8217;s put out over the years with Square-Enix and wish him all the best for his retirement years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Share your thoughts on Hashimoto&#8217;s retirement in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Square-Enix Long-time Square-Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto &#8211; known for his work on the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts franchises &#8211; has announced his formal retirement from the company via a Twitter post. \u7686\u69d8\u3001\u304a\u75b2\u308c\u69d8\u3067\u3059\u3002\u672c\u65e55\u670831\u65e5\uff08\u706b\uff09\u3092\u3082\u3061\u307e\u3057\u3066\u5b9a\u5e74\u9000\u8077\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5728\u8077\u4e2d\u306f\u591a\u65b9\u9762\u306e\u7686\u3005\u69d8\u65b9\u3005\u306b\u306f\u5927\u5909\u304a\u4e16\u8a71\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3053\u308c\u304b\u3089\u306f\u3001\u4e00\u30b9\u30af\u30a8\u30cb\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u3068\u3057\u3066\u5fdc\u63f4\u3055\u305b\u3066\u9802\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 pic.twitter.com\/yIj89uvh8x\u2014 shinji hashimoto (@shinjihashimot3) May 31, 2022 Translated, the tweet reads: Thank you everyone. I will retire on May 31st (Tuesday) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}