# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koichi-ishii
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:24:22.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koichi-ishii"
name: "Koichi Ishii"
slug: "koichi-ishii"
description: "Koichi Ishii  is a Japanese video game designer best known for creating the Mana series and founding Grezzo. He joined Square in 1986, where he has directed or produced every game released in the Mana series. He has also contributed to several games in Square Enix's Final Fantasy and SaGa series, and created the well-known chocobo and moogle characters."
tagline: "Final Fantasy designer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Koichi_Ishii_protrait_2.jpg/330px-Koichi_Ishii_protrait_2.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1964-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.007313333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411011/"
    handle:    "nm0411011"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E4%BA%95%E6%B5%A9%E4%B8%80"
    title: "石井浩一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "كويتشي إيشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "كويتشى ايشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Ishii"
    title: "Koichi Ishii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C"
    title: "کویتشی ایشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Ishii"
    title: "Kōichi Ishii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Ishii"
    title: "Kōichi Ishii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E4%BA%95%E6%B5%A9%E4%B8%80"
    title: "石井浩一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%8B%9C%EC%9D%B4_%EC%BD%94%EC%9D%B4%EC%B9%98"
    title: "이시이 코이치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Исии, Коити"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2588817"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump