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Tetsuya Takahashi

1966 - Today

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Tetsuya Takahashi (高橋 哲哉, Takahashi Tetsuya) (born November 18, 1966) is a Japanese video game designer, writer and director. Takahashi worked at Square in the 90s as a graphic designer and graphic director, participating on some of their most well-received titles such as Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger, before directing and co-writing Xenogears. He left Square in 1999 to co-found Monolith Soft, where he would develop the Xenosaga and Xenoblade Chronicles series with Namco and Nintendo respectively, being the executive director of Xenoblade since the first entry in the series. He is married to Soraya Saga, who also worked with him at Square Enix, as well as on Xenosaga and Soma Bringer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Tetsuya Takahashi is the 63rd most popular game designer, the 2,489th most popular biography from Japan and the 26th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

Tetsuya Takahashi is most famous for his work as a video game designer and director at Monolith Soft, particularly for creating the "Xenogears" and "Xenosaga" series, as well as the "Xenoblade Chronicles" series. His contributions have significantly influenced the role-playing game genre and narrative design in video games.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Tetsuya Takahashi ranks 63 out of 77. Before him are Mark Cerny, Éric Chahi, Keiichiro Toyama, John Tobias, Michel Ancel, and Amy Hennig. After him are Koji Igarashi, Tim Schafer, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Patrice Désilets, Uwe Rosenberg, and Hidemaro Fujibayashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Tetsuya Takahashi ranks 624. Before him are Mário Centeno, Japhet N'Doram, Cédric Kahn, Jean-Luc Crétier, Amila Glamočak, and Tab Ramos. After him are Sonia Bergamasco, Elina Löwensohn, Hervé Boussard, Elisabeth Micheler-Jones, Denis Lathoud, and Lembit Oll.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tetsuya Takahashi ranks 2,488 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshiaki Shimojo (1954), Nakaba Suzuki (1977), Hikari Mitsushima (1985), Atsuji Miyahara (1958), and Keisuke Hoshino (1985). After him are Noriaki Ishizawa (1985), Koji Igarashi (1968), Masayuki Nakagomi (1967), Kento Kato (1995), Fumiyuki Kanda (1977), Shinnosuke Honda (1990), and Koushun Takami (1969).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Tetsuya Takahashi ranks 26. Before him are Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Yuji Naka (1965), Toshihiro Nagoshi (1965), Yoshinori Kitase (1966), Goichi Suda (1968), and Keiichiro Toyama (1970). After him are Koji Igarashi (1968), Yoshiaki Koizumi (1968), Hidemaro Fujibayashi (1972), Hajime Tabata (1971), and Kensuke Tanabe (1963).

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