Tetsuya Takahashi

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Head of Japanese developer Monolith Software, Inc. He is best known as as the creator of the Xeno franchise, having directed Xenogears, the Xenosaga series, and the Xenoblade Chronicles series.

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Overview

Tetsuya Takahashi is a Japanese game designer that began his career as a graphics designer, first at Nihon Falcom where he worked on games such as, Star Trader, Dinosaur (Game), and Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, . He was later hired by Squaresoft, where he worked on a number of Final Fantasy (Franchise) titles including Final Fantasy IV, V, and VI. He also contributed to the development of Front Mission (Game) and Chrono Trigger (Game). It was also at Squaresoft that he met Soraya Saga, whom he would eventually marry and work with as a collaborator.

Xenogears

Takahashi served as the director and scenario writer of the classic PlayStation RPG Xenogears (Game). Production of the game was met with some trouble, as the development staff were new and it was difficult for the team to complete the game on time leading to an "unfinished" Disc 2. Following the release of Xenogears, Takahashi left Square after the company declined the idea of green-lighting a sequel to the game due to a lack of sufficient sales figures.

Monolith Software

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After leaving Square, Takahashi founded Monolith Software Inc. and partnered with Namco (Company), which became part-owner of the studio. Takahashi then created the Xenosaga (Franchise) series, which was considered a spiritual successor to Xenogears. Though originally planned to have six episodes, it was eventually reduced to a trilogy. All three entries in the Xenosaga series were produced for the PlayStation 2, with a compilation retelling of Xenosaga I+II also made for the DS.

Nintendo

In 2007, Namco sold its stake in Monolith Software to Nintendo (Company). Takahashi's first project following the transfer of ownership was the action RPG Soma Bringer (Game) on the DS. He then began the Xenoblade (Franchise) series, with Xenoblade Chronicles (Game), a project that was originally titled Monado: Beginning of a the World.

Currently in 2018, the Xenoblade series is composed of Xenoblade Chronicles (Game), Xenoblade Chronicles X (Game), Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Game), and the DLC expansion for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Torna the Golden Country

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Name

Tetsuya Takahashi

Gender

Male

Born

18 November 1966

Died

Hometown

Shizuoka Prefecture

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Franchises

• Has franchises: Final Fantasy (Franchise), Kingdom Hearts (Franchise), Chrono (Franchise), Xenosaga (Franchise), Mana (Franchise), SaGa (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Terra Branford (Character), Cyan Garamonde (Character), Edgar Roni Figaro (Character), Gau (Character), Gogo (Character), Locke Cole (Character), Sabin Rene Figaro (Character), Crono's Mom (Character), Crono (Character), Frog (Character), Lucca (Character), Robo (Character), Rydia (Character), Zeromus (Character), Cecil Harvey (Character), Kain Highwind (Character), Rosa Farrell (Character), Tellah (Character), Lavos (Character), Schala (Character), Bartz Klauser (Character), Faris Scherwiz (Character), Galuf Halm Baldesion (Character), Lenna Charlotte Tycoon (Character), Shion Uzuki (Character), Albedo (Character), KOS-MOS (Character), MOMO Mizrahi (Character), Edward Chris von Muir (Character), Randi (Character), Popoi (Character), Primm (Character), Ayla (Character), Fei Fong Wong (Character), Elhaym Van Houten (Character), ID (Character), Dryad (Character), Gnome (Character), Lumina (Character), Luna (Character), Salamando (Character), Shade (Character), Sylphid (Character), Undine (Character), Siren (Character), Carbuncle (Character), Shulk (Character), Alvis (Character), Dickson (Character), Dunban (Character), Fiora (Character), Melia (Character), Reyn (Character), Riki (Character), Sharla (Character), Sorean (Character), Kallian (Character)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Plot Twist (Concept), Moogle (Concept), Mana (Concept)

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Related People

• Has related people: Hitoshi Yamagami (Person), Hirohide Sugiura (Person), Yasuyuki Honne (Person), Hironobu Sakaguchi (Person), Tadashi Nomura (Person), Kaori Tanaka (Person), Tomohiro Hagiwara (Person)