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{{ja|'''Yuji Horii'''|堀井 雄二|Horii Yūji|also written as Yuuji Horii; born January 6, 1954 in [[Wikipedia:Awaji Island|Awaji Island]], Japan}} is a [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]] video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the {{DQSeries}}. A giant among industry veterans, he created the blueprint for the console role-playing game through his work on the ''[[Portopia]]'' series and the original ''Dragon Quest''. [[File:Yūji Horii.png|right|thumb|240px]] | {{ja|'''Yuji Horii'''|堀井 雄二|Horii Yūji|also written as Yuuji Horii; born January 6, 1954 in [[Wikipedia:Awaji Island|Awaji Island]], Japan}} is a [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese]] video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the {{DQSeries}}. A giant among industry veterans, he created the blueprint for the console role-playing game through his work on the ''[[Portopia]]'' series and the [[Dragon Quest|original ''Dragon Quest'']]. He is the sole owner of the ''Dragon Quest'' series via his private company, [[Armor Project]], which has an exclusive publishing contract with [[Square Enix]]. [[File:Yūji Horii.png|right|thumb|240px]] | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Due to the nation-wide students protests of 1972, as well as the murder of [[Wikipedia:Daisaburo Kawaguchi|Daisaburo Kawaguchi]], the administrative staff of Waseda effectively shut the campus down for an entire year. This abundance of free time allowed Horii to build stronger friendships with his classmates, many of whom would go on to enter the entertainment industry and hire him to write articles for their magazines. Horii would work as a professional free-lance writer during his six year stay at Waseda, producing content for a variety of avenues such as the daily newspaper ''Sankei Sports'' and Katsura Bunshi VI’s television program ''Itazura kamera da! Daiseiko''. His focus on free-lancing was also influenced by a serious motorcycle accident in his fourth student year that severely damaged several internal organs and prohibited anything more strenuous than operating a type-writer, actively forbidding him from pursuing a more typical vocation during his six month recovery period. | Due to the nation-wide students protests of 1972, as well as the murder of [[Wikipedia:Daisaburo Kawaguchi|Daisaburo Kawaguchi]], the administrative staff of Waseda effectively shut the campus down for an entire year. This abundance of free time allowed Horii to build stronger friendships with his classmates, many of whom would go on to enter the entertainment industry and hire him to write articles for their magazines. Horii would work as a professional free-lance writer during his six year stay at Waseda, producing content for a variety of avenues such as the daily newspaper ''Sankei Sports'' and Katsura Bunshi VI’s television program ''Itazura kamera da! Daiseiko''. His focus on free-lancing was also influenced by a serious motorcycle accident in his fourth student year that severely damaged several internal organs and prohibited anything more strenuous than operating a type-writer, actively forbidding him from pursuing a more typical vocation during his six month recovery period. | ||
===Post-graduation Career=== | ===Post-graduation Career=== | ||
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==Other works== | ==Other works== | ||
Horii wrote the scenario and served as supervisor for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] game, ''[[Wikipedia:Chrono Trigger|Chrono Trigger]]''. ''Chrono Trigger'' had multiple game endings and Horii himself appeared in one of the endings alongside the game development staff. | Horii wrote the scenario and served as supervisor for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] game, ''[[Wikipedia:Chrono Trigger|Chrono Trigger]]''. ''Chrono Trigger'' had multiple game endings and Horii himself appeared in one of the endings alongside the game development staff. | ||
He is on the selection committee for the annual [[Wikipedia:Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award|Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award]]. | He is on the selection committee for the annual [[Wikipedia:Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award|Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award]]. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:Sumoto City Monument of Dragon Quest.jpg|right|thumb|200px]] | [[File:Sumoto City Monument of Dragon Quest.jpg|right|thumb|200px]] | ||
*Horii describes himself as a mischievous, and finds shocking and surprising players to be one of the most rewarding parts of his career as a game designer. | *Horii describes himself as a mischievous man, and finds that shocking and surprising players to be one of the most rewarding parts of his career as a game designer. | ||
*Though admittedly his skills have deteriorated since his college days, Horii draws a [[Slime]] as part of his signature when signing autographs. | *Though admittedly his skills have deteriorated since his college days, Horii draws a [[Slime]] as part of his signature when signing autographs. | ||
*On July 15th, 2017, a bronze statue depicting a slime, alongside the sword and shield of Erdrick, was built in Sumoto city of Hyogo prefecture to celebrate Horii as one of the city's finest sons. | *On July 15th, 2017, a bronze statue depicting a slime, alongside the sword and shield of Erdrick, was built in Sumoto city of Hyogo prefecture to celebrate Horii as one of the city's finest sons. | ||
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Horiiandcrew.jpg| | Horiiandcrew.jpg| | ||
Yuji Horii in 2017.png| | Yuji Horii in 2017.png| | ||
Dreamteam3.jpg| | Dreamteam3.jpg| The fabled Dream Team, consisting of Horii, Akira Toriyama, and Hiranobo Sakaguchi for ''Chrono trigger'' | ||
HoriitheHero.jpg| | HoriitheHero.jpg| | ||
DQIX Launch Horii Autograph.jpg|Yuji Horii at the Nintendo Store in New York City. | DQIX Launch Horii Autograph.jpg|Yuji Horii at the Nintendo Store in New York City. | ||