Hirohide Sugiura
| Hirohide Sugiura | |
|---|---|
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| Japanese name | 竹田裕一郎 |
| Gender | Male |
| Role | Producer |
| Affiliations | Square (199X-1999) Monolith Soft (1999-present) |
| Contributions | Xenosaga Episode I Xenosaga Episode II Xenosaga Episode III Xenosaga Freaks Xenosaga I & II Xenoblade Chronicles Xenoblade Chronicles X Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Torna ~ The Golden Country Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Future Connected Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition |
Hirohide Sugiura is a Japanese game producer. He is the current president of Monolith Soft and acts as the Executive Producer for all the games in the Xeno- series developed by Monolith Soft. Sugiura owned 30 stocks from the company (1,25%) until December 11th, 2025, when Nintendo bought the 100% of the company.
Biography[edit]
Sugiura graduated from the Musashino Academia Musicae and wanted to become a teacher, however, he thought that didn't suit him and decided to work for a regular business company instead. He started working for ASCII Corporation in game sales and the advertising sales department of the magazine Weekly Famitsu. After that, he worked in publicity at Konami and as project manager at Warp.[source required]
When he joined Square in the 1990s, he produced the game Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring in 1998. However, his focus of attention was on Xenogears. Deeply captivated by the game, he approached the development team with the idea of creating a sequel, but Square rejected this.[source required] As a result, Sugiura, together with Tetsuya Takahashi and Yasuyuki Honne, decided to leave Square and founded Monolith Soft in 1999. He subsequently became the company's president and representative director.
Relevance to the Xeno- series[edit]
Xenosaga Episode I[edit]
- Producer
Xenosaga Episode II[edit]
- Executive Producer
Xenosaga Episode III[edit]
- Executive Producer
Xenosaga Freaks[edit]
- Executive Producer
Xenosaga I & II[edit]
- Executive Producer
Xenoblade Chronicles[edit]
- Senior Producer
Xenoblade Chronicles X[edit]
- Executive Producer
Xenoblade Chronicles 2[edit]
- Executive Producer
Torna ~ The Golden Country[edit]
- Executive Producer
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition[edit]
- Executive Producer
Future Connected[edit]
- Executive Producer
Xenoblade Chronicles 3[edit]
- General Producer
Future Redeemed[edit]
- General Producer
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition[edit]
- General Producer
Other media[edit]
- Ehrgeiz - Producer
- Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean - Executive Producer
- Namco X Capcom - Executive Producer
- Baten Kaitos II - Producer
- Super Robot Taisen Robot OG Saga: Endless Frontier - Executive Producer
- Disaster Day of Crisis - Executive Producer
- Soma Bringer - Senior Producer
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII - Special Thanks
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Special Thanks
- Super Smash Bros. 4 - Special Thanks
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Special Thanks
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Original Game Supervisor
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Special Thanks
External Links[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- Creator Base: Hirohide Sugiura/Monolith Soft on Gpara.com (Archived. 12 April 2002)
- Monolith Soft Executive Producer On Going From Namco To Nintendo on Siliconera.com