Yuji Horii

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yuji Horii
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jan 6, 1954(1954-01-06)
Age	70
Birthplace	Sumoto
Country	Japan
Birth City	Hyōgo Prefecture
Horoscope	Capricorn

Yuji Horii Biography

Yuji Horii is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on January 6, 1954 in Sumoto, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. This writer and designer is most well-known for his creation of the Dragon Quest role playing series. He also managed the development of another popular videogame, the Portopia Serial Murder Case.

Both he and Sonic the Hedgehog creator He and Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka both had highly successful video game designing careers in Japan. had extremely successful careers in Japan as videogame designers.

Horii then created The Portopia Serial Murder Case, a game that later inspired Hideo Kojima (of Metal Gear fame) to enter the video game industry. It is the first part of the Yuuji Horii Mysteries trilogy, along with its successors Okhotsk ni Kiyu: Hokkaido Rensa Satsujin (1984) and Karuizawa Yūkai Annai (1985).

Horii was born in Awaji Island, Japan. He graduated from Waseda University’s Department of Literature. He also worked as a freelance writer for newspapers, comics, and magazines, including the Famicom Shinken video games column that ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1988.

He was born in Sumoto, Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture.

Yuji Horii Net Worth

Yuji Horii is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yuji Horii 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After studying literature at Waseda University, Tokyo, he created a newspaper column about video games that was published in the Weekly Shonen Jump.

Armor Project, his personal videogame production company, signed an exclusive contract with Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.

Yuji Horii (堀井 雄二 , Horii Yūji) (also written as Yuuji Horii; born January 6, 1954) is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the Dragon Quest series of role-playing games, supervising and writing the scenario for Chrono Trigger, as well as the first visual novel adventure game Portopia Serial Murder Case.

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Yuji Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yuji Horii celebrates birthday on January 6 of every year.

Who owns Dragon Quest?

Dragon Quest
Developer(s)| ArtePiazza (remakes) Chunsoft (I-V) Heartbeat (VI-VII) Level-5 (VIII-IX) Square Enix (X-present)
Publisher(s)| Square Enix (formerly Enix)
Creator(s)| Yuji Horii Akira Toriyama Koichi Sugiyama
Artist(s)| Akira Toriyama

Does Yuji Horii own Dragon Quest?

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. 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.

Does square own Dragon Quest?

Square Enix is the company that owns the Dragon Quest series along with the Final Fantasy series of role-playing games.

Who wrote the story for Dragon Quest 11?

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Artist(s)| Akira Toriyama Eiichiro Nakatsu
Writer(s)| Yuji Horii Kenjirou Mori Jun Ito
Composer(s)| Koichi Sugiyama
Series| Dragon Quest

Who is the first Dragon Warrior?

Master Ping Xiao Po The Dragon Warrior
Title| The Dragon Warrior Warrior of Black and White Kung Fu Panda
Occupation| Kung Fu Master Champion of the Valley of Peace