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Yoshiharu Gotanda
Birthdate:
1976

Yoshiharu Gotanda (五反田 義治)

Director, Programmer

Yoshiharu Gotanda has worked as a director for Enix on the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series of games. He began programming for the Super Famicom at 17 years of age. Not long after, he developed Tales of Phantasia in 1995, financed by Namco. The following year he co-founded Tri-Ace and developed the first Star Ocean title, on which he served as programmer and scenario writer.

For years Yoshiharu Gotanda headed the hobby musician group @MIDI, which included the participation of Motoi Sakuraba and Michiko Naruke and released 12 CD's. He is currently developing Star Ocean: First Departure and Star Ocean: Second Evolution for the PSP.

Source: ja.wikipedia.org

Companies
Tri-Ace
Enix
Square Enix
Other Associations
@MIDI

News

  • A non-violent acquisition: Infinite Undiscovery
    infinite_undiscovery.pngWell, sort of. A recent Microsoft press conference was host to the announcement that tri-Ace's most recent Action RPG outing, Infinite Undiscovery, which was created with the assistance of Microsoft Game Studios, would not be published directly by Microsoft but rather by Square Enix. Being the good buddies that tri-Ace and Square Enix are, this comes as no incredible surprise. Announced just over a year ago, Infinite Undiscovery is a title slated for the XBox 360 which features incredible amounts of exploration and...erm...discovery? In case you're wondering about the title, producer Yoshiharu Gotanda explained in an interview that the word "Undiscovery" arose from the combination of "cover" with "Dis-" and "Un-" as double negatives. Suddenly other naming schemes, such as those which brought us Edge Maverick, begin to make sense. Full Coverage
    news article 13 Sep 2007 by Ziyad ↑ -12 ↓ no new comments discuss permalink permalink
  • Three Star Ocean titles emerge at Square Enix Party Conference
    star_ocean_fe_tn.jpgAt Square Enix's pre-party conference held today in Tokyo the company announced three Star Ocean titles are in development. Other news includes a release date for Final Fantasy XII International and first deatils on an entry for the Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon series for the Wii. Details
    news article 10 May 2007 by Jeriaska ↑ 11 ↓ no new comments 2 commentss permalink permalink

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