Seiichi Ishii

{{short description|Japanese video game designer (born 1967)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Seiichi Ishii

| birth_name = 石井 精

| birth_place = Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|8|18}}

| occupation = Video game designer

}}

Seiichi Ishii (石井 精一 Ishii Seiichi, born August 18, 1967) is a Japanese game designer. He is best known for the development of fighting games.

Ishii was born in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He was a designer on groundbreaking Sega titles Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter. Ishii was also a designer and director for the first Tekken game in 1994 and Tekken 2 in 1995. He established his own company, DreamFactory in November 1995, through Sega and Namco, expanding his fighting game pedigree to create titles such as Tobal No. 1, Ehrgeiz, and The Bouncer.

Games developed

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TitleYear releasedPlatformRole
Virtua Racing

|1992

|Sega Model 1

|Game Design

Virtua Fighter

|1993

|Sega Model 1

|Coordinator / Game Design

Tekken

|1994

|Namco System 11, PlayStation

|Director / Game Design

Tekken 2

|1995

|Namco System 11

|Director / Game Design

Tobal No. 1

|1996

|PlayStation

|Director / Game Design

Tobal 2

|1997

|PlayStation

|Director / Game Design

Street Fighter EX Plus α

|1997

|PlayStation

|Special Thanks

Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring

|1998

|Namco System 12, PlayStation

|Director / Game Design

The Bouncer

|2000

|PlayStation 2

|Director / Game Design

Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal

|2002

|Xbox

|Game Design

Crimson Tears

|2004

|PlayStation 2

|Scenario, Supervision