Yuji Horii (堀井 雄二, Horii Yūji) (also written as Yuuji Horii) (born January 6, 1954 in Awaji Island, Japan) is a Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the seminal Dragon Quest series of role-playing games, as well as the first visual novel adventure game Portopia Serial Murder Case.
Though his Dragon Quest series is known for sticking to turn based battles throughout its more than 20 years, Yuji Horii is a fan of modern Western RPGs like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006).
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
2009
Video Game scenario
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
2007
Video Game scenario
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
2004
Video Game scenario & game design
Dragon Warrior VII
2000
Video Game creator
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie
1995
Video Game
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
1992
Video Game
Dragon Warrior IV: The Guided Ones
1990
Video Game
Dragon Warrior III
1988
Video Game scenario
Dragon Warrior II
1987
Video Game creator
Dragon Warrior
1986
Video Game scenario
Hokkaidô rensa satsujin: Ohôtsuku ni kiyu
1984
Video Game scenario
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
2009
Video Game game designer
Chrono Trigger
1995
Video Game supervisor
Dragon Warrior
1989
TV Series creator: original video games
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doragon kuesuto hîrôzu II: Futago no ou to yogen no owari
2016
Video Game general director
Doragon kuesuto hîrôzu: Yamiryuu to sekaiju no shiro
2015
Video Game
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
D no shokutaku 2
1999
Video Game the producer wishes to thank
Known for movies
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004) as Writer
Dragon Warrior (1986) as Writer
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (2009) as Writer
Dragon Warrior IV: The Guided Ones (1990) as Writer
$400,000
