Square Enix Producer Shinji Hashimoto Retires After 28 Years - News

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Shinji Hashimoto, who has worked at Square Enix for 28 years, announced via Twitter he has retired.

He joined Squaresoft in April 1994 where her was the co-producer for Front Mission on the Super Famicom. He has also been the brand manager on the Final Fantasy series, executive producer on the Kingdom Hearts series, and was an executive officer of Square Enix Holdings.

"Thank you for all your hard work, everyone," Hashimoto said via Twitter and translated by Gematsu. "As of today, May 31, I have retired. Thank you to everyone who everyone who helped me out across the board during my time in office. From now on, I would like to give Square Enix my support as its biggest fan. Thank you so much."

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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Otter (on 31 May 2022)

Congrats to him, but also based of the management of the FF Series as of late it could also be a positive for the series to get some "newer" blood at the helm

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DonFerrari (on 31 May 2022)

Thank you for all the great games and enjoy your deserved retirement.

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Leynos (on 31 May 2022)

Happy retirement Shinji!

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Jumpin (on 01 June 2022)

Bless his beautiful soul and all the work he has did in life :(
RIP

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Tridrakious (on 31 May 2022)

It has been time for a "changing of the guard" for about a decade now.

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Azzanation (on 31 May 2022)

They are selling, its looking like it every day.

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