Background
Ishii was born in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
石井 精一
Ishii was born in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
He is best known for the development of fighting games. 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.
He established his own company, DreamFactory Company, Limited. in November 1995, through Sega Enterprises Limited. and Namco Limited., expanding his fighting game pedigree to create titles such as Tobal Number.
1, Ehrgeiz, and The Bouncer.