Jiro Ishii
# Jiro Ishii

Jiro Ishii (イシイジロウ, Ishii Jirō) is a Japanese video game developer and television and anime producer. He is best known for directing the live-action visual novel 428: Shibuya Scramble, producing the adventure video game Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, and creating the original concept for the anime short Under the Dog which was funded on Kickstarter.

## Biography

Jiro Ishii started his career working on early PC games at Data West. He got a job at Chunsoft in 2000. In 2008, he directed 428: Shibuya Scramble, a live-action visual novel which earned a perfect score from Famitsu magazine, only the ninth game ever to do so. He moved to Level-5 to write and direct Time Travelers in 2012. Finally, he left to go freelance in 2015.

## Works

### Video games

| Release | Title | System | Role(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | Imitation City | PC-88 | Creator |
| 1993 | Night Slashers | Arcade | |
| 1996 | Air Walkers | Arcade | Character Designer |
| 1997 | Little Lovers | PC | |
| 1998 | Little Lovers 2nd. Yui | PC | |
| 1999 | Little Lovers: She So Game | PlayStation | |
| 2002 | Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren Gaiden: Onna Kenshi Asuka Kenzan | Dreamcast | Game balance |
| 2002 | Kamaitachi no Yoru | Game Boy Advance | Director (GBA port) |
| 2004 | 3年B組金八先生 伝説の教壇に立て! | PlayStation 2 | Director |
| 2006 | Banshee's Last Cry: Niwango version | mobile phone, web | Producer |
| 2007 | Imabikisō | PlayStation 3 | Producer |
| 2008 | 428: Shibuya Scramble | Nintendo Wii | Director, writer |
| 2009 | Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors | Nintendo DS | Producer |
| 2010 | TRICK × LOGIC | PlayStation Portable | Producer |
| 2012 | Time Travelers | Nintendo 3DS | Director, writer |
| 2013 | Devil Station | mobile phone | Director, world concept |
| 2015 | Monster Strike | Nintendo 3DS | Story project structure |
| 2019 | Sakura Wars | PlayStation 4 | Story structure |
| 2022 | CrimeSight | PC (Steam) | World view setting and supervision |
| 2022 | Zombie of the Dot | iOS, Android | Story planning, drafting and supervising |

### Anime

| Release | Title | Role(s) |
| - | - | - |
| 2009 | Canaan | Producer |
| 2012 | Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life | Episode 7 screenwriter |
| 2015 | Monster Strike | Story, project composition |
| 2016 | BBK/BRNK | Series composition, screenplay |
| 2016 | Under the Dog | Original concept |

### Film and television

* The Arrival of Spring for a Shogi Girl (女流棋士の春, Joryuu kishi no haru) - director
* Another - production manager
