Yuji Horii

Horii created the adventure game The Portopia Serial Murder Case (1983) and designed Dragon Quest (1986), which established a template for Japanese console RPGs. He heads Armor Project, founded in 1985, and has continued to lead the Dragon Quest series under contract with Enix and later Square Enix. In 2025 he received the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class.

Born

1954

Roles

Game designer / Scenario writer / Director

Affiliations

Armor Project / Enix / Square Enix

Notable works

The Portopia Serial Murder Case · Dragon Quest · Chrono Trigger · Itadaki Street · Dragon Quest Monsters · Dragon Quest Builders

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  Family Computer

  Dragon Quest

  ドラゴンクエスト

  Release

  JP 1986.05.27

  Dev

  Chunsoft

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG