Hajime Tabata

is a Japanese game director, the previous Luminous Productions COO and head of studio who formerly worked for Square Enix and currently the CEO of JP Games.

He was the head of Square Enix's Business Division 2 and part of the Final Fantasy Committee that is tasked with keeping the franchise's releases and content consistent.

Tabata resigned from Luminous Productions and Square Enix Group on October 31, 2018.

Career While in middle school, Tabata played a historical role-playing game made by Koei and first imagined how much fun it would be to make his own game. In his last year of university, he applied for jobs in the video game industry and in other media arts such as documentaries, television and film. a change that was announced in September the following year. He used to be co-director on the project. Tabata, whose previous experience was with portable gaming devices, said that he was excited to work on console systems and wanted to "help players dive even deeper into their experiences". His work on the downloadable content was planned to continue into 2019. He and staff within Square Enix Business Division 2 were also working on a new intellectual property targeting the next-generation of consoles. He was the COO and head of studio for Luminous Productions.

Tabata resigned from Luminous Productions and Square Enix Group on October 31, which was confirmed by Square Enix on November 7. In addition, 3 of the 4 DLCs for Final Fantasy XV were cancelled. The first project, The Pegasus Dream Tour, a game themed around the 2020 Summer Paralympics, was released in June 2021 for iOS and Android.

Works Year Title Platform(s) Credit(s) 1999 Monster Rancher 2 PlayStation Event director 1999 Deception III: Dark Delusion PlayStation Event director 2014 Final Fantasy Agito iOS, Android Producer 2015 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows Producer, director 2015 Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius iOS, Android Special thanks 2016 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Film Producer 2016 Final Fantasy XV PlayStation 4, Xbox One Director 2017 Mobius Final Fantasy iOS, Android, Windows Collaborative event support 2017 King's Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon iOS, Android Special thanks 2017 Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita Special thanks 2017 Final Fantasy Dimensions II iOS, Android Special thanks 2017 Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV PlayStation 4 (PlayStation VR) Producer 2018 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT PlayStation 4 Special thanks 2018 Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition iOS, Android, Windows Producer 2018 Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition Windows Producer 2018 Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition HD PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Producer 2021 The Pegasus Dream Tour iOS, Android Producer, Director