Eiji Kure
aka:
Kure Eiji,
呉 英二
Moby ID: 573561
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Eiji Kure (呉 英二), real name Akio Ishihara (石原 彰生, born 1952), is a game designer and programmer from Saitama, Japan and the founder and president of Kure Software Koubou. He worked as a middle-school science teacher in the 1970s, but after encountering a Sharp MZ-80 computer and becoming fascinated with the potential of personal computers, he quit his job as a teacher and started making computer software full-time. He worked as a freelance programmer for Dempa Shimbunsha and Bullet-Proof Software for several years before starting his own company in 1985. As of 2023 he is still the president of Kure Software Koubou.
Credited on 19 games
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| The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak (2024, Nintendo Switch) | Kure Software Koubou Corporation |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie (2023, Nintendo Switch) | Scenario Writers / Event Script Editors - Kure Software Koubou Corporation |
| Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (2021, Windows) | Script: Kure Software Koubou Co.,Ltd. |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - The End of Saga (2018, PlayStation 4) | Story/Event Script: Kure Software Koubou Co. Ltd. |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (2017, PlayStation 4) | Story/Event Script: Kure Software Koubou Co., Ltd. |
| Ys I & II Chronicles (2009, Windows) | Programmers |
| Space Griffon VF-9 (2000, Windows) | Special Thanks to |
| First Queen IV (1996, PlayStation) | Game Design |
| Sid Meier's Colonization (1995, Windows 3.x) | Programming Supervisor |
| First Queen III (1993, PC-98) | Director (作・演出) |
| Early Kingdom (1992, PC-98) | Scenario |
| First Queen II: Sabaku no Joō (1990, PC-98) | Director (作・演出) |
| Silver Ghost (1988, PC-88) | Production/Direction (作・演出) |
| Argo (1988, FM-7) | Production/Direction (作・演出) |
| First Queen (1988, PC-98) | Production/Direction (作・演出) |
| Super Zenon: Defender Force Gamma5 (1986, FM-7) | Program by |
| Dimensional Fighter Epsilon3 (1985, PC-88) | All Copyright (C)1985 by |
| The Black Onyx (1984, Sharp X1) | Program arranged by |
| Galaxian (1983, PC-88) | Program arranged by Dempa |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Tadashi Umehara
- 7 games with Yoshihiro Tosaki
- 7 games with Kazue
- 6 games with Mieko Ishikawa
- 6 games with Kazuki Nagao
- 6 games with Yoshihiro Konda
- 6 games with Hayato Sonoda
- 6 games with Masayuki Katou
- 6 games with Kaori Ito
- 6 games with Shinichirou Hoshide
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Companies
- 11 games with Kure Software Koubou
- 6 games with Nihon Falcom Corp.
- 5 games with NIS America, Inc.
- 2 games with Bullet-Proof Software, Inc.
- 2 games with Dempa Shimbunsha
- 2 games with Valve Corporation
- 1 game with Zhaopin Ltd.
- 1 game with Witchcraft
- 1 game with Wish Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with W-Fox Izu-Kogen Studio
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