Nationality
Japanese
Occupations
Years active
1994–present
Employer
Notable work
Megami Tensei series
Persona series
Title
Founder, Studio Zero
Katsura Hashino (Japanese: 橋野 桂, Hepburn: Hashino Katsura) is a Japanese video game director and producer, best known for working on the Persona role-playing game series by Atlus. From 2006 to 2016, Hashino served as director of P-Studio, an internal team at Atlus that developed the Persona series. Following the release of Persona 5 (2016), Hashino departed P-Studio to establish Studio Zero, another development team at Atlus focused on the creation of a new IP.
Hashino made his directorial debut with Maken X (1999).[1] He has since directed or produced several games in the Megami Tensei and Persona series.[2] In addition to Persona, Hashino directed and produced on Catherine (2011).[3] Hashino formed a new internal division at Atlus in 2017 called Studio Zero, with their first release being a port of Catherine with additional content, Catherine: Full Body (2019). The studio's first original game is the fantasy role-playing Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024).[4][5]
Year
Title
Role
1994
Game design
1995
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
1997
1999
Director
2001
2003
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Director, supervisor
2004
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
Planning director, producer
2005
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
Producer
Original plot, producer
2006
Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army
Producer
Director, producer
Producer
2007
Special advisor
Director, producer
Development manager
2008
Special advisor
Development manager
Director
Supervisor
2009
Producer
2011
Director, producer, lyrics
Original story, game design, creative producer
2012
Game design, creative producer
2013
General producer
Game design, producer
2014
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Producer
2015
2016
General producer
Director, producer
2018
General producer
2019
Producer
Development support
2024
Director
Series
People
Related companies
Main
Spin-offs
Persona Q
Dancing
Other
Characters
Animation
Other media
Related games
People
