is a Japanese director,

graphic designer A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming ...

, and composer who is widely known for his work at the game development studio

Treasure Treasure (from from Greek ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions legally define what constit ...

. He started his career by joining

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in 1989 where he worked on a number of arcade titles. In 1992, Iuchi and a number of Konami employees including Masato Maegawa and Norio Hanzawa splintered away from the company to form Treasure. His first game for the new company was the critically acclaimed Gunstar Heroes. In 1995, Iuchi left Treasure to join

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. He was re-hired by Treasure in 1997 where he worked on his first project as a director,

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. Despite a new string of successes including ''

Ikaruga is a bullet hell shoot 'em up developed by Treasure. It is the spiritual sequel to '' Radiant Silvergun'' (1998) and was originally released in Japanese arcades in December 2001. The story follows a rebel pilot named Shinra as he battles an e ...

'' and ''

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'', Iuchi once again left Treasure in 2006. He resurfaced in 2007 as a freelance graphic designer and has since worked with Treasure on the

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port of ''Ikaruga'' and '' Bleach: Versus Crusade'' for the

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. In 2012 he directed Kokuga for

G.Rev , short for G.revolution, is a Japanese video game developer. The company was founded by former employees of Taito's arcade division who had worked on ''G-Darius'' and ''RayStorm'', and is known primarily for their arcade shoot 'em up games. Hi ...

. As of 2013 he works at M2.

Works

*''

Quarth , known as ''Block Hole'' outside Japan, is a hybrid Puzzle video game, puzzle/shoot 'em up game developed by Konami and released in 1989 as an arcade game. In addition to the arcade version, there were also ports of the game to the MSX, MSX2 (w ...

'' (1989) - Graphics *''

Aliens Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, a lifeform with ext ...

'' (1990) - 2nd Player and Demonstration Graphics *'' Escape Kids'' (1991) - Character Graphics *''

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'' (1991) - 1st Boss and Character Display Graphics *''

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'' (1992) - Character, Effects, and Demonstration Graphics *'' Gunstar Heroes'' (1993) - All Background Graphics and Title Logo *''

Alien Soldier ''Alien Soldier'' is a Side-scrolling game, side-scrolling Shoot 'em up#Run and gun, run and gun video game developed by Treasure (company), Treasure and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis, Mega Drive. Retail copies were released in Japan an ...

'' (1995) - Stages 1–9 Background Graphics *'' Light Crusader'' (1995) - Background, Effects, and 70% Character Graphics, 2 Pieces of Music *'' Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru'' (1997) - 70% Background Graphics, 50% Boss Graphics, Other *''

'' (1998) - Director, Planner, All Background Graphics, Effects *'' Sin and Punishment: Hoshi no Keishōsha'' (2000) - 90% Background Graphics, Effects, Other *''

'' (2001) - Director, Planner, Prototype Production, 70% Background Graphics, Effects, All Music *''

'' (2004) - Director, Planner, 60% Background Graphics, Effects *''

'' XBLA (2008) - Graphic Data Conversion, Additional Graphics *'' Bleach: Versus Crusade'' (2008) - 90% Background Graphics, Lighting *'' Strania'' (2011) - 10% Background Graphics *''

Kokuga is a shoot 'em up game released by G.rev in 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS. It was directed by Hiroshi Iuchi, famous for his seminal shmups Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga. Unlike many worldwide releases, the game wasn't released in Canada and the deve ...

'' (2012) - Director, Planner, 80% Background Graphics, Effects *''

3D After Burner II 3D, 3-D, 3d, or Three D may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics * A three-dimensional space in mathematics Relating to three-dimensionality * 3D computer graphics, computer graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geome ...

'' (2013) - Planner, Graphic Designer *''

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'' (2013) - Graphic Designer *'' The Legend of Dark Witch 3: Wisdom and Lunacy'' (2017) - Director *'' Ubusuna'' (TBA) - Director, Music

References

External links

Hiroshi Iuchi's Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iuchi, Hiroshi 1967 births Japanese graphic designers Living people