Masaya Hashimoto (橋本昌哉) is a programmer, game designer, game director and composer. He is responsible for co-creating the Ys series along with Tomoyoshi Miyazaki.
He also composed two tracks for Ys I that were left unused when the game was released in 1987: "Fair Wind" and "Olden Nostalgic Shop", the former got rearranged and appears in Ys II Eternal, Ys II Complete and Ys II Chronicles; the latter can only be heard in the PC-98 version of Ys I and on the album "Music from Ys I&II Chronicles PC-88 Mode".
In 1989, after finishing Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, Hashimoto and Miyazaki left Falcom to form studio Quintet, famous for developing the ActRaiser series, Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia.
Works in the series[]
| Game | Nagata's Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished ~ Omen | Director, Designer, Programmer, Composer |
| Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter | Director, Designer, Programmer |
| Ys III: Wanderers from Ys | Director, Designer, Programmer |
| Ys II Eternal | Composer |
| Ys I & II Complete | Composer |
| Ys I & II Chronicles | Composer |
Gallery[]
Saturn Fan (September 06, 1996)
1988 (Falcom Bible)
Sega Saturn Magazine Vol. 2 1998
(Beep Magazine July 1988)
1987? (Pasokon Sunday)
1987 (Super Soft AVG & RPG #2)
1987 (Super Soft AVG & RPG #3)
Login Magazine (December 1986)
(Left to right): Koichi Hatakeyama, Masaya Hashimoto, Yoshio Kiya (Login Magazine October 1986)
Login Magazine (May 1988)
DieHard GameFan (January 1997)
Technopolis (September 1988)
Technopolis (September 1988)