10 Facts About Yasuyuki Honne

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Yasuyuki Honne is a video game artist, director and producer.

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Yasuyuki Honne was employed by Square from 1993 to 1999 and is working at Monolith Soft.

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Yasuyuki Honne is known for his work on the Chrono series, Xeno games and Baten Kaitos series.

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When he was young, Honne enjoyed video games and playing fighting games in video arcades, but wanted to become a freelance illustrator.

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Yasuyuki Honne joined Square as a graphic artist in 1993 and notably worked on Front Mission and Chrono Trigger under graphic director Tetsuya Takahashi.

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Yasuyuki Honne then served as the art director of Square's Product Development Division-3 on Xenogears and Chrono Cross.

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Yasuyuki Honne became a board member of Monolith Soft, owning 20 shares out of the total 2,400, and the director of the company's graphics development division.

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Yasuyuki Honne's position includes handling the graphics work contracted for by external companies.

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When Takahashi was in the planning stages for the project that would become Xenoblade Chronicles, Yasuyuki Honne produced a model of the two gods of the game's world in order to help explain the concept to the publisher Nintendo.

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Yasuyuki Honne enjoys traveling, and his hobbies include practicing judo and playing plucked string instruments.