Hiroshi Iuchi

Who is Hiroshi Iuchi?

Hiroshi Iuchi is a Japanese graphic designer who is widely known for his work at the game development studio Treasure and is now a freelancer.

He started his career by joining Konami 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 Time Warner Interactive but soon left due to disagreements with company's business practices. He was re-hired by Treasure in 1997 where he worked on his first project as a director, Radiant Silvergun.

Despite a new string of successes including Ikaruga and Gradius V, Iuchi once again left Treasure in 2006 for unknown reasons. He resurfaced in 2007 as a freelance graphic designer and has since worked with Treasure on the Xbox Live Arcade port of Ikaruga and Bleach: Versus Crusade for the Wii. In 2012 he directed Kokuga for G.Rev.