Koichi Ishii

}}, sometimes credited as Kouichi Ishii, is a video game designer best known for creating the ''Mana'' series (known as ''Seiken Densetsu'' in Japan). He joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1987, where he has directed or produced every game released in the ''Mana'' series (as of 2006). He has also contributed to several games in Square Enix's ''SaGa'' and ''Final Fantasy'' series, and created the well-known chocobo and moogle characters. Provided by Wikipedia