Hiroki Takajima

Hiroki Takajima (高島　浩紀) is a Japanese game programmer and designer who currently works at Square Enix. He is the eldest child of Hiroshi and Miyuki Takajima, both of whom worked at Drillimation Studios. He was originally offered the role of CEO upon Takajima's death, but declined the role and gave it to his younger brother Susumu Takajima.

Life
Takajima began his life on November 1, 1977, as the oldest of two sons to Hiroshi and Miyuki Takajima. He has a younger brother named Susumu Takajima (born 1979). At a young age, Takajima had an interest in video games and spent most of his youth playing on the Famicom and Super Famicom. He eventually learned to code and began designing his own games after his younger brother taught him to use Driller Engine.

Takajima became interested in role-playing games after playing the first installment of the Final Fantasy series and led to his younger brother becoming interested in the same thing. Takajima met his future wife Meira Katsumoto in high school in 1993, who is a maid who worked at a maid café that her parents owned. Katsumoto became fascinated in him that she invited him over to the café for a cup of tea, which started their friendship.

Takajima joined Square in 1996, and was one of the story planners for Final Fantasy VII.