Mori Toshimichi

Toshimichi Mori (森利道) is the producer and creator of the BlazBlue series. He is the main illustrator for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger and BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma.

Career
Toshimichi Mori joined Arc System Works on October 1, 2003, after being invited to the company by Daisuke Ishiwatari. The first project he worked on was Guilty Gear Isuka, he came up with the functional designs of A.B.A. and Robo-Ky Mk. II. Next, in Guilty Gear XX Slash, he served as the director and worked on the technical and visual aspects of Order-Sol. Some years down the line, Mori realized he wanted to challenge himself to create a new game with all the experience he gained; thus BlazBlue was born.

Interviews

 * BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection Interview (April 20, 2018)
 * 4Gamer BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Interview with Toshimichi Mori and Tatsunori Ishikawa (Nov 21, 2019)

Trivia

 * In BlazBlue Radio and other BlazBlue works, he is depicted as Paracelsus from the Guilty Gear series.