Mori Toshimichi

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

Career
MORI Toshimichi 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. On September 25, 2022, MORI Toshimichi announced his departure from Arc System Works, stating he wants to continue creating and delivering games for the users.

On February 28, 2023, it was announced that MORI Toshimichi, alongside AOKI Toshinori, former vice president of Marvelous Inc., established Studio Flare, a game development studio based in Tokyo, with financial support from NetEase Games. His aim is to "create games with an edgy feel that bring excitement to hardcore gamers." , with his first planned project being an action game.

Interviews

 * AppBank 2017 Year-End Creator Survey Vol. 2 (December 26, 2017)
 * BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection Interview (April 20, 2018)
 * Weekly Famitsu 20190103 Game Creators' Aspirations for 2019 (January 3, 2019)
 * 4Gamer BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Interview with MORI Toshimichi and ISHIKAWA Tatsunori (November 21, 2019)
 * Weekly Famitsu 20201226 Game Creators' Aspirations for 2021 (December 26, 2020)
 * Weekly Famitsu 20210218 BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Interview with MORI Toshimichi (February 18, 2021)

Trivia

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