Editing Yuji Horii (section)

==Trivia==
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*Horii describes himself as a mischievous man, and finds that shocking and surprising players to be one of the most rewarding parts of his career as a game designer.
*Though admittedly his skills have deteriorated since his college days, Horii draws a [[slime]] as part of his signature when signing autographs. 
*Time travel is one of Horii's favorite themes in media, and he cites watching [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Tunnel| The Time Tunnel] when it aired in Japan as an example<ref>編: 映画とかもかなりご覧になられるんですか?
堀井: 映画は、最近忙しくてあまり見ないですけど。好きな映画てパターンがあって、時間旅行ものが好きなんですよ。タイムスリップものというのが大好きで。
編: それが「クロノ・トリガー」などに出ているんですね。
堀井: ええ。あと、昔テレビでやってた「タイムトンネル」が大好きで、毎週欠かさず見ていたんですよね。他には二面性があるものが好きなんですよ。水戸黄門(笑)とか、スーパーマンとか。映画では、「天国から来たチャンピオン」。小説だと司馬遼太郎さんとか好きです。
編: では、二面性の魅力ってなんでしょう。ゲーム批評 volume 8, April 1996</ref>. 
*On July 15th, 2017, a bronze statue depicting a slime, alongside the sword and shield of [[Erdrick]], was built in Sumoto city of Hyogo prefecture to celebrate Horii as one of the city's finest sons.
*In {{Dragon Quest VIII}}, an infamous king slime is named [[Hori (Recruit)|Hori]], presumably after Yūji Horii.
*In {{DQTreasures}} a [[King slime]] named after and voiced by Yuji Horii himself can be recovered by entering the code YUB. This marks the first and only time where Yuji Horii’s voice is heard in the {{Main Series}} series as well as his first and only voice role in any video game.