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Part IV - Tetsuya Nomura

Biography

Name: Tetsuya Nomura
Birthdate: October 8th, 1970
Birthplace: Kochi Prefecture
Occupation: Character designer/Director

Information

     Currently, Tetsuya Nomura remains one of the biggest names in Squaresoft and started working with the company at a young age.  He started working on FFV for the battle graphics in 1992 and has constantly worked on numerous major Squaresoft projects since then.  For FFVI, he worked as graphics director and had a major breakthrough in 1995, when he became lead character designer for what turned out to be the mega-hit Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation.  For FFVIII, he also was lead character designer and battle visual director.  Other key works of his include Parasite Eve, Kingdom Hearts and being the director for FFVII: Advent Children.  Current projects include the Final Fantasy XIII project and as director of Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

     His character styles have been both praised and criticized heavily.  He has a personal taste for trendy clothing, accessories and hairstyle have found their way into his character designs.  Nomura is also no stranger to controversy as he stated his interest in working for Nintendo back in 2000.  That was before Square and Nintendo resolved their differences and occurred at a time when Squaresoft did not have very good relations with Nintendo.  Tetsuya Nomura also has vocally communicated about his preferences and intentions throughout his internal staff regarding character designs and occasionally changing/adding different aspects within the storylines of the games he has worked with extensively.  Much has been made about a rivalry between Nomura and the legendary Amano, but clearly this is not the case as Nomura has stated that he admires Amano and has great respect for him.  With Nomura taking care of Square's biggest projects, he shall remain one of the key players in the company and for the FF franchise.

Projects (Various roles; source: Wikipedia)

Final Fantasy V (1992)
Live A Live (1994)
Final Fantasy VI (1994)
Chrono Trigger (1995)
Super Mario RPG (1996)
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Parasite Eve (1998)
Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (1998)
Brave Fencer Musashi (1998)
Parasite Eve II (1999)
Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
The Bouncer (2000)
Final Fantasy X (2001)
Kingdom Hearts (2002)
Final Fantasy X-2 (2003)
Final Fantasy XI (2003)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004)
Musashi: Samurai Legend (2005)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005/2006)
Kingdom Hearts II (2005/2006)
Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus (2006)
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (2007)
Final Fantasy XIII (Upcoming)
Final Fantasy Agito XIII (Upcoming)
Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Upcoming)
It's a Wonderful World (Upcoming)
Monotone (Upcoming)