Yoshinori Kitase (北瀬 佳範, Kitase Yoshinori, born September 23, 1966) is a Japanese game director and producer working for Square Enix. He is known as the director of Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy X, and the producer of the Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XIII series.
He is currently the head of Square Enix's Creative Studios I and II, the Final Fantasy series Brand Manager, an executive officer at Square Enix and a member of the board of directors at both Square Enix Co, Ltd and Square Enix Holdings.[1]
He was the head of Square Enix's Creative Business Unit 1 as well as Business Division 1 during their entire respective existences as well as a Corporate Executive. He is also part of the Final Fantasy Committee that is tasked with keeping the franchise's releases and content consistent.[2][3]
^"Board of Directors". Square Enix. 2019. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^"【インタビュー（完全版）】『ファイナルファンタジーVII Gバイク』 いま明かされる開発秘話". Famitsu. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^"What Does Square Enix's Final Fantasy Committee Do?". Siliconera. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
YoshinoriKitase (北瀬 佳範, KitaseYoshinori, born September 23, 1966) is a Japanese game director and producer working for Square Enix. He is known as the...
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before serving as one of the three directors on Final Fantasy X under YoshinoriKitase where he was in charge of events. Toriyama started directing himself...
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Fantasy VII. She was designed by Tetsuya Nomura with influence from YoshinoriKitase, Hironobu Sakaguchi and Yoshitaka Amano. She is one of the main characters...
once Final Fantasy XII was completed, Nomura, Shinji Hashimoto and YoshinoriKitase decided to build upon the idea of multiple games connected by a single...
Gainsborough by members of the development team, including director YoshinoriKitase and writers Kazushige Nojima and Tetsuya Nomura, who also contributed...
since the last game in the series. Among the staff were Hajime Tabata, YoshinoriKitase, Motomu Toriyama, Isamu Kamikokuryo, and Aya's original designer Tetsuya...
Fantasy VI. Yoshitaka Amano created his visual design and director YoshinoriKitase wrote his scenes. He is one of the most well-known and well-received...
for the original game was written by Sakaguchi, YoshinoriKitase and Kazushige Nojima. Nomura, Kitase and Nojima have been involved in other titles in...
resemble their real-world counterparts in New York City. Remake producer YoshinoriKitase noted that the developmental team wanted to show a different design...
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