Tetsuya NomuraDeveloper BIO
Tetsuya Nomura (野村 哲也) was born October 8, 1970 in Kōchi, Japan. Before working for
Square as character designer, he was at a vocational school creating art for advertisements. In 1992, Square hired him to work on the battle graphics of
Final Fantasy V and then as graphic director in 1994 for
Final Fantasy VI. In 1996, a game project called
Silent Chaos (which was originally the sequel of
Dark Earth) was stopped after several months of development, and became a PlayStation game, developed in collaboration with Square. The characters, designed by François Rimasson at the beginning, were re-designed later by Tetsuya Nomura; but the project was never completed, and
Silent Chaos was cancelled in November 1999, after two and a half years of development.
Nomura's first major breakthrough came in 1997, when Square asked him to become character designer for
Final Fantasy VII. In 1998, he worked on both
Parasite Eve and
Brave Fencer Musashi. The following year he impressed his superiors with his realistic character design in
Final Fantasy VIII. He was given not only the job of character designer but also of battle visual director.
Square then asked him to work on several other projects and decided to choose him to be character designer for their first game on PlayStation 2 (
The Bouncer) and then for their first Final Fantasy installment on that console (
Final Fantasy X). He continued working on Final Fantasy and
Kingdom Hearts games.
Websites
Games Credited
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Lord of Arcana (2010), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy XIII (2009), Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Dissidia: Final Fantasy (2008), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (2008), Disney Interactive Studios, Square Enix, Inc.
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy (2007), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (2007), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (2007), Square Enix, Inc.
- The World Ends With You (2007), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Kingdom Hearts II (2005), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Samurai Legend Musashi (2005), Square Enix, Inc.
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy X-2 (2003), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy Anthology: European Edition (2002), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.
- Kingdom Hearts (2002), Square Electronic Arts L.L.C.
- Final Fantasy X (2001), Square Co., Ltd.
- The Bouncer (2000), Square Co., Ltd.
- Chocobo Racing (1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy Anthology (1999), Square Electronic Arts L.L.C.
- Final Fantasy VIII (1999), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.
- Parasite Eve II (1999), Square Co., Ltd.
- Brave Fencer Musashi (1998), Square Co., Ltd.
- Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (1998), Square Co., Ltd.
- Parasite Eve (1998), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy VII (1997), Square Co., Ltd.
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996), Nintendo of America Inc.
- Chrono Trigger (1995), Square Co., Ltd.
- Front Mission (1995), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy III (1994), Square Co., Ltd.
- Live a Live (1994), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy V (1992), Square Co., Ltd.
- Final Fantasy II (1991), Square Co., Ltd.
