Yoshinori Kitase
aka:
北瀬 佳範,
きたせ よしのり
Moby ID: 33338
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Yoshinori Kitase (北瀬 佳範), born 23rd September 1966, is a Japanese game director and producer most known for his work on Final Fantasy games. He was the director of Final Fantasy VI (1994), Final Fantasy VII (1997), and Final Fantasy VIII (1999). He was responsible for the direction of cutscenes, musical cues, character movements, timings, etc., a job he described as comparable to that of a movie director.
After Hironobu Sakaguchi resigned as the producer of the series, Kitase took his place and went on to produce Final Fantasy X (2001), Final Fantasy X-2 (2003), and Final Fantasy XIII (2009).
Credited on 80 games
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| Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (2024, PlayStation 5) | Producer |
| Foamstars (2024, PlayStation 5) | Square Enix Special Testers |
| Star Ocean: The Second Story R (2023, PlayStation 5) | Vice President |
| Final Fantasy XVI (2023, PlayStation 5) | Special Thanks |
| Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line (2023, Nintendo Switch) | Vice President, Creative Business Unit |
| Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion (2022, PlayStation 5) | Executive Producer |
| Tactics Ogre: Reborn (2022, PlayStation 5) | Vice President, Creative Business Unit 1 |
| Star Ocean: The Divine Force (2022, PlayStation 5) | Vice President |
| Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition (2022, PlayStation 4) | Vice President |
| Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (2022, PlayStation 5) | Vice President, Creative Business Unit I |
| Chocobo GP (2022, Nintendo Switch) | Executive Producer |
| Final Fantasy VI (2022, Windows) | Supervisor |
| Final Fantasy VII: Remake - Intergrade (2021, Windows) | Producer |
| Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker (2021, PlayStation 5) | Special Thanks |
| Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier (2021, iPhone) | Executive Producer |
| Final Fantasy V (2021, Windows) | Supervisor |
| Dungeon Encounters (2021, Windows) | Vice President, Creative Business Unit 1 |
| Final Fantasy IV (2021, Windows) | Supervisors |
| Final Fantasy II (2021, Windows) | Supervisor |
| Final Fantasy III (2021, Windows) | Supervisor |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 63 games with Yukihiro Shibuya
- 62 games with Reiko Kondo
- 58 games with Yutaka Sano
- 56 games with Shinji Hashimoto
- 56 games with Tetsuya Nomura
- 54 games with Hideyuki Kato
- 54 games with Keith P. Christensen-Martz
- 52 games with André Woitczyk
- 52 games with Kanji Tashiro
- 51 games with Yuko Tomizawa
Companies
- 56 games with Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- 42 games with Square Enix, Inc.
- 24 games with Square Co., Ltd.
- 17 games with Valve Corporation
- 15 games with Tose Co., Ltd.
- 14 games with Unity Technologies ApS
- 12 games with Square Enix Limited
- 11 games with Square Enix (2009) Limited
- 11 games with CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
- 10 games with Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd.
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