Square Soft |
| Product Development Coordinator |
Michael Baskett |
| QA Manager |
Jon Williams |
| Customer Service Manager |
Rick Thompson |
| Executive VP, Strategic Planning |
Yoshihiro Maruyama |
| Vice President of Marketing |
Jun Iwasaki |
| Assistant Marketing Associates |
Kenji Mimura, Kiomi Murazeki, Kyoko Yamashita |
| Testers |
Andy Hsu, Yoshinobu Matsuo, Sean Camanyag, Stanford Ng, Clayton S. Chan, Vangthonhoua Moua, Terry Y. Jung, Seth E. Williams, Fernando Bustamante |
Square |
| Producer |
Hironobu Sakaguchi |
| Director |
Yoshinori Kitase |
| Music Composer |
Nobuo Uematsu |
| Main Programmer |
Ken Narita |
| Character Director & Battle Visual Director |
Tetsuya Nomura |
| Art Director |
Yusuke Naora |
| Image Illustrator |
Yoshitaka Amano |
| CG Supervisor |
Kazuyuki Hashimoto |
| Movie Director |
Motonori Sakakibara |
| Character Modelling Director |
Tomohiro Kayano |
| Battle Effect Director |
Hirokatsu Sasaki |
| Special Magic Effect Director |
Shintaro Takai |
| Battle Stage Director |
Akira Fujii |
| Outside Contractor Coordinator |
Hiroyoshi Hamada |
| Graphic Outside Contractor Art Director |
Hitoshi Sasaki |
| Animation Director |
Hidetoshi Omori |
| Battle Plan Director |
Yasushi Matsumura |
| Map Plan Director |
Hidetoshi Kezuka |
| Map Plan Co-directors |
Takeshi Endo, Motoharu Tanaka, Masato Yagi |
| Main Character Modeler |
Hiroshi Arai |
| Battle Programmer |
Hiroshi Harata |
| Character Programmer |
Hiroshi Kawai |
| CD & Movie Programmer |
Shun Moriya |
| Sound Programmer |
Minoru Akao |
| Sound Engineer |
Eiji Nakamura |
| MA & Recording Engineer |
Kenji Nagashima |
| Story by |
Yoshinori Kitase, Kazushige Nojima |
| Based on the story by |
Tetsuya Nomura, Hironobu Sakaguchi |
| Executive Producers |
Tetsuo Mizuno, Tomoyuki Takechi |
Field Section |
| Programmer |
Keizo Kokubo |
| Event Planner |
Kazushige Nojima, Keisuke Matsuhara, Hiroki Chiba, Motomu Toriyama, Jun Akiyama, Kazuhiko Yoshioka, Hideshi Kyonen, Kazuhiko Aoki |
| Special Thanks |
Takashi Tokita, Masato Kato |
| Map Planner |
Masaru Oka, Naoya Kawahira, Satoru Tsuji, Toshio Kurihara, Junko Iriguchi, Masashi Nakata, Ryo Tsurumaki |
| Concept Art by |
Tetsuya Takahashi, Takayuki Ohdachi |
| Background Designers |
Matsuzo Machida, Kenzo Kanzaki, Kazuyuki Ikumori, Yukio Nakatani, Takeshi Okui, Hiroshi Matsuyama, Kazushi Urata, Yasunori Higuchi, Masaaki Hayashi |
| Sub-Character & Character Texture Designer |
Kazuhiro Ohkawa |
| Assistant Character Designer |
Fumi Nakashima |
| Character Modeler |
Takanari Tajima, Murasaki Iriguchi, Hiroyuki Hoshino |
| Character Animator |
Norihiro Takami, Tatsuo Heianzan |
Battle Section |
| Programmer |
Akihiro Yamaguchi, Kazumasa Fuseya |
| CG Programmer |
Masaharu Inoue |
| Planner |
Takayoshi Nakazato, Goro Ohashi, Masahiro Kataoka, Takatsugu Nakazawa |
| Special Thanks |
Toshiaki Suzuki |
| Monster Modeler |
Koichi Ebe, Yoshio Yamakawa, Hiroto Yamamoto |
| Character Animator |
Tatsuya Kando, Kuniharu Takeuchi, Go Kikuchi |
| Monster Designers |
Shin Nagasawa, Tetsu Tsukamoto |
| Battle Stage Designers |
Hideyuki Matsumoto, Jun Matsuo, Takaharu Matsuo, Kyuji Kawase, Masahide Tanaka |
| 2D Animetor |
Kenichiro Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yotsuji |
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe |
| Producer |
Martin Alltimes |
| QA Manager |
Tony Bourne |
| QA Assistant Manager |
Steven Archer |
| QA Supervisor |
David Cleaveley |
| QA Co-ordinator |
Jim McCabe |
| Lead Tester |
Bradley Davey |
| Testers |
Neil Smith, Kevin Mason, Mark Stephenson, Ste Chainey, John Wilson, Phil Green, Craig Duddle, Kay Hounsell, Lisa Williams, Dominic Berzins, Anthony Mair, Paul Jones, John Cassidy, David Burke, Dee Wiswell, Stephen Griffiths, Neil James |
Magic Effects Section |
| Graphic Designer |
Yōichi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Kunio Asahara |
| Programmer |
Kentarow Yasui, Shin-Ichi Aoyama, Mitsuo Yoshioka |
World Map Section |
| Planner |
Masato Yagi |
| Programmer |
Yasuo Kuwahara |
| Graphic Designer |
Hideyuki Matsumoto |
| Effect Designer |
Takayuki Ohdachi |
Chocobo Race Section |
| Programmer |
Keitarou Adachi |
| Graphic Designer |
Ryotaro Takahashi |
| Planner |
Hiroki Chiba |
Condor War Section |
| Programmer |
Ryo Muto |
| Graphic Designer |
Hiroyuki Yotsuji |
| Planner |
Kazuhiko Yoshioka |
Submarine Chase Section |
| Programmer |
Shinichi Tanaka |
| Graphic Designer |
Hiroyuki Yotsuji, Takeshi Sanda |
| Planner |
Motomu Toriyama |
Highway & Roller Coaster Section |
| Programmer |
Tatsuya Yoshinari |
| Graphic Designer |
Takeshi Sanda |
| Planner |
Keisuke Matsuhara |
Snowboard Section |
| Programmer |
Tadamichi Obinata |
| Graphic Designer |
Daiki Komatsu |
| Planner |
Jun Akiyama |
CG Movie Section |
| Field CG & Movie Designer |
Hiroyuki Honda, Yoshinori Moriizumi, Kanako Aoki, Yuko Akiyama, Ayako Kuroda |
| Movie Engineer |
Motohisa Adachi, Ryusuke Sasaki |
| Banpresto Co., Ltd. |
Tadao Odaka, Koji Tanaka, Koji Kobayashi, Keiko Imamura, Takeshi Yamazoe, Kazutoshi Sakai, Daisuke Shigeta |
Battle CG Support |
| Monster Animators |
Masateru Suzuki, Kenji Kadonishi, Kouichirou Soeda, Yōsuke Asahara, Junichi Murata, Hiroyuki Hamada, Reina Ikeda, Ikuyo Yoshida, Mari Miyamoto, Nobuhiko Imai, Yusuke Tanaka, Yukimasa Nakauchi, Manabu Inokuchi, Makoto Yagishita, Kyoko Muramatsu |
| Monster Modeling |
Yuki Kawaguchi, Yoshihiro Takeshita, Eri Masuda, Yoshiyuki Oku, Kumi Kanai, Hideo Kubota, Norikazu Sato, Takuya Tsunakawa |
| Sound Effect |
Yoshitaka Hirota, Mitsuhiro Iwadate, Yuichiro Mori, Yoshikuni Nakamura |
Sephiroth Choir |
| Soprano |
Matsue Fukushima, Minae Fujisaki |
| Alto |
Kazuko Nakano, Saki Ono |
| Tenor |
Toru Tabei, Daisuke Hara |
| Bass |
Toshizumi Sakai, Masashi Hamauzu |
Excerpts From "The Creation" |
| Composed by |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
| Soprano |
Minae Fujisaki |
| Tenor |
Daisuke Hara |
| Synthesizer |
Masashi Hamauzu |
Square USA Staff |
| Tool Programmers - LA |
Paul Ashdown (V.P.), Yun-Po Paul Fan, Shiro Kawai |
| CG Designers - LA |
Ron Sabatino (V.P.), Sharon Packer, Joseph Black, Nicholas Hoppe, Suzanne Berger, Doug Smith |
| LA Unit - Coordinators |
Junichi Yanagihara (V.P.), Shin-ichiro Kajitani (V.P.), Ryota Toyama |
CG Outside Contractors - Field & Movie Section |
| Links Corporation |
Hiroyuki Seshita, Kouzi Ichiyama, Ikuo Nishii, Tatsuya Ezaki, Yoshihisa Hirano, Hiroshi Kamohara, Michiko Kanno, Natsuyo Kobayashi, Kaori Saito, Sigeko Sogame, Miki Saitoh, Sanae Nakanishi, Keiichi Abe, Teruyuki Nagoshi, Terushige Watanabe, Kunihiko Mohara, Amoe Hosogai, Sachiko Yoshida, Makiko Mizushima, Atsushi Funabashi, Yuichiro Mouri |
| Milai Corporation |
Masanori Usuba, Satoko Matsuda, Masahisa Kaneko, Hajime Hikada, Kazuhiko Konta, Miku Kayama, Tsugio Yamamura, Yasuhiro Sugitani |
| Pixy Corporation |
Akiko Ige, Masanori Ikeda, Akihiro Tsuchiya, Jun Terai |
| Image Corporation |
Kouichi Ishiwata, Fumihiro Otsuki, Yousuke Okayama, Isao Tokunaga, Toshiyasu Shimada, Kazuhiro Kinpara, Jeongtae Kim, Noriaki Kato, Daisuke Miura, Masaaki Tanabe, Junko Anzai, Yasuhiro Tezuka |
| Wilco Japan Inc. |
Hideaki Noguchi, Sakiko Aoki, Yukihiro Shibamoto, Kaori Nagasaki, Makoto Sugawara, Tamotsu Machida, Hiromi Takahashi |
| Omnibus Japan |
Yoichi Harato, Mitsugu Kobayashi, Haruo Koyama, Jyunji Munekata, Michitaka Sato, Aritsune Kawamura, Taro Ibusuki, Kazushi Sugawara, Tetsuo Kojima, Akira Watanabe, Tetsuji Nakaoka, Naoko Hatsukari, Mae Hirose, Kenji Ogura, Hidekazu Miyake, Katsuyuki Amano, Kenji Tanabe, Satoshi Takagi, Seichi Tanaka, Mami Kojima, Tomohiko Syuto, Yuki Masuda, Hiroshi Murakami, Hiroyuki Morohoshi, Hanako Kido, Yuichi Morio |
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Norihiro Ōtsubo, DAAC Corporation, Tose C.G. Section |
Monster Model Support |
| NHK Enterprise 21 |
Masayoshi Obata |
Field Design Support |
| Atelier Musa |
Shigemi Ikeda |
| Kusanagi |
Nobuhito Sue, Hiromi Kariya |
| Umigame Jimusho Corporation |
Hiroyuki Hayashi |
| Algo-Nicus |
Shunichi Baba, Yukitomo Watanabe |
2D Animation Support |
| Studio Gazelle, Inc. |
Ikuo Sato, Yoshikazu Samura, Shuji Miyata, Hideki Watanabe, Shinsaku Kozuma, Yusuke Yamamo, Yasuyuki Noda |
Square (cont'd) |
| Sound Engineer for Additional Movie |
Tak Ogawa |
| Recording Engineer for Additional Movie |
Masayoshi Ōkawa |
| Special Thanks |
Kazuhiko Torishima, Hideo Yoshikura, Toshimasa Takahashi, Yū Kondō, Izumi Kawanishi, Makoto Tanaka, Masayoshi Yanaka, Yoshiaki Nakayama, Teiji Yutaka, Toyoshi Okada, Kaoru Yamanoue, Aiko Ito |
| Quality Assurance |
Hiromi Masuda, Tsuyoshi Fusano, Yoshi Shibano, Miki Ito, Yūji Saitō, Yuki Hasegawa |
| Publicity Producers |
Shinji Hashimoto, Tadashi Nomura, Kiyotaka Sousui |
| Executive Producers |
Tetsuo Mizuno, Tomoyuki Takechi |
European Localization |
| Engineering |
Paul Turner, Patrick Jones |
| Translators (French) |
Véronique Raguet, Margarita Holguin |
| Translators (German) |
Monika Lapp, Karin Pfetzer |
| Translators (Spanish) |
Gloria Broadbent, Laura Lopez |
Sony Computer Entertainment America |
| QA Manager |
Mark Pentek |
| Vice President of Marketing |
Andrew House |
| Associate Producer |
Seth Luisi |
| Senior Producer |
Perry Rodgers |
| Licensing Manager |
Etsuko Kobata |
| Business Coordinator |
Taku Imasaki |
| Lead QA Analyst |
Mike Benton |
| Assistant Leads |
Christian Davis, Tim Duzmal |
| QA Analysts |
Richard Cummings, Kevin Seiter, Tom White, Brand Inman, Conner Morlang, Peter Mayberry, Annette Dancel, Chris Johnson, Joseph Aragones, Charles DeLay, Bruce Cochrane, Donovan Soto, Jose Cruz, James W. Harper, Chad Lowe, Jason Torres |
| Senior Product Manager |
David Bamberger |
| Director of Marketing |
Peter Dille |
| Public Relations Manager |
Molly Smith |
| Creative Services Director |
Marilyn Weyant |
| Creative Service Managers |
Howard Liebeskind, Kim Hornecker, Peggy Gallagher |
| Director of Public Relations & Promotions |
Jeffrey Fox |
| Manual Design |
Steven Wright, Beeline Group Inc. |
| Packaging |
Richard Watts, Brent Watts, Axiom Design |
| Special Thanks |
Hironobu Sakaguchi, Jack Tretton, Terri Rago, Riley R. Russell III, Lisa Lunger, Michelle Whitmer, Christa Carter, Maria H. Hernandez, Brian Balistreri, The Kenwood Group, Wayne Leonard (The Kenwood Group), Randy Fields (The Kenwood Group), Jane Hernandez (The Kenwood Group), Thinc., Tom Hennes (Thinc.), Clarity, David Miller (Clarity), TBWA Chiat/Day, Lee Clow (TBWA Chiat/Day), Maggie Silverman (TBWA Chiat/Day), Gerry Gentile (TBWA Chiat/Day), Doug Mukai (TBWA Chiat/Day), Bill Paul (TBWA Chiat/Day), Lisa Welsh-Nehring (TBWA Chiat/Day), Mike Rose (TBWA Chiat/Day), Lara Fields (TBWA Chiat/Day), Brady Games, David Waybright (Brady Games), David Cassady (Brady Games), Tim Cox (Brady Games), Jean Bisesi (Brady Games), The PlayStation Underground, Colin MacLean (The PlayStation Underground), Yvonne Smith (The PlayStation Underground), Gary Barth (The PlayStation Underground), Buzz Burrowes (The PlayStation Underground), Alan Drummer (The PlayStation Underground) |