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Tetsuya Nomura

aka: 野村 哲也, のむら てつや

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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.

Credited on 90 games

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Final Fantasy VI (2022 on Windows) Special Thanks
Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier (2021 on iPhone) Creative Director
Final Fantasy V (2021 on Windows) Special Thanks
Final Fantasy IV (2021 on Windows) Special Thanks
Final Fantasy (2021 on Windows) Special Thanks
Final Fantasy III (2021 on Windows) Special Thanks
Final Fantasy II (2021 on Windows) Special Thanks
NEO: The World Ends with You (2021 on PlayStation 4) Creative Producer
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (2020 on PlayStation 4) Concept Design
Final Fantasy VII: Remake (2020 on PlayStation 4) Director & Concept Design
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (2020 on iPhone) Special Thanks
Kingdom Hearts III: Re:Mind (2020 on PlayStation 4) Concept Design
Kingdom Hearts III (2019 on PlayStation 4) Concept Design
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018 on Nintendo Switch) Original Game Supervisors (SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
World of Final Fantasy: Maxima (2018 on Nintendo Switch) Game Producer
The World Ends with You: Final Remix (2018 on Nintendo Switch) Main Character Art Designer
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country (2018 on Nintendo Switch) Main Character Design
Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition (2018 on Android) Original Concept
Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT (2018 on PlayStation 4) Creative Producer
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017 on Nintendo Switch) Torna Character Design

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Tetsuya Nomura
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Source: Famitsu

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