Yoshinori Kitase

is a Japanese game producer, scenario writer and a former game director working for Square Enix (previously Square). He joined the company in 1991. His most notable roles as game director are "Final Fantasy VI", "Chrono Trigger", "Final Fantasy VII" and "Final Fantasy VIII". Kitase later worked as producer for "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2". Kitase is currently working on "The 3rd Birthday" as executive producer, "Sigma Harmonics" as producer, and "Final Fantasy XIII" as producer. Kitase is also the head of Square Enix's Production Team 1.

Published works

*"Romancing SaGa": Field Map Designer
*"Final Fantasy Adventure": Scenario Writer
*"Final Fantasy V": Field Planner (w/ Ikuya Dobashi) & Scenario Writer [cite web | title=ファイナル ファンタジー5 FINAL FANTASY V | publisher= [FINAL FANTASY 2000] (in Japanese)| url=http://ffx.sakura.ne.jp/ff5.htm| accessdate=2007-02-02]
*"Final Fantasy VI": Co-Director (w/ Hiroyuki Ito) & Scenario Writer [cite web | title=ファイナル ファンタジー6 FINAL FANTASY VI | publisher= [FINAL FANTASY 2000] (in Japanese)| url=http://ffx.sakura.ne.jp/ff6.htm| accessdate=2007-02-02]
*"Chrono Trigger": Director (w/ Akihiko Matsui and Takashi Tokita)
*"Final Fantasy VII": Director & Scenario Writer (w/ Kazushige Nojima)
*"Ehrgeiz": Staff
*"Final Fantasy VIII": Director—
*"Final Fantasy X": Producer
*"Kingdom Hearts": Co-Producer [w/ Shinji Hashimoto]
*"Final Fantasy X-2": Producer
*"": Co-Producer [w/ Shinji Hashimoto]
*"Compilation of Final Fantasy VII": Co-Producer [w/ Kousei Ito] (Before Crisis), Co-Producer [w/ Shinji Hashimoto] (Advent Children), Producer (Dirge of Cerberus), Co-Executive Producer [w/ Shinji Hashimoto] (Crisis Core)
*"Kingdom Hearts II": Co-Producer [w/ Shinji Hashimoto]
*"Romancing Saga": Map Designs
*"The 3rd Birthday": Executive Producer
*"Sigma Harmonics": Producer
*"Final Fantasy XIII": Producer

References