Person: Nomura Tetsuya
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Nomura Tetsuya was born October 8, 1970 in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He is a video game director, character designer and illustrator currently affiliated with Square Enix (formerly Square) where he belongs to the first development division. He is best known for his work on both the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series.
At the age of 18 Nomura went to Tokyo after graduating from the Prefectural Oko High School. There he studied advertising design at a vocational school. After graduating he was hired by Square to work as a debugger for the July 19, 1991 released Final Fantasy IV and following it as a monster designer for Final Fantasy V and then as graphic director and minor character designer for Final Fantasy VI.
Nomura did not gain recognition until 1995, when Square asked him to be the character designer for Final Fantasy VII to replace Yoshitaka Amano, the series' original character designer. It was a huge critical and commercial success and became the definitive role playing game for the PlayStation. In 1998, he worked on both Parasite Eve & Brave Fencer Musashi. In 1997, Nomura worked on 1999's Final Fantasy VIII, a game that achieved commercial success, where he returned as the character designer.
Afterwards, Nomura worked on several other different projects for Square Enix, ranging from character designing in Ehrgeiz for the PlayStation to character designing for Square's first PlayStation 2 game, The Bouncer, before returning to character designing for the Final Fantasy series with Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, and Final Fantasy XI. More recently, he has acted as the director, concept artist, and character designer for the Kingdom Hearts series, which currently includes the title game, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts: Coded and most recently, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. He was also responsible for the complete designing and orchestration of The World Ends with You for the Nintendo DS.
Recently he was the main character designer of Final Fantasy XIII as well as the character designer of Dissidia: Final Fantasy for the PlayStation Portable.
Nomura directed the CGI animated film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children which was released in 2005, and also wrote some of the lyrics that appear on the soundtrack. This was also Nomura's film debut, and he re-designed the characters as well.
At the age of 18 Nomura went to Tokyo after graduating from the Prefectural Oko High School. There he studied advertising design at a vocational school. After graduating he was hired by Square to work as a debugger for the July 19, 1991 released Final Fantasy IV and following it as a monster designer for Final Fantasy V and then as graphic director and minor character designer for Final Fantasy VI.
Nomura did not gain recognition until 1995, when Square asked him to be the character designer for Final Fantasy VII to replace Yoshitaka Amano, the series' original character designer. It was a huge critical and commercial success and became the definitive role playing game for the PlayStation. In 1998, he worked on both Parasite Eve & Brave Fencer Musashi. In 1997, Nomura worked on 1999's Final Fantasy VIII, a game that achieved commercial success, where he returned as the character designer.
Afterwards, Nomura worked on several other different projects for Square Enix, ranging from character designing in Ehrgeiz for the PlayStation to character designing for Square's first PlayStation 2 game, The Bouncer, before returning to character designing for the Final Fantasy series with Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, and Final Fantasy XI. More recently, he has acted as the director, concept artist, and character designer for the Kingdom Hearts series, which currently includes the title game, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts: Coded and most recently, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. He was also responsible for the complete designing and orchestration of The World Ends with You for the Nintendo DS.
Recently he was the main character designer of Final Fantasy XIII as well as the character designer of Dissidia: Final Fantasy for the PlayStation Portable.
Nomura directed the CGI animated film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children which was released in 2005, and also wrote some of the lyrics that appear on the soundtrack. This was also Nomura's film debut, and he re-designed the characters as well.
- Anime Production (Major)
- Anime Production (Minor)
- Music Production
- Anime Songs
- Discography
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Anime Production
| Image | Name | Type | Eps | Year | Rating | Average | Block | Credit | in Episodes | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Unlimited | TV Series | 25 | 2001 - 2002 | 2.53 (1740) | 5.79 (1769) | Original Character Design (キャラクター原案) | |||
| Last Order: Final Fantasy VII | OVA | 1 | 2005 | 5.60 (4063) | 7.31 (4094) | Executive Producer (製作総指揮) | |||
| Supervising Director (スーパーバイジングディレクター) | ||||||||||
| Eiga Layton-kyouju to Eien no Utahime | Movie | 1 | 2009 | 6.42 (586) | 6.98 (586) | Production Manager (プロダクションマネージャー) | |||
| Subarashiki Kono Sekai the Animation | TV Series | 12 | 2021 | 2.89 (267) | 5.13 (268) | Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) | Square Enix (スクウェア・エニックス) | ||
| Beyblade Burst Dynamite Battle | Web | 52 | 2021 - 2022 | 3.72 (21) | 5.45 (22) | CG Direction (CGIディレクター) | 18-52 | ||
| Beyblade X | TV Series | TBC | 2023 - ???? | 2.85 (17) | 4.82 (17) | CG Direction (CGIディレクター) | 1-14 |
