GAME DESIGNER

Yoshinori Kitase

1966 - Today

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Yoshinori Kitase (北瀬 佳範, Kitase Yoshinori; born September 23, 1966) is a Japanese game director and producer working for Square Enix. He is known as the director of Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy X, and the producer of the Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XIII series. He is currently in charge of Square Enix's Creative Studios I and II, the Final Fantasy series Brand Manager, an executive officer at Square Enix and a member of the board of directors at both Square Enix Co, Ltd and Square Enix Holdings. He was the head of Square Enix's Creative Business Unit 1 as well as Business Division 1 during their entire respective existences as well as a Corporate Executive. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshinori Kitase is the 52nd most popular game designer (down from 45th in 2024), the 2,091st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,751st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Yoshinori Kitase ranks 52 out of 77. Before him are Scott Cawthon, Jens Bergensten, Johan Andersson, Ron Gilbert, Ed Boon, and Neil Druckmann. After him are Al Lowe, David Cage, Jordan Mechner, Goichi Suda, Mark Cerny, and Éric Chahi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Yoshinori Kitase ranks 465. Before him are Marco Borsato, Patrick Ouchène, Stone Gossard, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Vincenzo Sospiri, and Tim Hardaway. After him are John Doyle, Joakim Nilsson, Martin Keown, Henk Fraser, Emese Hunyady, and Mike McCready.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshinori Kitase ranks 2,091 out of 6,245. Before him are Kohei Imazeki (1994), Norio Omura (1969), Yuki Takabayashi (1980), Yuka Miyazaki (1983), Takuya Onishi (1975), and Yuji Nakazawa (1978). After him are Masaharu Suzuki (1970), Ayumi Hara (1979), Shun Aso (1985), Kazuto Nishida (1998), Hisashi Kurosaki (1968), and Shohei Kamada (1980).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Yoshinori Kitase ranks 23. Before him are Hideki Kamiya (1970), Eiji Aonuma (1963), Yuji Horii (1954), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Yuji Naka (1965), and Toshihiro Nagoshi (1965). After him are Goichi Suda (1968), Keiichiro Toyama (1970), Tetsuya Takahashi (1966), Koji Igarashi (1968), Yoshiaki Koizumi (1968), and Hidemaro Fujibayashi (1972).

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