Yoshinori Kitase

Yoshinori Kitase

Yoshinori Kitase is a Japanese game director and producer at Square Enix, best known for his work on the Final Fantasy series.

Kitase was a designer for 1991’s Game Boy entry Final Fantasy Adventure, before performing the same role for mainline instalment Final Fantasy V (1992).

The designer was promoted to director for Final Fantasy VI (1994), a role he also performed for Chrono Trigger (1995), Final Fantasy VII (1997) and Final Fantasy VIII (1999).

Kitase has been a producer for the Final Fantasy series ever since.