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{{nihongo|'''Yoshinori Kitase'''|北瀬 佳範|Kitase Yoshinori|born 23 September 1966}} is a Japanese [[game |
{{nihongo|'''Yoshinori Kitase'''|北瀬 佳範|Kitase Yoshinori|born 23 September 1966}} is a Japanese [[game producer]] who works for [[Square Enix]]. He is mostly known for his work as the director of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' (1997) and ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' (1999). More recently, he has worked as the producer of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' (2001) and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' (2009). |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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| 1992 || ''[[Romancing SaGa]]'' || <small>[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</small> || Field map design |
| 1992 || ''[[Romancing SaGa]]'' || <small>[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]</small> || Field map design |
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| 1992 || ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' || <small>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</small> || |
| 1992 || ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' || <small>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</small> || Event planner, scenario writer<ref name="1upkitase">{{cite web |author=Parish, Jeremy |date=2010-02-24 |title=Final Fantasy: Kitase's Inside Story |url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3178085 |work=[[1UP.com]] |publisher=[[UGO Networks]] |accessdate=2010-09-11}}</ref> |
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| 1994 || ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' || <small>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</small> || Director, event planner, scenario writer<ref name="1upkitase" /> |
| 1994 || ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' || <small>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</small> || Director, event planner, scenario writer<ref name="1upkitase" /> |
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| 1998 || ''[[Ehrgeiz]]'' || <small>PlayStation</small> || ''FF VII'' staff |
| 1998 || ''[[Ehrgeiz]]'' || <small>PlayStation</small> || ''FF VII'' staff |
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| 1999 || ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' || <small>PlayStation, Windows</small> || Director, |
| 1999 || ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' || <small>PlayStation, Windows</small> || Director, game designer, base story<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Nomura, Kitase and Naora |url=http://playstationjapan.tripod.com/ff8iview2.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5wiLPkaDV |archivedate=2011-02-23 |date=1998-06-05 |work=[[Famitsu|Shūkan Famitsu]] |publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]] |accessdate=2011-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania|publisher=[[Square Enix]]|page=464|author=Studio BentStuff|language=Japanese}}</ref> |
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| 2001 || ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' || <small>[[PlayStation 2]]</small> || Producer, |
| 2001 || ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' || <small>[[PlayStation 2]]</small> || Producer, base story<ref>{{cite web|title= Interview: Final Fantasy X|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20010413205127/http://www.coremagazine.com/news/3808.php3|publisher=Core Magazine|archivedate=13 April 2001|date=6 March 2001|url=http://www.coremagazine.com/news/3808.php3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Final Fantasy X Developers|url=http://www.mmcafe.com/news/news01-9-01.htm|publisher=The Madman's Cafe|accessdate=13 April 2013|date=19 January 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega|publisher=[[Square Enix]]|pages=192, 476|author=Studio BentStuff|language=Japanese}}</ref> |
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| 2002 || ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' || <small>PlayStation 2</small> || Co-producer |
| 2002 || ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' || <small>PlayStation 2</small> || Co-producer |
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| 2004 || ''[[Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII]]'' || <small>Mobile phone</small> || Executive producer |
| 2004 || ''[[Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII]]'' || <small>Mobile phone</small> || Executive producer |
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| 2004 || ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'' || <small>[[Game Boy Advance]]</small> || |
| 2004 || ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'' || <small>[[Game Boy Advance]]</small> || Co-producer |
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| 2005 || ''[[Final Fantasy VII#Possible remake|Final Fantasy VII: Technical Demo for PS3]]'' || <small>[[PlayStation 3]]</small> || Supervisor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/08/news_6127146.html |title=FFX producer developing PS3 Final Fantasy? |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |date=8 June 2005}}</ref> |
| 2005 || ''[[Final Fantasy VII#Possible remake|Final Fantasy VII: Technical Demo for PS3]]'' || <small>[[PlayStation 3]]</small> || Supervisor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/08/news_6127146.html |title=FFX producer developing PS3 Final Fantasy? |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |date=8 June 2005}}</ref> |
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| 2005 || ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' || <small>PlayStation 2</small> || Co-producer |
| 2005 || ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' || <small>PlayStation 2</small> || Co-producer |
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| 2006 || ''[[Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]]'' || <small>PlayStation 2</small> || Producer |
| 2006 || ''[[Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]]'' || <small>PlayStation 2</small> || Producer, original concept |
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| 2006 || ''[[Final Fantasy V Advance]]'' || <small>Game Boy Advance</small> || Supervisor |
| 2006 || ''[[Final Fantasy V Advance]]'' || <small>Game Boy Advance</small> || Supervisor |
Revision as of 13:47, 6 July 2013
Yoshinori Kitase | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Nihon University |
Occupation | Video game producer |
Employer | Square Enix |
Yoshinori Kitase (北瀬 佳範, Kitase Yoshinori, born 23 September 1966) is a Japanese game producer who works for Square Enix. He is mostly known for his work as the director of Final Fantasy VII (1997) and Final Fantasy VIII (1999). More recently, he has worked as the producer of Final Fantasy X (2001) and Final Fantasy XIII (2009).
Biography
In July 1978, at the age of 12, Kitase watched the movie Star Wars for the first time and was deeply impressed with it. He later examined the making-of video to it and became interested in the creative process of the film industry. Kitase decided to attend the Nihon University College of Art and studied screenwriting and filmmaking. Although he enjoyed filming, he showed a much greater passion for post-production editing as he felt it allowed him to give the footage a completely new meaning and to appeal to the viewers' feelings. In his first year after the graduation, Kitase worked at a small animation studio that produced animated television programs and commercials. When he played Final Fantasy for the first time, he considered a switch to the game industry as he felt that it had potential when it came to animation and storytelling. Despite having no software development knowledge, he applied at the game development company Square and was hired in 1990. In the ten years to follow, he gathered experience as an "event scripter", directing the characters' movements and facial expressions on the game screen as well as setting the timings and music transitions. He has compared this work to directing film actors.[1]
When many players responded to the sci-fi world of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII by requesting a "simple fantasy world", Kitase tried to expand the definition of the word "fantasy" beyond that of a medieval European setting. This led to Southeast Asia being the backdrop for Final Fantasy X.[2] Kitase referred to Final Fantasy VII and its protagonist Cloud Strife as his favorite game and character, respectively.[3] In an interview, he said that he loves first-person shooters.[4]
Works
Release | Title | System | Credit(s) |
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1991 | Final Fantasy Adventure | Game Boy | Game design, scenario |
1992 | Romancing SaGa | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Field map design |
1992 | Final Fantasy V | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Event planner, scenario writer[5] |
1994 | Final Fantasy VI | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Director, event planner, scenario writer[5] |
1995 | Chrono Trigger | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Director, scenario writer[6] |
1997 | Final Fantasy VII | PlayStation, Windows | Director, scenario writer |
1998 | Ehrgeiz | PlayStation | FF VII staff |
1999 | Final Fantasy VIII | PlayStation, Windows | Director, game designer, base story[7][8] |
2001 | Final Fantasy X | PlayStation 2 | Producer, base story[9][10][11] |
2002 | Kingdom Hearts | PlayStation 2 | Co-producer |
2003 | Final Fantasy X-2 | PlayStation 2 | Producer |
2004 | Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII | Mobile phone | Executive producer |
2004 | Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Game Boy Advance | Co-producer |
2005 | Final Fantasy VII: Technical Demo for PS3 | PlayStation 3 | Supervisor[12] |
2005 | Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children | DVD-Video, UMD | Producer |
2005 | Kingdom Hearts II | PlayStation 2 | Co-producer |
2006 | Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII | PlayStation 2 | Producer, original concept |
2006 | Final Fantasy V Advance | Game Boy Advance | Supervisor |
2006 | Final Fantasy VI Advance | Game Boy Advance | Supervisor |
2006 | Dawn of Mana | PlayStation 2 | Special thanks |
2007 | Heroes of Mana | Nintendo DS | Special thanks |
2007 | Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII | PlayStation Portable | Executive producer, event planner[13] |
2008 | Sigma Harmonics | Nintendo DS | Producer |
2008 | Dissidia: Final Fantasy | PlayStation Portable | Producer |
2009 | Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete | Blu-ray Disc | Producer |
2009 | Final Fantasy XIII | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Producer, Crystal Tools development staff |
2010 | The 3rd Birthday | PlayStation Portable | Producer |
2011 | Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy | PlayStation Portable | Special thanks |
2011 | Final Fantasy Type-0 | PlayStation Portable | Producer |
2011 | Final Fantasy XIII-2 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Producer |
2012 | Theatrhythm Final Fantasy | Nintendo 3DS | Special thanks |
2013 | Final Fantasy: All The Bravest | iOS | Special thanks |
2013 | Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Producer |
2013 | Final Fantasy X HD Remaster | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita | Producer |
2013 | Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita | Producer |
References
- ^ "「ハリウッド映画に負けていますか?」 スクウェア・エニックスプロデューサー北瀬 佳範" (in Japanese). Kodansha. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ "Beyond FINAL FANTASY – Interviews". FINAL FANTASY X Bonus DVD. Square Enix Co., Ltd. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
Yoshinori Kitase: For Final Fantasy VII and VIII, the setting was sci-fi and many players responded by saying that they preferred a simple fantasy world. They seemed to have a fixed notion of what fantasy means to them, and to them, it consisted of a medieval European world. I wanted to change that idea. I wanted to expand the definition of what the players thought the word "fantasy" implied.
- ^ "Yoshinori Kitase on FFXIII, FFVII and Dissidia". VideoGamer.com. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ Cheng, Justin (19 May 2005). "E3 2005: Yoshinori Kitase Interview". IGN. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ a b Parish, Jeremy (24 February 2010). "Final Fantasy: Kitase's Inside Story". 1UP.com. UGO Networks. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ "Procyon Studio: Interview with Masato Kato". Cocoebiz.com. 1999. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Interview with Nomura, Kitase and Naora". Shūkan Famitsu. ASCII Corporation. 5 June 1998. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania (in Japanese). Square Enix. p. 464.
- ^ "Interview: Final Fantasy X". Core Magazine. 6 March 2001. Archived from the original on 13 April 2001.
- ^ "Interview with Final Fantasy X Developers". The Madman's Cafe. 19 January 2001. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega (in Japanese). Square Enix. pp. 192, 476.
- ^ "FFX producer developing PS3 Final Fantasy?". GameSpot. 8 June 2005.
- ^ Martin, Joe (26 April 2008). "Crisis Core: Interviewing Yoshinori Kitase". Interview. bit-tech. Retrieved 4 April 2011.