Tetsuya Nomura

Designer · Director · Producer · Creative Director

Tetsuya Nomura (野村 哲也) is a Square Enix game creator.

Born October 08, 1970

Career

Nomura first became involved with the Final Fantasy series during development of Final Fantasy V.

Nomura was a character designer on Final Fantasy VII.

Nomura has directed the Kingdom Hearts series.

Nomura served as Creative Director for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

Interesting Facts

  • Nomura designed the Final Fantasy V character Gilgamesh.
  • During Final Fantasy VI development, Nomura said that original versions of Shadow and Setzer came from ideas he had first made for Final Fantasy V; he specifically described creating Shadow's general profile and dog-following concept.

Credited Games