PRODUCER

HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI



DIRECTOR

YOSHINORI KITASE



MUSIC COMPOSER

NOBUO UEMATSU



MAIN PROGRAMMER

KEN NARITA



CHARACTER DESIGN & BATTLE VISUAL DIRECTOR

TETSUYA NOMURA



ART DIRECTOR

YUSUKE NAORA



IMAGE ILLUSTRATOR

YOSHITAKA AMANO



CG SUPERVISOR

KAZUYUKI HASHIMOTO



CG MOVIE DIRECTOR

MOTONORI SAKAKIBARA



CHARACTER MODELING DIRECTOR

TOMOHIRO KAYANO



MAIN CHARACTER MODELER

HIROSHI ARAI



MAGIC EFFECT DIRECTOR

HIROKATSU SASAKI



SPECIAL
MAGIC EFFECT DIRECTOR

SHINTAROH TAKAI



BATTLE STAGE DIRECTOR

AKIRA FUJII



GRAPHIC OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR
ART DIRECTOR

HITOSHI SASAKI



OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR
COORDINATOR

HIROYOSHI HAMADA



ANIMATION DIRECTOR

HIDETOSHI OMORI



BATTLE PLAN DIRECTOR

YASUSHI MATSUMURA



MAP PLAN DIRECTOR

HIDETOSHI KEZUKA



MAP PLAN CO-DIRECTORS

TAKESHI ENDO

MOTOHARU TANAKA

MASATO YAGI



BATTLE PROGRAMMER

HIROSHI HARATA



CHARACTER PROGRAMMER

HIROSHI KAWAI



CD & MOVIE PROGRAMMER

SHUN MORIYA



SOUND PROGRAMMER

MINORU AKAO



SOUND ENGINEER

EIJI NAKAMURA



MA & RECORDING ENGINEER

KENZI NAGASHIMA



STORY BY

KAZUSHIGE NOJIMA

YOSHINORI KITASE



BASED ON THE STORY BY

HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI

TETSUYA NOMURA



FIELD SECTION



PROGRAMMER

KEIZO KOKUBO



EVENT PLANNER

KAZUSHIGE NOJIMA

KEISUKE MATSUHARA

HIROKI CHIBA

MOTOMU TORIYAMA

JUN AKIYAMA

KAZUHIKO YOSHIOKA

HIDESHI KYONEN

KAZUHIKO AOKI



SPECIAL THANKS

TAKASHI TOKITA

MASATO KATO



MAP PLANNER

MASARU OKA

NAOYA KAWAHIRA

SATORU TSUJI

TOSHIO KURIHARA

JUNKO IRIGUCHI

MASASHI NAKATA

RYO TSURUMAKI



CONCEPT ART BY

TETSUYA TAKAHASHI

TAKAYUKI ODACHI



BACKGROUND DESIGNERS

MATSUZO ITAKURA

KENZO KANZAKI

KAZUYUKI IKUMORI

YUKIO NAKATANI

TAKESHI OKUI

HIROSHI MATSUYAMA

KAZUSHI URATA

YASUNORI HIGUCHI

MASAAKI HAYASHI



SUB CHARACTER
CHARACTER TEXTURE DESIGNER

KAZUHIRO OKAWA



ASSISTANT CHARACTER DESIGNER

FUMI NAKASHIMA



CHARACTER MODELER

TAKANARI TAJIMA

MURASAKI IRIGUCHI

HIROYUKI HOSHINO



CHARACTER ANIMATOR

NORIHITO TAKAMI

TATSUO HEIANZAN




BATTLE SECTION



PROGRAMMER

AKIHIRO YAMAGUCHI

KAZUMASA FUSEYA



CG PROGRAMMER

MASAHARU INOUE



PLANNER

TAKAYOSHI NAKAZATO

GORO OHASHI

MASAHIRO KATAOKA

TAKATSUGU NAKAZAWA



SPECIAL THANKS

TOSHIAKI SUZUKI



MONSTER MODELER

KOUICHI EBE

YOSHIO YAMAKAWA

HIROTO YAMAMOTO



CHARACTER ANIMATOR

TATSUYA KANDO

KUNIHARU TAKEUCHI

GO KIKUCHI



MONSTER DESIGNERS

SHIN NAGASAWA

TETSU TSUKAMOTO



BATTLE STAGE DESIGNERS

HIDEYUKI MATSUMOTO

JUN MATSUO

TAKAHARU MATSUO

KYUJI KAWASE

MASAHIDE TANAKA



2D ANIMETOR

KENICHIROU OKAMOTO

HIROYUKI YOTSUJI



MAGIC EFFECTS SECTION



GRAPHIC DESIGNER

YOUICHI TANAKA

HIROYUKI IKEDA

KUNIO ASAHARA



PROGRAMMER

KENTAROW YASUI

SHINICHI AOYAMA

MITSUO YOSHIOKA



WORLD MAP SECTION



PLANNER

MASATO YAGI



PROGRAMMER

YASUO KUWAHARA



GRAPHIC DESIGNER

HIDEYUKI MATSUMOTO



EFFECT DESIGNER

TAKAYUKI ODACHI



CHOCOBO RACE SECTION



PROGRAMMER

KEITARO ADACHI



GRAPHIC DESIGNER

RYOTARO TAKAHASHI



PLANNER

HIROKI CHIBA



CONDOR WAR SECTION



PROGRAMMER

RYO MUTO



GRAPHIC DESIGNER

HIROYUKI YOTSUJI



PLANNER

KAZUHIKO YOSHIOKA



SUBMARINE CHASE SECTION



PROGRAMMER

SHIN-ICHI TANAKA



GRAPHIC DESIGNER

HIROYUKI YOTSUJI

TAKESHI SANDA



PLANNER

MOTOMU TORIYAMA



HIGHWAY & ROLLER COASTER SECTION



PROGRAMMER

TATSUYA YOSHINARI



GRAPHIC DESIGNER

TAKESHI SANDA



PLANNER

KEISUKE MATSUHARA



SNOWBOARD SECTION



PROGRAMMER

TADAMICHI OBINATA



GRAPHIC DESIGNER

DAIKI KOMATSU



PLANNER

JUN AKIYAMA



CG MOVIE SECTION



FIELD CG & MOVIE DESIGNER

HIROYUKI HONDA

YOSHINORI MORIIZUMI

KANAKO AOKI

YUKO AKIYAMA

AYAKO KURODA



MOVIE ENGINEER

MOTOHISA ADACHI

RYUSUKE SASAKI



BANPREST CO, LTD.

TADAO ODAKA

KOJI TANAKA

KOJI KOBAYASHI

KEIKO IMAMURA

TAKESHI YAMAZOE

KAZUTOSHI SAKAI

DAISUKE SHIGETA



BATTLE CG SUPPORT



MONSTER ANIMATORS

MASATERU SUZUKI	KENJI KADONISHI
KOUICHIROU SOEDA	YOUSUKE ASAHARA
JUNNICHI MURATA	HIROYUKI HAMADA
REINA IKEDA	IKUYO YOSHIDA
MARI MIYAMOTO	NOBUHIKO IMAI
YUSUKE TANAKA	YUKIMASA NAKAUCHI
MANABU INOKUCHI	MAKOTO YAGISHITA
KYOUKO MURAMATU

MONSTER MODELING

YUKI KAWAGUCHI	YOSHIHIRO TAKESHITA
RIE MASUDA	YOSHIYUKI OKU
KUMI KANAI	HIDEO KUBOTA
NOKAZU SATO	TAKUYA TSUNAKAWA

SOUND EFFECT

YOSHITAKA HIROTA	MITSUHIRO IWADATE
YUICHIRO MORI	YOSHIKUNI NAKAMURA

SEPHIROTH CHOIR



SOPRANO

MATSUE FUKUSHIMA

MINAE FUJISAKI



ALTO

KAZUKO NAKANO

SAKI ONO



TENOR

TORU TABEI

DAISUKE HARA



BASS

TOSHIZUMI SAKAI

MASASHI HAMAUZU



EXCERPTS FROM "THE CREATION"
COMPOSED BY JOSEPH HAYDN



SOPRANO

MINAE FUJISAKI



TENOR

DAISUKE HARA



SYNTHESIZER

MASASHI HAMAUZU



SQUARE USA STAFF



TOOL PROGRAMMERS-LA

PAUL ASHDOWN(V.P.)

YUN-PO PAUL FAN

SHIRO KAWAI



CG DESIGNERS-LA

RON SABATINO(V.P.)

SHARON PACKER

JOSEPH BLACK

NICHOLAS HOPPE

SUZANNE BERGER

DOUG SMITH



LA UNIT-COORDINATERS

JUNICHI YANAGIHARA(S.V.P.)

SHINICHIRO KAJITANI(V.P.)

RYOTA TOYAMA



CG OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS



FIELD & MOVIE SECTION



LINKS CORPORATION

HIROYUKI SESHITA	KOUJI ICHIYAMA
IKUO NISHII	TATSUYA EZAKI
YOSHIHISA HIRANO	HIROSHI KAMOHARA
MICHIKO KANNO	NATSUYO KOBAYASHI
KAORI SAITOH	SIGEKO SOGAME
MIKI SAITOH	SANAE NAKANISHI
KEIICHI ABE	TERUYUKI NAGOSHI
TERUSHIGE WATANABE	KUNIHIKO MOHARA
AMOE HOSOGAI	SACHIKO YOSHIDA
MAKIKO MIZUSHIMA	ATSUSHI FUNABASHI
YUUICHIRO MOURI

MILAI CORPORATION

MASANORI USUBA	SATOKO MATSUDA
MASAHISA KANEKO	HAJIME HIDAKA
KAZUHIKO KONTA	MIKU KAYAMA
TSUGIO YAMAMURA	YASUHIRO SUGITANI

PIXY CORPORATION

AKIKO IGE	MASANORI IKEDA
AKIHIRO TSUCHIYA	JUN TERAI

IMAGE CORPORATION

KOUICHI ISHIWATA	FUMIHIRO OTSUKI
OKAYAMA YOUSUKE	ISAO TOKUNAGA
TOSHIYASU SHIMADA	KAZUHIRO KINPARA
JEONGTAE KIM	NORIAKI KATO
DAISUKE MIURA	MASAAKI TANABE
JUNKO ANZAI	YASUHIRO TEZUKA

WILCO JAPAN INC.

HIDEAKI NOGUCHI	SAKIKO AOKI
YUKIHIRO SHIBAMOTO	KAORI NAGASAKI
MAKOTO SUGAWARA	TAMOTSU MACHIDA
HIROMI TAKAHASHI

OMNIBUS JAPAN

YOICHI HARATO	MITSUGU KOBAYASHI
HARUO KOYAMA	JYUNJI MUNEKATA
MICHITAKA SATO	ARITSUNE KAWAMURA
TARO IBUSUKI	KAZUSHI SUGAWARA
TETSUO KOJIMA	AKIRA WATANABE
TETSUJI NAKAOKA	NAOKO HATSUKARI
MAE HIROSE	KENJI OGURA
HIDEKAZU MIYAKE	KATSUYUKI AMANO
KENJI TANABE	SATOSHI TAKAGI
SEICHI TANAKA	MAMI KOJIMA
TOMOHIKO SYUTO	YUKI MASUDA
HIROSHI MURAKAMI	HIROYUKI MOROHOSHI
HANAKO KIDO	YUICHI MORIO

NORIHIRO OHTSUBO



DAAC CORPORATION



TOSE C.G. SECTION



MONSTER MODEL SUPPORT



NHK ENTERPRISE 21

MASAYOSHI OBATA



FIELD DESIGN SUPPORT



ATELIER MUSA

SHIGEMI IKEDA



KUSANAGI

NOBUHITO SUE

HIROMI KARIYA

UMIGAME JIMUSHO CORPORATION

HIROYUKI HAYASHI



ALGO-NICUS

SHUNICHI BABA

YUKITOMO WATANABE

2D ANIMATION SUPPORT



STUDIO GAZELLE, INC.

IKUO SATO	YOSHIKAZU SAMURA
SHUJI MIYATA	HIDEKI WATANABE
SHINSAKU KOZUMA	YUSUKE YAMAMO
YASUYUKI NODA

SOUND ENGINEER
FOR ADDITIONAL MOVIE

TAK OGAWA



RECORDING ENGINEER
FOR ADDITIONAL MOVIE

MASAYOSHI OKAWA



SPECIAL THANKS

KAZUHIKO TORISHIMA	HIDEO YOSHIKURA
TOSHIMASA TAKAHASHI	YUU KONDOH
IZUMI KAWANISHI	MAKOTO TANAKA
MASAYOSHI YANAKA	YOSHIAKI NAKAYAMA
TEIJI YUTAKA	TOYOSHI OKADA
KAORU YAMANOUE	AIKO ITO

QUALITY ASSURANCE

HIROMI MASUDA	TSUYOSHI FUSANO
YOSHIA SHIBANO	MIKI ITO
YUJI SAITO	YUKI HASEGAWA

SQUARE SOFT, INC.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION	MICHAEL BASKETT
QA MANAGER	JON WILLIAMS
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER	RICK THOMPSON
EXECUTIVE VP. STRATEGIC PLANNING	YOSHIHIRO MARUYAMA
VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING	JUN IWASAKI
ASSISTANT MARKETING ASSOCIATE	KENJI MIMURA

PUBLICITY PRODUCERS

SHINJI HASHIMOTO

TADASHI NOMURA

KIYOTAKA SOUSUI



EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

TETSUO MIZUNO

TOMOYUKI TAKECHI