Yoshinori Kitase

Yoshinori Kitase 北瀬 佳範 Kitase Yoshinori is a Japanese game producer and former game director who has been working for Square Enix since 1990 He has directed four Final Fantasy games Final Fantasy VI 1994 Final Fantasy VII 1997 Final Fantasy VIII 1999 and Final Fantasy X 2001 Yoshinori became a producer after Hironobu Sakaguchi promoted him to the position He made his debut as a producer with Final Fantasy X 2001 while simultaneously directing the title Since then he has produced Final Fantasy X2 2003 the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII 20042009 the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy 20092013 Mobius Final Fantasy 2015 and Final Fantasy VII Remake 2020 He was the division executive of Square Enixs Business Division 1 and also a member of the Final Fantasy Committee He is currently an executive officer and member of the board of directors of Square Enix Co Ltd and the vice president of Creative Business Unit I He was named the brand manager for the Final Fantasy series in April 2021 taking over for Shinji Hashimoto Since June 2022 Kitase became a member of the board of directors of Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd as well