Kazushige Nojima | |
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野島 一成 | |
Born |
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | January 20, 1964
Occupation(s) | Game designer, writer |
Years active | 1984–present |
Employers |
Kazushige Nojima (野島 一成, Nojima Kazushige, born January 20, 1964) is a Japanese video game writer. He is best known for writing several installments of Square Enix's Final Fantasy franchise—namely Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs Advent Children and Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VIII, and Final Fantasy X and X-2—in addition to the Kingdom Hearts series, [1] the Glory of Heracles series, and the story to the Subspace Emissary mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Nojima also wrote the original lyrics of " Liberi Fatali" for Final Fantasy VIII and both "Suteki da Ne" and the "Hymn of the Fayth" for Final Fantasy X, as well as " No Promises to Keep" for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. He is also the founder of Stellavista Ltd.
Kazushige Nojima first joined Japanese video game developer and publisher Data East. [2]
He joined Square in 1994. He began work on Final Fantasy VII after the main character settings were done, though Nojima considered this early in the process; he was still working on Bahamut Lagoon.
Nojima also wrote the mythology of Fabula Nova Crystallis, which has been used as the story foundation for all the titles within the series. [3] Nojima also wrote most of the Kingdom Hearts games. [4] He also wrote the scenario for Final Fantasy XV (Previously known as Versus XIII). [3]
Kazushige Nojima left Square Enix in 2003 and founded Stellavista Ltd, a freelance scenario company. [5] He wrote the story for Sakura Note. [4] He also contributed some story concepts to the script of Final Fantasy XIII. [5] While developing the scenario for Glory of Heracles, Nojima took inspiration from the Fall of Troy and the Battle of Thermopylae. [6] Not many actual Greek locations were used, but locations derived from Greek mythology were. [6]
In 2011 Enterbrain announced on its Famitsu resource that a short anime and audio drama, based on a novel written by Kazushige Nojima, will be streamed with a name Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army (Armed Middle School Student Basket Army). [1] [7] [8]
Nojima has been called one of the "strongest voices" in the video game industry for his writing. [5] His stories have been noted for their complexity and fearlessness in delving into romantic plot lines. [5]
Kazushige Nojima | |
---|---|
野島 一成 | |
Born |
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | January 20, 1964
Occupation(s) | Game designer, writer |
Years active | 1984–present |
Employers |
Kazushige Nojima (野島 一成, Nojima Kazushige, born January 20, 1964) is a Japanese video game writer. He is best known for writing several installments of Square Enix's Final Fantasy franchise—namely Final Fantasy VII and its spin-offs Advent Children and Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VIII, and Final Fantasy X and X-2—in addition to the Kingdom Hearts series, [1] the Glory of Heracles series, and the story to the Subspace Emissary mode in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Nojima also wrote the original lyrics of " Liberi Fatali" for Final Fantasy VIII and both "Suteki da Ne" and the "Hymn of the Fayth" for Final Fantasy X, as well as " No Promises to Keep" for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. He is also the founder of Stellavista Ltd.
Kazushige Nojima first joined Japanese video game developer and publisher Data East. [2]
He joined Square in 1994. He began work on Final Fantasy VII after the main character settings were done, though Nojima considered this early in the process; he was still working on Bahamut Lagoon.
Nojima also wrote the mythology of Fabula Nova Crystallis, which has been used as the story foundation for all the titles within the series. [3] Nojima also wrote most of the Kingdom Hearts games. [4] He also wrote the scenario for Final Fantasy XV (Previously known as Versus XIII). [3]
Kazushige Nojima left Square Enix in 2003 and founded Stellavista Ltd, a freelance scenario company. [5] He wrote the story for Sakura Note. [4] He also contributed some story concepts to the script of Final Fantasy XIII. [5] While developing the scenario for Glory of Heracles, Nojima took inspiration from the Fall of Troy and the Battle of Thermopylae. [6] Not many actual Greek locations were used, but locations derived from Greek mythology were. [6]
In 2011 Enterbrain announced on its Famitsu resource that a short anime and audio drama, based on a novel written by Kazushige Nojima, will be streamed with a name Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army (Armed Middle School Student Basket Army). [1] [7] [8]
Nojima has been called one of the "strongest voices" in the video game industry for his writing. [5] His stories have been noted for their complexity and fearlessness in delving into romantic plot lines. [5]