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Kazushige Nojima
野島 一成
Born (1964-01-20) January 20, 1964 (age 60)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Occupation(s) Game designer, writer
Years active1984–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.

Biography

Kazushige Nojima first joined Japanese video game developer and publisher Data East. [2]

Square Co.

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]

Freelance

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]

Writing style and reception

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]

Works

Video games

Novels

  • Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile (2005-2009) – Writer
  • Final Fantasy VII The Kids Are Alright: A Turks Side Story (2011) – Writer
  • Final Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daishō~ (2013) – Writer
  • Basket Army (2013) – Writer
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake: Traces of Two Pasts (2021) – Writer

Film

Anime

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy's Nojima Makes Short Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "クリエイターズ・ファイル：『ファイナルファンタジーVII』『キングダムハーツ』などの野島一成氏". Gpara.com. July 20, 2004. Archived from the original on July 23, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Anoop Gantayat (January 28, 2011). "Kitase and Toriyama Talk FFXIII-2 and Fabula Nova Crystallis". andraisang. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Gifford, Kevin (August 25, 2009). "Sakura Note Lands on DS". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d Bonnie Ruberg (January 1, 2012). "The Gamasutra 20: Top Game Writers". Gamasutra. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  6. ^ a b RPGamer Staff (September 1, 2009). "RPGamer Feature - Glory of Heracles Interview". RPGamer. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c "Kingdom Hearts/BRS/FF Writer Nojima's New Work Previewed". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  8. ^ "『武装中学生』のショートアニメとオーディオドラマの配信が決定――豪華キャストも判明 - ファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  9. ^ Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega (in Japanese). Square Enix. pp. 191–193, 476.
  10. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (August 12, 2013). "Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster's new 30 min audio episode revealed". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  11. ^ 2014-09-18, TGS 2014: Introducing Zodiac, a New JRPG for PS Vita, IGN
  12. ^ Square Enix (February 2017). Mobius Final Fantasy. Square Enix. Scene: Final Fantasy VII event credits.
  13. ^ Square Enix (July 2017). Mobius Final Fantasy. Square Enix. Scene: Chapter 8, Part 2 credits.
  14. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Final Fantasy XV - Episode 15 (END) - Final Boss & Endings". YouTube.
  15. ^ "Final Fantasy 7: Square Enix set to make story changes in PS4 remake". June 23, 2015.
  16. ^ "Astria Ascending, an RPG written by Kazushige Nojima, announced for PS5, PS4, and Switch [Update: First look]". March 24, 2021.

External links

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