is a Japanese game producer, scenario writer and a former game director working for Square Enix Co., Ltd. (previously Square Co., Ltd.). He joined the company in 1991. His most notable roles as game director are "Final Fantasy VI", "Chrono Trigger", "Final Fantasy VII" and "Final Fantasy VIII". Kitase later worked as producer for "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2".

Masashi Hamauzu is a video game music composer who has worked for Square Enix for more than a decade. Hamauzu's start with the company came by creating a small handful of tracks (along with other composers) for "Front Mission: Gun Hazard" (1996) and "Tobal No. 1" (1996). Later collaborations would include "Final Fantasy X" (2001) (with Nobuo Uematsu and Junya Nakano) and "Musashi: Samurai Legend" (2005) (with Junya Nakano, …

is a Japanese game scenario writer and is the founder of Stellavista Ltd.. He is best known for writing parts of Square Enix's "Final Fantasy" video game series, namely "Final Fantasy VII," "Final Fantasy VIII," "Final Fantasy X", "Final Fantasy X-2" and also the entire "Kingdom Hearts series".

Junya Nakano (born February 28, 1971) is a Japanese video game music composer. He has worked for Square Enix Co., Ltd. for over five years. His notable works include "Treasure Conflix" (1996), "Another Mind" (1998), and "Dewprism" a.k.a. "Threads of Fate" (1999). He has also collaborated on the soundtracks to "Final Fantasy X" (2001) (with Nobuo Uematsu and Masashi Hamauzu) and "Musashi: Samurai Legend" (2005) (with Masashi Hamauzu, …

Tara Strong (born Tara Lyn Charendoff, February 12, 1973) is a voice actress originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her voice has been used for a wide variety of Canadian and American animation including main roles in "The Powerpuff Girls" as Bubbles, "The Fairly Oddparents" as Timmy Turner, "Teen Titans" as Raven, and many others.

James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American voice actor. He is best known for his voice work in Squaresoft's popular video game, "Final Fantasy X", as the voice of Tidus. He also provided the voice for Ratchet in the second, third,fourth and fifth games in the popular "Ratchet & Clank" video game series from Insomniac Games.

Yusuke Naora (born January 9, 1971) is a Japanese video game art director, art supervisor, field graphic designer, game producer and character designer working for Square Enix (formerly Square. He served as the art director for "Final Fantasy VII", "Final Fantasy VIII", "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy VII Advent Children" as well as "Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII" as Art Supervisor.

Lee Ji Yeon, professionally known as Lee Soo Young (이수영), is a Korean ballad singer. She made her debut in 1999 in Korea with the smash hit “I Believe.” Currently, she has seven released albums and four mini-albums (labeled as "Holiday in Lombok", "Classic", "As Time Goes By", "An Autumn Day") and sang six OSTs. She’s recognized in Korea for her powerful voice and although she rarely appears in her own music videos, …

(born 1964) is a Japanese game director and game producer currently working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He is most notably credited for directing titles in the "Front Mission" series and was also the battle director for "Final Fantasy X". As battle director of "Final Fantasy X", he pulled away the Active Time Battle (ATB) system, which started with "Final Fantasy IV" and originally designed by Hiroyuki Ito, replacing it with a more strategic battle system, …

Hedy Burress (born Heather Elizabeth Burress, October 3, 1973 in Edwardsville, Illinois) is an American actress. She attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, before relocating to Los Angeles, California, in 1995. She has acted in many television programs and motion pictures since 1996. She also co-starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom "Boston Common".

is a scenario writer currently working for Square Enix. He is well known for working on the scenario of Threads of Fate, Final Fantasy XII with Miwa Shoda, Kingdom Hearts with Jun Akiyama and Kazushige Nojima and Final Fantasy X-2 with Kazushige Nojima and the scenario planner on Final Fantasy X. Daisuke Watanabe is not to be confused by a game designer of the same name who happens to work at Nintendo.

is a Japanese guitarist for The Black Mages. He performed on the tracks Otherworld, Matoya's Cave, The Man With The Machine Gun and Maybe I'm a Lion on the second album. He also arranged "Otherworld" for "Final Fantasy X". He also performed on both DVDs as well as the More Friends concert in Los Angeles. He primarily plays a Burning Water James Tyler guitar.

Matt McKenzie is an actor best known for his voicework in games and movies. He is the voice of Auron in the popular RPG games "Final Fantasy X", "Final Fantasy X-2", and "Kingdom Hearts II". He also provided the English voice of Borgoff in the movie "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust", Ptolemy in "Reign: The Conqueror", and Major Elliot in the animated movie "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within".

Paula Tiso is an American voice actress who is best known as the English voice of Lulu in "Final Fantasy X" and its sequel. She also shows incredible range through her voices in games such as "La Pucelle Tactics", "Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem", "EverQuest II", "Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror", " Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard", "Grandia 3", "Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana", "Destroy All Humans!", …

professionally known as, is a famous Japanese folk singer. She began to sing traditional Japanese music when she was four years old. Later, at the age of 15, RIKKI was the youngest winner ever to win the "Grand Prix" of the Japanese traditional folk music awards (known as All Japan Minyo awards). She first performed in Tokyo, Japan, at the prestigious Festival Konda Lota in 1992. She released her first single "Maten no Hoshi" (which means "Sky Full of Stars") in December 1993, …

Shintaro Takai is a video game director for Square Enix. He has been credited on the following titles during his employment with the company: *"Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII" - (2006; as VFX Director) *"Final Fantasy X-2" — (2003; as Art Director) *"Unlimited SaGa" — (2002; as Effects Design Supervisor) *"Final Fantasy X" — (2001; as Battle Art Director)

Takayoshi Nakazato is a video game director for the Square Enix corporation. He has been credited on the following titles during his employment with the company: *"Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII" — (2006; as Director) *"Final Fantasy X-2" — (2003; as Field Planning Director) *"Final Fantasy X" — (2001; as Map Director)

Alex Fernandez (July 22, 1967 -) is an American voice actor from Miami, Florida who is noted for his voiceover as Uka Uka in "Crash Twinsanity", taking over the role from "The Shawshank Redemption" actor Clancy Brown. He has also had roles in other video games, such as "Dead Rising" as Carlito Keyes, and "Final Fantasy X" as Maester Seymour Guado.

David Rasner is a voice actor. His roles include the character Brother in the games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. He has also voiced as Jubei Kibagami in Ninja Scroll: The Series. He is an ex-Navy Seal.

Julia Fletcher, sometimes credited as Julia DeMita, is a voice actress whose throaty, articulate vocals have graced many popular animated works and video games. Among her best known roles are the Instructor (narrator) in "The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance", Elma and Yunalesca in "Final Fantasy X", Carmila in "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust", Scaphandra and Judy in "Aeon Flux", …

is a video game programmer working for the Square Enix corporation. He has been credited on the following titles during his employment with the company: *"Final Fantasy X" — (2001; as Main Event Programmer) *"Final Fantasy XII" — (2006; as Main System Director, North American Event Programming Director) He has also been credited as the main programmer for Sony Computer Entertainment's "Jumping Flash! 2".

Fumi Nakashima is a video game character designer for the Square Enix corporation. She has been credited on the following titles during her employment with the company: *"Final Fantasy X" — (2001; as Chief Sub-character Designer) *"The Bouncer" — (2000; as Assistant Character Designer) *"Parasite Eve II" — (1999; as Character Illustrator) *"Chrono trigger" — (1995; as Character Graphic Artist)

Michéal ("Mike") McShane is an American actor and improvisational comedian who first became known to American audiences through his appearances on the British version of the television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" McShane has performed on stage, on television, and in film, and is an alumnus of Los Angeles Theatresports. One of his larger TV roles was as Kramer's nemesis Franklin Delano Romanowski (FDR) on "Seinfeld".

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