Tetsuya Nomura (野村 哲也 Nomura Tetsuya) is a Japanese video game director and character designer working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He first started working designing few parts from Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI and has also been the character designer from various games, debuting in Final Fantasy VII. Additionally, Nomura debuted as video game director for the Kingdom Hearts series starting in 2002 and was also the director from the CGI film, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.
For Disney, Nomura received the "Excellence in Visual Arts" award by the International Game Developers Association for his work in the first Kingdom Hearts game, alongside Shinji Hashimoto. In IGN's "The Top 100 Video Game Creators of all Time", Nomura was listed at number 84.
Kingdom Hearts Series Discography[]
| Year | Game | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Kingdom Hearts | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2005 | Kingdom Hearts II | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2007 | Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2008 | Kingdom Hearts coded | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2009 | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2010 | Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2011 | Kingdom Hearts Re:coded | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2012 | Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2013 | Kingdom Hearts χ | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2013 | Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2014 | Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2015 | Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2017 | Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2017 | Kingdom Hearts HD I.5+II.5 ReMIX | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2019 | Kingdom Hearts III | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2020 | Kingdom Hearts Dark Road | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
| 2020 | Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory | Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story |
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