Gains international fame as the genius behind the characters of
Final Fantasy VIII, who are credited as being "the most well developed
and realistic characters ever to grace a video game, past or present." (1999)
Is fluent in Japanese and English.
Is the current main character designer and illustrator of various
Square Enix games including Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy X, Parasite
Eve and the Musashi video game series (Brave Fencer Musashi and
Musashi: Samurai Legend).