Kazushige Nojima
Kazushige Nojima 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, 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.
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. Nojima also wrote a number of the Kingdom Hearts games. He also wrote the scenario for Final Fantasy XV .
Freelance
Kazushige Nojima left Square Enix in 2003 and founded Stellavista Ltd, a freelance scenario company. He wrote the story for Sakura Note. He also contributed some story concepts to the script of Final Fantasy XIII. While developing the scenario for Glory of Heracles, Nojima took inspiration from the Fall of Troy and the Battle of Thermopylae. Not many actual Greek locations were used, but locations derived from Greek mythology were.
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.''
Nojima has been called one of the "strongest voices" in the video game industry for his writing. His stories have been noted for their complexity and fearlessness in delving into romantic plot lines.
Works
Video games
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Kiken na Futari – Scenario writerHeracles no Eikō II: Titan no Metsubō – Scenario writerTantei Jingūji Saburō: Toki no Sugiyuku mamani... – Scenario writerHeracles no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku – Scenario writerHeracles no Eikō IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono – Director, scenario writer Bahamut Lagoon – DirectorFinal Fantasy VII – Event planner, story Final Fantasy VIII – Scenario writerFinal Fantasy X – Scenario writerKingdom Hearts – Scenario writerFinal Fantasy X-2 – Scenario writerBefore Crisis: Final Fantasy VII – Scenario supervisorKingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories – Scenario supervisorKingdom Hearts II – Scenario writerCrisis Core: Final Fantasy VII – Scenario writerSuper Smash Bros. Brawl – The Subspace Emissary scenario writer Glory of Hercules – Scenario writerSakura Note – Scenario writerFinal Fantasy XIII – Scenario conceptLast Ranker – Scenario writerLord of Arcana – Original lyricsBlack Rock Shooter: The Game – Scenario writerSol Trigger – Scenario writerFinal Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster – Scenario writer, audio drama writerZodiac: Orcanon Odyssey – Scenario writerMobius Final Fantasy – Scenario writerDragon's Dogma Online – Scenario writerFinal Fantasy XV – Original story plotItadaki Street: Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary – Scenario supervisorDissidia Final Fantasy NT – Scenario conceptFinal Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition – Original story plotKingdom Hearts III – Scenario supervisorFinal Fantasy VII Remake – Story, scenario writer, lyricistAstria Ascending – Story, scenario writerFinal Fantasy VII: The First Soldier – Scenario supervisorStranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – Story, scenario writerCrisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion – Scenario writerFinal Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis – Story, scenario writerFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth – Story, scenario writerReynatis – Scenario writer
Novels
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile – WriterFinal Fantasy VII The Kids Are Alright: A Turks Side Story – WriterFinal Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daishō~ – WriterBasket Army – WriterFinal Fantasy VII Remake: Traces of Two Pasts – Writer
Film
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children – Scenario writer
Anime
Last Order: Final Fantasy VII – StoryLupin the 3rd Part V – Episode 12 screenplay