Hironobu Sakaguchi
"Final Fantasy VII" was developed by Square for the PlayStation console and released in 1997. Its staff included producer and series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, director and co-writer Yoshinori Kitase, artist Yusuke Naora, character designer Tetsuya Nomura, and writer Kazushige Nojima. The game was a critical and commercial success, and established the "Final Fantasy" series as a major franchise. It was expanded through the multimedia project "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII", comprising additional games, films, and other media.