Akitoshi Kawazu
"The Final Fantasy Legend" was the first installment of the "SaGa" series in Japan and the first Game Boy game produced by Square. Square president Masafumi Miyamoto requested developers create a Game Boy game after he noticed the success of "Tetris" and the popularity of the handheld system. Akitoshi Kawazu and partner Koichi Ishii decided that instead of creating a game similar to "Tetris", they would produce what they felt customers desired most: a role-playing game.