Kazushige Nojima
"Suteki da ne" is the theme song of "Final Fantasy X". It was written by Nobuo Uematsu and Kazushige Nojima and was sung by Japanese folk singer Ritsuki Nakano, known as "Rikki", whom the music team contacted while searching for a singer whose music reflected an Okinawan atmosphere. "Suteki da ne" is sung in its original Japanese form in both the Japanese and English versions of "Final Fantasy X". The song's title translates to "Isn't It Wonderful?" in English, and its lyrics were written by scenario writer Kazushige Nojima, while Uematsu composed the instrumentals and Shirō Hamaguchi arranged the instrumentals. Like the ballad from "Final Fantasy VIII", "Suteki da ne" has an in-game version used in cutscenes together with an orchestrated version used as part of the ending theme.