Tetsuya Nomura
Tidus was designed by Tetsuya Nomura with a cheerful appearance, in contrast to previous "Final Fantasy" protagonists. Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima wanted to expand the relationship between player and character with monologues describing the game's setting. Tidus is voiced primarily by Masakazu Morita in Japanese and James Arnold Taylor in English. Both actors enjoyed voicing the character, and Morita also performed his motion capture.