Kazushige Nojima
Cloud was designed by Tetsuya Nomura, a character artist for the "Final Fantasy" series, whose role expanded during the title's development to include supervision over Cloud's personality. Yoshinori Kitase, director of "VII", and Kazushige Nojima, one of the game's events planners, developed the story and wanted to create a mysterious character who acted atypically for a hero. After "VII", Nomura assumed greater responsibility for Cloud's development, and his design was revised to better conform with the series' shift to a more realistic style.