Tetsuya Nomura

is a Japanese video game director and character designer working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He first started working designing few parts from Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI and has also been the character designer from various games, debuting in Final Fantasy VII. Additionally, Nomura debuted as video game director for the Kingdom Hearts series starting in 2002 and was also the director from the CGI film, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.
For Disney, Nomura received the "Excellence in Visual Arts" award by the International Game Developers Association for his work in the first Kingdom Hearts game, alongside Shinji Hashimoto. In IGN's "The Top 100 Video Game Creators of all Time", Nomura was listed at number 84.
==Kingdom Hearts Series Discography==
Year	Game 	Position
2002	Kingdom Hearts 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2004	Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2005	Kingdom Hearts II 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2007	Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2008	Kingdom Hearts coded 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2009	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2010	Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2011	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2012	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2013	Kingdom Hearts χ 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2013	Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2014	Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2015	Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2017	Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2017	Kingdom Hearts HD I.5+II.5 ReMIX 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2019	Kingdom Hearts III 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2020	Kingdom Hearts Dark Road 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
2020	Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory 	Director/Producer/Character Designer/Story
==Gallery==
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nomura hashimoto shimomura at walt disney studios main theatre.jpg|From left (in chairs): Emiko Yamamoto, Tetsuya Nomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Yoko Shimomura
Nomura taking a photo with Mickey Mouse at Walt Disney Studios during the Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX launch event.jpg|Nomura taking a photo with Mickey Mouse at Walt Disney Studios during the Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 ReMIX launch event.
Nomura wearing a Mickey Mouse jacket while at Walt Disney Studios.jpg|Nomura wearing a Mickey Mouse jacket while at Walt Disney Studios.
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