Motomu Toriyama

Motomu Toriyama is a Japanese game director and scenario writer who has been working for Square Enix since 1994. He initially worked on event scenes in Bahamut Lagoon and Final Fantasy VII. Toriyama started codirecting with Final Fantasy X, and continued as main director with Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XIII and its sequels Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
He is a member of Square Enix's Business Division 1 and the Final Fantasy Committee.FF Committee members
==Biography==
Motomu Toriyama joined Square in 1994. At the time, Square was on the process of creating Final Fantasy VII. Toriyama was placed under the authority of Yoshinori Kitase, who decided Toriyama's role as event planner for the early parts of that game. Toriyama wrote and directed many of the scenes revolving around Cloud Strife and Aerith Gainsborough. He tried to make Aerith an important character to the player to maximize the impact of her death.http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/03/final-fantasy-anniversary-interview-toryiama-speaks/
==Works within the series==
Game 	Release	Toriyama's credit(s)
Final Fantasy VII 	1997 	Event Planner, Submarine Chase Section PlannerFinal Fantasy VII Credits
Final Fantasy X 	2001 	Director (Event), Scenario Writer (with Kazushige Nojima and Daisuke Watanabe)
Final Fantasy X-2 	2003 	Director
Final Fantasy VII Technical Demo for PS3 	2005 	Director
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings 	2007 	Director, Scenario Writer, Event Direction
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King 	2008 	Scenario Writer
Dissidia Final Fantasy 	2008 	Scenario Supervisor
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord 	2009 	Scenario Director
Final Fantasy XIII 	2009 	Director, Scenario Designer, LyricsFinal Fantasy XIII credits
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy 	2011 	Special Thanks
Final Fantasy XIII-2 	2011 	Director, LyricsFinal Fantasy XIII-2 credits
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 	2013 	Scenario Writer for the Lightning Strikes event
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII 	2013 	Director, LyricsLightning Returns credits
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster 	2013 	SupervisorFinal Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster credits
Mobius Final Fantasy 	2015 	Directorhttp://press.na.square-enix.com/releases/1004/mobius-final-fantasy-celebrates-one-year-of-servicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=750sPsM7jIE, Lyrics
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT 	2015 	Special Thanks
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 	2016 	Special ThanksFilm credits
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward(Patch 3.56) 	2017 	Special ThanksGame credits
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood 	2017 	Special ThanksGame credits
Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary	2017 	Scenario Supervisor
Final Fantasy VII Remake 	2020 	Co-director (Scenario Design),https://www.siliconera.com/final-fantasy-vii-remake-adds-ffxiii-director-motomu-toriyama-as-one-of-its-co-directors/ Original Lyrics
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius 	2020 	Special Thanks
Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier 	2021 	Supervisory Support
Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis 	2023 	Director
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 	2024 	Co-director (Scenario Design), Original Lyrics
==External links==
*Motomu Toriyama on Wikipedia
*Motomu Toriyama on IMDB.com
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