Motomu Toriyama

Motomu Toriyama was the main Event Director or Director of several Final Fantasy games. He joined Square Enix as an Event Planner in 1994. He is a member of Square Enix's Business Division 1 and is currently hard at work on the next project.

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 also wrote and directed many of the scenes revolving around the romance between Cloud Strife and Aerith Gainsborough. He tried to make Aerith an important character to the player in order to maximize the impact of her death later in the plot.