Final Fantasy VII credits

These credits have been adapted from the end credits of the Japanese original, International, North American, European PlayStation, and PC, and PlayStation 4 versions of Final Fantasy VII.

The Japanese credits are in two sections. The first section has a screen of credits fade on and off the screen at a time, while the second section has the credits scroll up the screen. During the first section, staff are credited with their Japanese name and a romanization. During the second section only the Japanese name is credited, except for the final few credits. All staff positions are written in English and are singular, with exception going to company names which use their official company name.

The International credits differ from the original only slightly, adding people involved in the additional FMVs, crediting a different soprano on the "The Creation" excerpt, and making a correction from "Sephiros Choir" to "Sephiroth Choir".

The North American version (released before the International version) re-designed the entire thing is scrolling. There is no Japanese text in the North American credits, and some English names differ from the romanizations making them more phonetically accurate (e.g. "Hirokatu Sasaki" > "Hirokatsu Sasaki", but "Kenzi Nagashima" remains), and switches the order of some names that were in the wrong order ("Yasui Kentarow" (surname, first name) > "Kentarow Yasui") although. In the portion of the credits that were not originally in English, there are various newly introduced examples of these things ("Sigeko Sogame", "Okayama Yousuke" (surname, first name)). The North American staff roles always use plural, and some (but not all) typos in staff names were corrected. The North American also rearranged some of the credits, and erroneously moved some names to different sections. The credited "The Creation" Soprano is the same as in the Japanese original. Additional credits are added for Square Soft USA (the localization), and SCEA (the publishing).

The European version (released after the International version) also re-designed the credits to be entirely scrolling, although it leaves longer gaps between sections, usually allowing a credit to leave the screen before another comes on. This means the credits scroll faster than the other version but are technically longer. The romanizations of the names are the same as in the North American version. The staff positions haphazardly use a mixture of singular and plural. The erroneous moving of names was not copied from the North American version, but some of the reorganizations were. The credited "The Creation" Soprano is the same as the Japanese International. The Square Soft USA credits are the same as in the North American version, and SCEE credits for publishing are added.

The North American credits removed Takaharu Matsuo from the Battle Stage Designers credits, meanwhile introducing Masahide Tanaka. The European credits kept Masahide Tanaka as a Battle Stage Designer and re-added Takaharu Matsuo, however Takaharu Matsuo was removed as a Background Designer.

The European credits adds "Aiko Ito" to the Special Thanks section.

The PC 1998 credits were manually recreated based on the North American version and therefore all of the preexisting typos were fixed. At the same time, many more errors were introduced on staff names including some being missed entirely. The PC version has its own extended credits for Square Soft USA, and adds credits for Eidos, Intermetrics, Yamaha, and a list of other companies.

All other PC versions and those based on it (the PlayStation 4 version) do not change the credits. Instead the PC 2012 version adds a separate credits section to its launcher, and the PlayStation 4 version adds a separate option for additional credits to the title screen.

In all versions there are also credits listed if one does waits on the title screen without inputs. Some of these credits use different romanizations. Only the main credits are here, but it is notable for using different romanizations and them not being corrected in the English versions.

Names and positions are credited in capital letters in the credits, but have been made lowercase for this article. Names are as written in the English versions, for the Japanese names see Final Fantasy VII/Translations. The order of the credits are based on the Japanese versions. PlayStation 4 is included in "PC versions" mentioned below, unless specifically referring to its "additional credits".

Square Product Development, Dept.#1
Hironobu Sakaguchi
 * Producer

Yoshinori Kitase
 * Director

Nobuo Uematsu
 * Music Composer

Ken Narita
 * Main Programmer

Tetsuya Nomura
 * Character Design & Battle Visual Director

Yusuke Naora
 * Art Director

Yoshitaka Amano
 * Image Illustrator

Kazuyuki Hashimoto
 * CG Supervisor

Motonori Sakakibara
 * CG Movie Director

Tomohiro Kayano
 * Character Modeling Director

Hiroshi Arai
 * Main Character Modeler

Hirokatsu Sasaki
 * Magic Effect Director

Shintaroh Takai
 * Special Magic Effect Director

Akira Fujii
 * Battle Stage Director

Hitoshi Sasaki
 * Graphic Outside Contractor Art Director

Hiroyoshi Hamada
 * Outside Contractor Coordinator

Hidetoshi Omori
 * Animation Director

Yasushi Matsumura
 * Battle Plan Director

Hidetoshi Kezuka
 * Map Plan Director


 * Map Plan Co-directors

Hiroshi Harata
 * Battle Programmer

Hiroshi Kawai
 * Character Programmer

Shun Moriya
 * CD & Movie Programmer

Minoru Akao
 * Sound Programmer

Eiji Nakamura
 * Sound Engineer

Kenzi Nagashima
 * MA & Recording Engineer


 * Story By


 * Based on the Story By

Field Section
Keizo Kokubo
 * Programmer


 * Event Planners


 * Special Thanks


 * Map Planners


 * Concept Art By


 * Background Designers

Kazuhiro Okawa
 * Sub-character & Character Texture Designer

Fumi Nakashima
 * Assistant Character Designer


 * Character Modelers


 * Character Animators

Battle Section

 * Progammers

Masaharu Inoue
 * CG Progammer


 * Planners

Toshiaki Suzuki
 * Special Thanks


 * Monster Modelers


 * Character Animators


 * Battle Stage Designers

Masahide Tanaka


 * Monster Designers


 * 2D Animators

Magic Effects Section

 * Graphic Designers


 * Programmers

World Map Section
Hideyuki Matsumoto
 * Graphic Designer

Takayuki Odachi Yasuo Kuwahara
 * Effect Designer
 * Progammer

Masato Yagi
 * Planner

Chocobo Race Section
Keitaro Adachi
 * Progammer

Ryotaro Takahashi Hiroki Chiba
 * Graphic Designer
 * Planner

Condor War Section
Ryu Moto
 * Progammer

Hiroyuki Yotsuji Kazuhiko Yoshioka
 * Graphic Designer
 * Planner

Submarine Chase Section
Shin-ichi Tanaka
 * Progammer


 * Graphic Designers

Motomu Toriyama
 * Planner

Highway & Roller Coaster Section
Tatsuya Yoshinari
 * Progammer

Takeshi Sanda Keisuke Matsuhara
 * Graphic Designer
 * Planner

Snowboard Section
Tadamichi Obinata
 * Progammer

Daiki Komatsu Jun Akiyama
 * Graphic Designer
 * Planner

CG Movie Section

 * Field CG & Movie Designers


 * Movie Engineers


 * Banpresto Co, Ltd.

Battle CG Support

 * Monster Animators


 * Monster Modeling


 * Sound Effect

Sephiroth Choir

 * Soprano


 * Alto


 * Tenor


 * Bass

Excerpts from "The Creation"

 * Composed by

Matsue Fukushima
 * Soprano (JORG, NA, PC)

Minae Fujisaki
 * Soprano (JINT, EU)

Daisuke Hara
 * Tenor

Masashi Hamauzu
 * Synthesizer

Square USA Staff

 * Tool Programmers - LA


 * CG Designers - LA


 * LA Unit-Coordinators

Field & Movie Section
Links became Links DigiWorks in 2000 before merging into in 2010. Links also operated with Wilco as WilcoLinks DigiWorks Inc. in 1999, which they used for work on Final Fantasy X. Aside from Final Fantasy VII, Links also worked on Parasite Eve. Hiroyuki Seshita who worked on both games also joined Square to work on many titles including Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
 * Links Corporation

Founded in 1991.
 * MILAI Corporation

Pixy Corporation are credited for work on Final Fantasy VIII, but none of the same staff worked on it. Akihiro Tsuchiya went on to work for Square Visual Works for Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy IX. Masanori Ikeda and Jun Terai are both credited under DAAC Corporation in Final Fantasy VIII. 長澤　剛史
 * Pixy Corporation

Foundedi in 1990, changed name to img in 2009.
 * Image Corporation

Formed in 1991, collaborated with Links Corporation in 1999 as WilcoLinks DigiWorks Inc., and changed name to WILCO Dream Studios in 2003.
 * Wilco Japan Inc.


 * Omnibus Japan


 * Norihiro Ohtsubo

Established in 1996.
 * DAAC Corporation


 * TOSE C.G. Section

Monster Model Support
Established in 1995.
 * NHK Enterprise 21

Masayoshi Obata

Field Design Support
Established by Shigemi Ikeda in 1986,.
 * Atelier Musa

Shigemi Ikeda

Kusanagi was established in 1990. Kusanagi also worked on Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon,
 * Kusanagi

Hiroyuki Hayashi joined Links Corporation in 1984, but later became freelance and founded Umigame Jimusho in 1991.
 * Umigame Jimusho Corporation

Hiroyuki Hayashi


 * Algo-Nicus

2D Animation Support
Founded in 1993, they also worked on Parasite Eve and Final Fantasy VIII.
 * Studio Gazelle, Inc.

Other Credits
This is separated from the contractors only by spacing. It is unknown if any of those listed below are part Development Team Dept. #1.


 * Quality Assurance

Tak Ogawa
 * Sound Engineer for Additional Movie

Masayoshi Okawa
 * Recording Engineer for Additional Movie


 * Special Thanks


 * Publicity Producers


 * Executive Producers

Square Soft, Inc.
These are two sets of credits under this name: One in the English PlayStation releases of the game, and one in the PC releases of the game. Many of the credits in the PC version duplicate ones in the PlayStation version, and many of the ones omitted from the PlayStation versions that are in the PC version still apply to the PlayStation version of the game such as the localization and technical translation credits.

PlayStation
Michael Baskett
 * Product Development Coordinator

Jon Williams
 * QA Manager

Rick Thompson
 * Customer Service Manager

Yoshihiro Maruyama
 * Executive VP, Strategic Planning

Jun Iwasaki
 * Vice President of Marketing

Kenji Mimura
 * Assistant Marketing Associate

PC
Yoshi-hiro Maruyama
 * Senior Vice President


 * Executive Producers

Jun Iwasaki
 * Vice President, Marketing


 * Senior Software Engineers


 * Software Engineers

Jason Greenberg
 * Graphic Artist

Yumi Yoshida
 * Production Manager

Akihito Kozu
 * Associate Producer

Michael Baskett
 * Localization


 * Technical Translation


 * Additional Programming


 * Marketing

Elaine Diiorio
 * Business Development

Sami Zuhuruddin
 * Network Administration


 * Customer Service


 * Quality Assurance Manager


 * Lead QA Analysts


 * Quality Assurance

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
These are credits in the North American release of the game.

Seth Luisi
 * Associate Producer

Jeffrey Ng
 * Assistant Producer

Perry Rodgers
 * Senior Producer

Mark Pentek
 * QA Manager

Mike Benton
 * Lead Tester

Christian Davis
 * Asst. Lead Tester

Etsuko Kobata
 * Licensing Manager

Taku Imasaki
 * Business Coordinator

Andrew House
 * Vice President of Marketing

Peter Dille
 * Director of Product Marketing

Jeff Fox
 * Director of PR and Promotions

David Bamberger
 * Product Manager

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Inc.
These are credits in the European release of the game. The header in the credits is "Producer (SCEE)-Martin Alltimes", and SCEE are not referred to besides there. This section is listed before Square Soft, Inc., while in the North American version SCEA is listed after.

Martin Alltimes
 * Producer

Tony Bourne
 * QA Manager

Steve Archer
 * QA Assistant Manager

Dave Cleaveley
 * QA Supervisor

Jim McCabe
 * QA Co-ordinator

Brad Davey
 * Lead Tester


 * Tester

Eidos Interactive (U.S.)
These credits are in the PC versions. The above is the header title and is featured in all versions no matter what region it was released.

Frank Hom
 * Producer

James Poole
 * Director of Development

Mike McHale
 * Quality Assurance Manager

Corey Fong
 * Lead QA Analyst


 * Quality Assurance

Paul Baldwin
 * VP of Marketing

Gary Keith
 * Product Manager

Sutton Trout
 * Creative Services Director


 * Public Relations

Jo Kathryn Reavis
 * Production Manager


 * Manual Design


 * Special Thanks

Eidos (Europe)
These credits are in the PC versions. The above is the header title and is featured in all versions no matter what region it was released.

John Ng
 * Associate-Producer

Steve Hickman
 * Director of Development

Flavia Timiani
 * Localization Manager


 * Marketing Managers


 * French Text Localization


 * German Text Localization

David Carillo
 * Spanish Text Localization


 * Public Relations

Intermetrics, Inc.
These credits are in the PC versions.

Yamaha Corporation
These credits are in the PC versions.

Special Thanks
These credits are in the PC versions.

Square Enix Japan
From the Launcher of the 2012 PC version.

Shinji Hashimoto
 * Senior Executive Managing Officer

Makoto Tsuda
 * Senior Manager

Koichiro Sakamoto
 * Project Director

Nobuhiro Tsukioka
 * Project Planner

Nobuyuki Kashihara
 * Project Manager

Jacob Navok
 * Business Development Manager

Tomoe Haga
 * Global Project Manager

Eri Wakabayashi
 * Global Project Coordinator

Square Enix Europe
From the Launcher of the 2012 PC version.

Simon Protheroe
 * Online Publishing Director

Begona Lorenzo
 * PA to Online Publishing

Antonio Marfuggi
 * Senior Digital Marketing Manager

Julien Ognier
 * Producer

Roberto Torella
 * Software Solutions Manager

Emiliano Rampazzi
 * Designer

Richard Lever
 * Operations Director

Marc Titheridge
 * Head of QA

Jason Walker
 * Mastering Manager

Tony Peterken
 * QA Project Manager

Levente Bagi
 * Ruby On Rails Developer

Jonathan Larouche
 * QA Lead


 * QA Testers

Jean-François Gauthier
 * QA Compliance Team

Seb Ohsan Berthelsen
 * Senior Production Manager

Yuko Tomizawa
 * Assistant Production Manager

Alex Moresby
 * Senior Localization Producer

Daniel Mellar
 * Localization Producer

Elisa Giribaldi
 * Assistant Localisation Producer

André Woitczyk
 * QA Manager


 * Assistant QA Managers

Shailesh Iyer
 * Senior QA Lead (UK)

Kevon Balon
 * Senior QA Lead (France)

Efrem Borroni
 * Senior QA Lead (Italy)

Hoi-yee Leung
 * Senior QA Lead (Germany)

Alberto Barajas Aguado
 * Senior QA Lead (Spain)

Pierre Gauthier
 * French Translator

Giulia Isnenghi
 * Italian Translator

Sina Moelleken
 * German Translator

Mariona Pera i de Miguel
 * Spanish Translator

Dotemu SAS
From the Launcher of the 2012 PC version. Xavier Liard
 * CEO

Romain Tisserand
 * CTO

Thomas Balitout
 * Project Manager


 * Software Engineering

PlayStation 4 port
Credits from seleting the "ADDITIONAL CREDITS" option from the title screen in the PlayStation 4 version.

Hiroshi Harata
 * Director


 * Producers

Masayo Arayashiki
 * Project Coordinator

Dotemu SAS.
Thomas Balitout
 * Lead Developer

Christian Cortez
 * Project Manager


 * Software Engineers


 * Business Development

Stephane Perez
 * Graphic Designer

Pierre-Olivier Petillot
 * Tester and Localization Check

Pole to Win Co.,Ltd.

 * Game Testers

Pole to Win International (Glasgow Studio)
Liam Ross
 * QA Manager

Monica Zamboni
 * Senior Lead Tester

Scott Herdman
 * Lead Tester


 * Localization Testers

Quality Assurance
Koji Yamashita
 * General Manager

Yukihiro Shibuya
 * Senior Manager

Hideyuki Kato
 * Manager

Reiko Kondo
 * Ratings Advisor

Hiromichi Takahashi
 * Chief Coordinator

Hitoshi Kurai
 * Coordinator


 * Technical Engineers


 * Game Testers

Sound Section

 * Music Data Support


 * Audio Programmers

Kazuki Hamamoto
 * Project Manager


 * Project Assistants

Localization
Kay Miura
 * Localization Director


 * Localization Coordinators


 * Additional English Text Translation

Emilie Thoré
 * Additional French Text Translation

Yuriko Nagata
 * Additional German Text Translation

Raúl María Arol Rosa
 * Additional Spanish Text Translation

Shingo Hosokawa
 * Localization Manager

Kazuhisa Ichigaya
 * Localization General Manager

Square Enix, Inc.
David "Ribs" Carrillo
 * Assistant Director of Quality Assurance

Aaron J. Adams
 * Senior QA Manager

Lila Shin
 * Senior QA Coordinator

Kythera Contreras
 * QA Coordinator

Keith P. Christensen-Martz
 * QA Administrator

Louis Sedeno III
 * Associate QA Administrator


 * QA Team

Yutaka Sano
 * Localization & QA Director

Issei Shimizu
 * Digital Marketing Manager

Samuel Hsieh
 * Marketing Coordinator

Larry Sparks
 * Executive Director

David Yang
 * Director of Public Relations

Emily Shoji
 * Public Relations

Mike Sherlock
 * Chief Operating Officer

Phil Rogers
 * President & CEO

Square Enix Ltd.
Seb Ohsan Berthelsen
 * Operations Director

Yuko Tomizawa
 * Senior Manager - Localization and Project Management

Alex Moresby
 * Senior Localization Producer

Elisa Giribaldi
 * Localization Producer

André Woitczyk
 * QA Manager

Dario de Desare
 * Localization QA Project Manager

Jason Walker
 * Mastering Manager


 * Japanese Business Translators

Shailesh Iyer
 * Senior QA Lead (UK)

Kevin Balon
 * Senior QA Lead (France)

Hoi-yee Leung
 * Senior QA Lead (Germany)

Alberto Barajas Aguado
 * Senior QA Lead (Spain)


 * Localization Team

Nicole Jackson
 * Brand Coordinator

Kathryn Cala
 * Brand Director


 * PR Executives

Alex Huhtala
 * Senior PR Manager

Larry Sparks
 * Executive Director - SEJ West

Mike Sherlock
 * COO

Phil Rogers
 * CEO

Other Credits
Yosuke Matsuda
 * Production Executive

Shinji Hashimoto
 * Executive Producer