SoftBank(ソフトバンク株式会社, SofutoBanku Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese telecommunications company and subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp.(ソフトバンクグループ株式会社, SofutoBanku Gurūpu Kabushiki-gaisha?). They develop phones, and had a series of SoftBank Yahoo! Mobile phones on which Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- was ported. Before Crisis was released for them on January 30, 2007, and ceased distribution for it in June 2015.
SB Creative(SBクリエイティブ, Esu Bī Kurieitibu?), also known as SoftBank Creative(ソフトバンク クリエイティブ, SofutoBanku Kurieitibu?), are a publishing company and subsidiary of SoftBank. Their biggest contribution to the series is its Masters and Job Style guides for Final Fantasy XI. They have also published other works for Final Fantasy including a guide for Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and the bilingual development document Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children -Reunion Files-. They also published the novelization of Bravely Archive.