A photo of Toshiyuki Itahana.
(Toshiyuki Itahana, 板鼻 利幸?, lit. Itahana Toshiyuki) is a game director and character designer for Square Enix. He was responsible for introducing the "super-deformed", or chibi style, to the Final Fantasy series. He worked as a character designer under Yoshitaka Amano for Final Fantasy IX, and is the chief character designer for the both the Crystal Chronicles and Chocobo spin-off series. He is also the director of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers.
List of Works
| Game Name | Itahana's Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Final Fantasy IX | Character Designer |
| Final Fantasy XI | Character Designer |
| Final Fantasy XIII-2 | DLC Costume Designer |
| Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles | Art Director, Character Designer |
| Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates | Character Designer |
| Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King | Art Supervisor |
| Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord | Art Supervisor |
| Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers | Game Director, Character Designer |
| Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon | Character Designer |
| Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2 | Character Designer |
| Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales | Character Designer |
| Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon | Character Designer |
| Chocobo to Mahou no Ehon: Majo to Shoujo to Go-nin no Yuusha | Character Designer |
Outside Final Fantasy
Toshiyuki non-Final Fantasy related work includes doing character illustration for Makaitoshi SaGa (The Final Fantasy Legend in North America). His first game as a director was Code Age Commanders, an action RPG for the PlayStation 2 that he also contributed artwork for.
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See Also
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series
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