Biography

Akihiko Yoshida (吉田明彦 Yoshida Akihiko, born 1967) is a Japanese video game character designer working for Square Enix. Yoshida was born in 1967 and joined Square Co. in 1995, before the company merged with Enix. He is well known for his work on the Final Fantasy series. He is a frequent collaborator of game designer Yasumi Matsuno.

Published works

Zeliard (1990) (PC): Design
Ogre Battle (1993) (SNES): Character and tarot card design
Tactics Ogre (1995) (SNES): Character design and background art direction
Final Fantasy Tactics (1997) (PS1): Character design
Vagrant Story (2000) (PS1): Character design and background art direction
Wild Card (2001) (WonderSwan): Character and card design
Final Fantasy XII (2006) (PS2): Main Character design and background design supervisor
Final Fantasy III (Remake) (2006) (DS): Character design
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (2007) (PSP): Character design
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (2007) (DS): Artistic supervisor and additional illustration
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (2009) (DS): Character design
Final Fantasy XIV (2010) (PS3, PC): Art direction
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (2010) (PSP): Character design/Promotional artwork
Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy (2011) (PSP): Special thanks
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (upcoming 2012) (3DS): Character design

(from Wikipedia)

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