Akihiko Yoshida

Akihiko Yoshida (吉田 明彦) 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
 * Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (2009) (DS): Character design
 * Final Fantasy XIV (2010) (PS3, PC): Art direction
 * Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (2011) (PSP): Character design

Composer

 * Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (1989)
 * Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman (1990)
 * Kyoryuu Sentai Zyuranger (1992)