KUWABARA Hiroshi

Born 1964 in Niigata Prefecture. Joined Namco Ltd. in 1989. Active mainly as head graphic designer for arcade games. Directed the ACA Media Arts Festival award-winning opening movie for the PlayStation edition"Soul Blade," Namco's 2nd 3-D martial arts game, following the game's arcade version. Joined Square in 1997. Involved in the movie production for "Final Fantasy VIII," and later created the movies for "Final Fantasy IX" and "Final Fantasy X" as a director.
( 1997 )