Akihiko Yoshida.
Akihiko Yoshida (吉田 明彦, Yoshida Akihiko?) is a character designer and art director who used to work for Square Enix. Yoshida joined Squaresoft, the company which would later merge with Enix to become Square Enix, in 1995.
On December 5, 2013, it was revealed that Yoshida had left Square Enix the month prior, but would continue working with the company in a freelance capacity.[1] On October 1, 2014, it was announced that he had joined CyDesignation, the freelance art company headed by Hideo Minaba.[2]
Works within the series[]
| Game | Release | Work |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Tactics | 1997 | Character Design Background Art Director |
| Vagrant Story | 2000 | Character Design & Background Art Design |
| Final Fantasy Tactics Advance | 2003 | Additional Illustrator (The Judge) |
| Final Fantasy XII | 2006 | Main Character Design Background Design Supervisor |
| Final Fantasy III (DS) | 2006 | Character Design |
| Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions | 2007 | Character Design Background Art Director |
| Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System | 2007 | Main Character Design Background Design Supervisor |
| Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift | 2007 | Artistic Supervisor Additional Illustration (The Judge & Grimoire) |
| Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light | 2009 | Art Director Character Design |
| Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 | 2010 | Lead Artist |
| Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy | 2011 | Vaan's "Pirate" DLC Costume |
| Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn | 2013 | Lead Artist (2.0), Special Thanks (2.1-2.5) |
| Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward | 2015 | Special Thanks |
| Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood | 2017 | Special Thanks |
| Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers | 2019 | Special Thanks |
| War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius | 2020 | Character Design Supervisor |
| Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker | 2021 | Special Thanks |
Gallery[]
Various character designs in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions.
Character illustrations from Final Fantasy XII.
Character illustrations from Final Fantasy XIV.
Character illustrations from Vagrant Story.
Character illustrations from Final Fantasy III DS.
Character illustrations from Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light.
References[]
- ↑ Yoshida's announcement (dead) (Accessed: February 08, 2016) at Twitter
- ↑ Final Fantasy designer appointed CyDesignation company director (Accessed: September 08, 2019) at Gematsu