Kazuhiko Aoki (青木 和彦)
Producer
Sakaguchi, Tanaka & Aoki, circa 1985
Kazuhiko Aoki has been a producer for Square for nearly twenty years. In 1984 he joined the game company along with Square A Team director Hironobu Sakaguchi and B Team director Hiromichi Tanaka. In the scan located on the right, the three are being photographed during the development of the adventure title
Aoki began as an assistant to Sakaguchi, collaborating with him on the scenarios for
Cruise Chaser BLASSTY and
Knight's Knight. But in 1988 he developed his own design team as a director. His first project as leader of C Team was
Hanjuku Hero. After the tremendous success of
Final Fantasy, C Team was absorbed back into the Sakaguchi's circle, and Aoki was put to work on development of
Final Fantasy III's game design.
Aoki's largest roles with the company have been producing
Chrono Trigger and directing the production of
Hanjuku Hero 2,
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 1 & 2, and
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. After having served as planning director on
Code Age Commanders and battle supervisor for the Nintendo DS port of
Final Fantasy III, his present status or activity at the company is unknown.
Source: ja.wikipedia.org