In his more than 30 years of work with Square Enix, Itahana also defined the characters of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles ...

With its 25th anniversary coming and going with less fanfare than is usually given to the company’s mobile games, the ...

Final Fantasy IX main character designer Toshiyuki Itahana announced he left Square Enix to work as a freelancer.

Final Fantasy designer Toshiyuki Itahana is leaving Square Enix after over 25 years at the company. Itahana explained in a ...

Final Fantasy 9 character designer, Toshiyuki Itahana, has announced he’s left Square Enix, after more than 30 years at the ...

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A legendary Final Fantasy artist has officially left Square Enix after decades of working for the company primarily as a ...

Toshiyuki Itahana, an illustrator best known for his work as a character designer on Final Fantasy IX, has left Square Enix.

Toshiyuki Itahana, one of the main character designers on Final Fantasy IX, as well as the character designer on the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Chocobo series, has left Square Enix to ...