Tomoya Asano
浅野 智也
Asano (right) with Hiromichi Tanaka in 2006
Born (1978-12-24) December 24, 1978
Alma materKeio University
OccupationVideo game producer
Years active2001–present
EmployerSquare Enix

Tomoya Asano (浅野 智也, born 24 December 1978) is a Japanese game producer working for Square Enix. After graduating from Keio University Asano first joined Enix in 2001, before gaining a more prominent role within the company after its merger. He started off working on several titles before producing a few titles in the Final Fantasy series. After producing Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, Asano and several members on his team went on to create a spiritual successor in Bravely Default.[1]

In 2017 Asano was made head of his own business division in Square Enix, called Business Division 11 and focusing work on the Bravely series and new titles such as Octopath Traveler.[2][3] The business division was later consolidated in 2019, following a restructure in the divisions of the company, with Business Division 6, 7 and 11 merging to create Creative Business Unit II.[4] However, within Creative Business Unit II Asano and his team are known as Team Asano as they continue working on games similar to their previous creations.[5]

Works

Year Title Credit(s)
2001 Minna de Quest: Nijiiro no Yoru Management producer
2002 Grandia Xtreme Assistant producer
Robot Alchemic Drive Producer
2003 Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel
2004 Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir
2005 Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shōjo
2006 Final Fantasy III (DS version) Producer
Dawn of Mana Coordinator
2007 Final Fantasy IV (DS version) Producer
2008 Nanashi no Game Co-producer
2009 Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn Producer
Nanashi no Game: Me Co-producer
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light Producer, scenario
Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk Co-producer
2011 Ikenie no Yoru Producer
2012 Bravely Default Producer, concept
2015 Bravely Second: End Layer Producer, scenario
2018 Octopath Traveler Producer, concept
2019 Various Daylife Producer
2020 Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent Producer, original concept
2021 Bravely Default 2 Producer, concept
2022 Triangle Strategy
Live A Live (Remake) Producer
2023 Octopath Traveler II

References

  1. ↑ "Bravely Default: From Sequel to Sequel". GameSpot. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. ↑ Stenbuck, Kite. "Tomoya Asano talks about the future of Octopath Traveler, Bravely series, and Square Enix's 11th Business Division | RPG Site". www.rpgsite.net. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ↑ "Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is being developed by Square Enix's Bravely team". Nintendo Enthusiast. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ↑ "Square Enix consolidating its business divisions". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ↑ Stenbuck, Adam Vitale and Kite. "Square Enix's Team Asano teases 'multiple titles' to be announced and released in 2022 | RPG Site". www.rpgsite.net. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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